Political Science Data Analytics Major and Computational Social Science Minor

bavosh
Wed, 12 Feb 2020 05:37:41 +0000

Hello. Can anyone share some details regarding the major?

I checked out their political science website (https://polisci.ucsd.edu/undergrad/major-and-minor-requirements/data_analytics.html) and the major seems very intriguing.

I also plan on minoring in computational social science (https://css.ucsd.edu/minor/index.html)

I plan on transferring for fall 2021 so I’m wondering how I should adequately prepare myself for this major.

Current UC GPA: 3.5 (hopefully it’ll go to a 3.7 at the end of this semester)
–I also plan on joining the political science honor society and officially join my school’s honors program so I can get TAP certified (I know its mainly for UCLA, but hopefully it’ll increase my chances for UCSD since they no longer do TAG)

The courses that I have taken/currently taking related to the major:
–AP US Gov
–Political Theory
–International Relations
–Java Programming 1
–Intro to Philosophy
–Microeconomics
–Intro to Business Honors (somewhat related to the field)

Plan on taking:
–Intro to Statistics
–Comparative Politics
–Python Programming 1 and 2 (if my school offers the second course next yr)
–US History

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