One
interdisciplinary program, two degree options.
The DASA program is organized around the interdisciplinary
field of demography and draws faculty and courses mainly from the
Schools of Social Sciences and Social Ecology. Depending
on the path of admission, a student who completes the program
will earn one of the following degrees:
- M. A. in Social Sciences (Concentration in Demographic
and Social Analysis)
- M. A. in Social Ecology (Concentration in Demographic
and Social Analysis)
The nine-month Master of Arts curriculum is integrated with
the introductory graduate courses in each of the two schools,
and includes population theory, research design, descriptive
and inferential statistics, and demographic methods. These
core courses are complemented by a varying menu of population-relevant
electives. The academic year culminates in either an oral
exam (Social Sciences) or a thesis (Social Ecology).
At present, students may apply for direct admission into
DASA only through Social Sciences. (The DASA degree in Social
Ecology is presently an option only for students who have
already been admitted to doctoral study. Further information
about DASA certification for Social Ecology Ph.D. students
may be found by clicking here.) The sample
course rubric (below) applies to the Social Sciences pathway.
Required
(core) courses are shown below, in bold. Whereas
core courses remain the same year-in and year-out,
elective offerings vary. The sample electives are compiled
from past offerings by DASA faculty. Actual choices
extend beyond this sample list. Also, students
who have not completed an undergraduate statistics
class with a grade of B or better have several ways
to demonstrate required competence before enrolling
in Grad Statistics II.
Rubric
for DASA (Social Sciences Pathway) |
FALL |
WINTER |
SPRING |
Population
SS262A |
Grad
Statistics II
Soc 221B |
Grad
Statistics III
Soc 221C |
Demographic
Analysis
Soc 226A |
Research Design
Soc 265 |
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| Choose
1 elective, such as... (see I below) |
Choose
1 elective, such as... (see II below) |
Choose
2 electives, such as... (see III below) |
I. Fall electives (partial listing)
Housing (Basolo)-U225
Immigration Dynamics (Bean)-Soc 269A
Transportation Planning (Boarnet)-U212
Race & Ethnicity (Lee)-Soc 230A
Applied Regression Analysis (McCleary)-E266B
Geographic Information Systems (Tita)-J100
II. Winter electives (partial listing)
Intro to Clinical Epidemiology (Kaplan) Tox 210
Transnational Migration (Chavez)-Anthro 235A
Demographics for Planning & Policy (Chew)-U275A
Health Policy and Promotion (Jacobson)-U275
Immigration & the New Second Generation (Lee)-Soc 269
Environmental Ethics (Matthew)-U275B
Ecological Modeling (McCleary)-E252
Descriptive Multivariate Statistics I (Newcomb)-SE290A
Global Urbanization (Smith)-Soc 252A
Spatial Analysis (Tita)-SE275F
Educational
Inequality (Feliciano)-Soc 239
Demography of the Suburban Experience (Brown)-Soc
269
III. Spring electives (partial listing)
Gender Inequality (Huffman, Read)-Soc 239
California's Population (Chew)-E112
GIS
in Demography (DeVoy)-Soc 229
Analysis of Social Network Data (Faust)-Soc 259
Comparative International Migration (Liu)-Soc 259
Analysis of Survival Data (McCleary)-SE266D
Families and Households (Treas)-Soc 260
What's
in the UCI catalogue about the Social Sciences option.
REQUIREMENTS
The M.A. requires 36 units of study and an oral exit examination.
All students must complete 20 units of required courses
which include one course in research design, one in demographic
methods, one in populations, and two in statistics. In addition,
students must complete 16 units of elective courses in population
issues or research methods. No more than four units may
be internship, independent study, directed readings, or
thesis courses (to prepare for the oral examination). One
or two electives may be upper-division undergraduate courses,
with the remainder being graduate courses. All courses must
be completed with a grade of B or better.
The M.A. in Social Sciences with a concentration in Demographic
and Social Analysis may also be awarded to Ph.D. students
who complete the necessary requirements.
What's
in the UCI catalogue about the Social Ecology option.
M.A. IN SOCIAL ECOLOGY
At the graduate level, the emphasis in the School of Social
Ecology is on the Ph.D. program, with the exception of the
M.A. in Social Ecology with a concentration in Demographic
and Social Analysis, the M.S. in Environmental Health Science
and Policy, and the Master of Urban and Regional Planning.
In very rare circumstances a student may be admitted directly
to the M.A. degree program in Social Ecology. Students interested
in this option only must call the Social Ecology Graduate
Office at (949) 824-5917 before submitting their applications.
Master's degree students are assigned a faculty advisor
with whom the student discusses an individual program of
education. The program leading to the M.A. degree in Social
Ecology requires a thesis and satisfactory completion of
seven approved courses (28 units), including the Seminar
in Social Ecology (Social Ecology 200), Research Methods
(Social Ecology 201), and at least one additional approved
course in statistics or methodology. Other courses should
be selected with regard to the student's academic and career
objectives, and must be approved by the faculty advisor.
The seven required courses must include at least five graduate
courses and must be exclusive of any directed study, independent
study, or thesis courses (Social Ecology 298, 299, or 295).
A grade of B or better must be achieved in all courses.
Students are advanced to candidacy for the M.A. degree,
and a thesis committee is appointed, after a review of their
graduate work and thesis plans by a faculty committee.
M.A.
IN SOCIAL ECOLOGY WITH A CONCENTRATION IN DEMOGRAPHIC AND
SOCIAL ANALYSIS
The concentration in Demographic and Social Analysis offers
the option of additional professional certification for
doctoral students already admitted to the School of Social
Ecology. Admission, core course, and thesis requirements
are identical to those for the general M.A. in Social Ecology.
In addition, students must complete 12 units of designated
electives in population issues or research methods. Up to
two upper-division undergraduate courses may be approved
to fulfill the elective requirement. Students interested
in this concentration should call the Graduate Counseling
Office at (949) 824-5924 for more information.
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- The
DASA curriculum is guided by an Advisory Board of prominent California demographers presently
working in industry, government, and non-profit
organizations.
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