Summer Institute in Social Science Research University of Chicago

This course will be taught online. 

Application Deadlines: March 9 and April 7, 2022. Rolling admissions through May 1 or until course fills. 

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The Summer Institute in Social Research Methods provides undergraduate and early-career graduate students with accelerated training in theoretically-grounded research methodologies commonly used in social scientific analysis. The Summer Institute is appropriate for students interested in using social scientific research methods in academic and non-academic applications.

Students admitted to any of the SISRM courses may participate in the program’s co-curricular programming and guest speaker series.  The course included in the SISRM this year are:

• Archival Methods and Historical Thinking
• Computing for Social Sciences
• Econometrics
• Introduction to GIS and Spatial Analysis
• Introductory Statistical Methods and Applications for the Social Sciences
• Psychological Research Methods
• Virtual Ethnographic Research Methods
• Survey Data Analysis

There is no special application for the SISRM. Interested students should simply apply for at least one of the courses listed above.  

To apply, visit summer.uchicago.edu 

For more information on the Summer Institute in Social Research Methods, visit voices.uchicago.edu/socscisummermethods/

Entry requirements

Competence in English must be demonstrated in order to qualify for admission. Applicants who are natives of the U.S., the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries where English is one of the official languages and the primary language of instruction in their schools has been English do not need to submit English proficiency test results.

All other international applicants must submit results from the Duolingo English Test (DET),Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). We strongly recommend a score of 125 for the DET, 104 or higher on the internet-based TOEFL, and 7 for the IELTS (students must take the Academic test, not the General Training test).

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The only exception to the English language proficiency requirement is for applicants who have studied in full-time status for at least two full academic years within the last five years at a high school or college where the primary language of instruction is English, engaging in a regular academic curriculum taught in English (in other words, not engaged in English as a Second Language or similar coursework), in a country where English is one of the official languages. Students must submit transcripts that demonstrate that they meet the conditions for a waiver of the English language proficiency requirement.

Students who have studied in English in other countries are not exempt from the English language proficiency requirement.

If students meet the above conditions for eligibility, they should submit a written request for a waiver of the requirement to [email protected]. They will receive a confirmation of their waiver eligibility and application instructions via email.