Upcoming Certificate Coursework Fall 2026
Sociology
SOCY709 - Advanced Special Topics in Data Analysis
Credits :3
0101 Long Doan
Th 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm - ASY 1213
Economics
ECON616 - Economic Development II
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ECON603, and ECON604; or permission of BSOS-Economics department.
Survey of a variety of models explaining how market failures may lead to poverty and underdevelopment, with an emphasis on the empirical evaluation of constraints faced by individuals in developing countries and the programs that attempt to alleviate those constraints. Topics include: agricultural and land markets, labor markets, human capital in developing countries, credit markets, and consumption smoothing and risk coping.
0101 Jessica Goldberg
MW 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm - TYD 2102
ECON626 - Empirical Microeconomics
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ECON624.
Restriction: Permission of BSOS-Economics Department.
An overview is provided of modern microeconometric methods with a focus on reduced form causal inference. Tools discussed include linear regression and selection on observables, instrumental variables including LATE and the role of heterogeneity in causal inference, difference-in-difference, regression discontinuity, synthetic control, matching, propensity score methods, and inverse probability weighted estimation. In addition, inferential issues such as weak instruments and techniques for robust standard errors, clustering, bootstrap and randomized inference are discussed, time permitting. The course places strong emphasis on relating statistical methods to substantive empirical applications. Each topic is introduced with an empirical paper that uses the technique. The discussion of technical material is at an intuitive level that focuses on applications and recommendations for empirical practice. The course offers an opportunity to work on a number of extended empirical exercises that are based on published papers and original data. Students practice working with data, implementing code in Stata and conducting their own empirical analysis. These exercises also offer practice in scientific writing relevant for empirical work.
0101 Guido Kuersteiner
TuTh 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm TYD 0102
M 5:00pm - 6:15 pm TYD 0102 Discussion
ECON652 - Public Economics I
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ECON604 and ECON624.
The foundations of public economics, taxation, inequality, and behavioral public economics are reviewed. Major topics include welfare economics, tax incidence, behavioral responses to tax incentives and the efficiency cost of taxation, optimal taxation, income and wealth inequality, optimal tax systems and tax evasion, capital taxation and business income taxes, and taxation and behavioral economics. The course material is aimed to give students an understanding of both the foundations and methods of modern public economics, and important recent advances in our understanding of public economics. This is the first course in the two-part Ph.D. sequence in public economics.
0101 Daniel Reck
MW 9:00 am - 10:15 am - TYD 0102
ECON771 - Advanced Labor Economics: Theory and Evidence
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: ECON603 and ECON624; or permission of BSOS-Economics department.
Provides students the theoretical background and econometric tools to engage and conduct research in labor economics. The course highlights the importance of a good balance between theory and solid empirical work. The topics include human capital, empirical earning functions, labor demand, incentive, discrimination, minimum wage, labor supply, tasks and skills, and inequality. In addition, it goes over essential topics in applied economics, including selection bias, instrumental variables, structural vs. reduced-form analysis, dynamic discrete choice models, and unobserved heterogeneity. During the term, students work with different data sets.
0101 Judith Hellerstein
TuTh 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm - TYD 1108
Criminology
No certificate courses are being offered in this department during this semester.
Education
QMMS655 - Introduction to Multilevel Modeling
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: QMMS651; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.
Credit only granted for: EDMS655 or QMMS655.
Formerly: EDMS655
Introduction to multilevel/mixed effects/random effects models and methodology as strategies for modeling nested data in educational contexts.
0101 Tracy Sweet
W 4:15 pm - 7:00 pm - EDU 1107
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
EPIB655 - Longitudinal Data Analysis
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: EPIB651.
Statistical models for drawing scientific inferences from longitudinal data, longitudinal study design, repeated measures and random effects to account for experimental designs that involve correlated responses, handling of missing data.
0101 Xin He
M 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm - ATL 2416
Family Science
FMSC750 - Family and Health Policy
Credits: 3
Credit only granted for: FMSC750 or FMST750.
Formerly: FMST750.
Development and analysis of public policies affecting the health and well-being of children, youth, and families, with an emphasis on low income and ethnic minority populations. Examination of social, economic, and political dynamics that influence family and health policies and the delivery of health care. Introduction to health advocacy within the US public health system.
0101 Christine Schull
M 1:00 pm - 3:45 pm - SPH 0116A
FMSC850 - Maternal & Child Health Epidemiology
Credits: 3
Restriction: Permission of instructor.
Credit only granted for: FMSC850, FMST698P, or FMST850.
Formerly: FMST850.
Determinants and trends in Maternal and Child Health, including analysis of the role of economic inequalities, race and ethnicity, community contexts, and psychosocial factors across the life course. Overview of methods and data systems used to monitor Maternal and Child Health. Development of a complete population health study.
0101 Marie Thoma
Tu 9:00 am - 11:45 am - Room TBA
Geographical Sciences
No certificate courses are being offered in this department during this semester.
Health Services Administration
No certificate courses are being offered in this department during this semester.
Joint Program in Survey Methodology
SURV617 - Applications of Statistical Modeling
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: SURV615 and SURV616; or permission of instructor.
Credit only granted for: SURV617, SURV746, or SURV699R.
Formerly: SURV699R and SURV746.
Designed for students on both the social science and statistical tracks for the two programs in survey methodology, will provide students with exposure to applications of more advanced statistical modeling tools for both substantive and methodological investigations that are not fully covered in other MPSM or JPSM courses. Modeling techniques to be covered include multilevel modeling (with an application to methodological studies of interviewer effects), structural equation modeling (with an application of latent class models to methodological studies of measurement error), classification trees (with an application to prediction of response propensity), and alternative models for longitudinal data (with an application to panel survey data from the Health and Retirement Study). Discussions and examples of each modeling technique will be supplemented with methods for appropriately handling complex sample designs when fitting the models. The class will focus on practical applications and software rather than extensive theoretical discussions.
0101 Brady West, John Kubale
Meets August 25, 2026 - December 11, 2026
Tu 9:30 am - 12:00 pm - LEF2208
Public Policy
No certificate courses are being offered in this department during this semester.