University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

Sample Program Schedules

Master's Degree

The following are sample 20-month schedules for full-time students, 32-month schedules for part-time students and for half-time students who wish to concentrate studies in the statistical or the social and psychological aspects of survey methodology.

These degree sequences are illustrative and do not define all programs of study. Students will, with the consent of their advisors, be given the flexibility to depart from these course sequences to meet particular training needs. For example, students may craft, through approved cognate and electives, a program of study that emphasizes business applications of survey methods, particularly in marketing and market research. Advisors will work with students and faculty in the School of Business Administration to find courses that will allow the student to acquire marketing or market research training to complement the survey methodology training offered by the program.

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