{"product_id":"master-of-arts-in-computational-social-sciences-thesis-at-koc-university-scholarship-available","title":"Master of Arts in Computational Social Sciences Thesis at Koc University (Scholarship Available)","description":"\u003cdiv data-widget_type=\"heading.default\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-id=\"a06a18b\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a06a18b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a63688 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a63688\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf289bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf289bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"elementor-widget-container\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"\u003eOverview:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, digitalization is an unstoppable megatrend. The availability of a large amount of digital traces of millions of people has created new opportunities for social scientists to study many aspects of life including health, energy, agriculture, transportation, and public administration. In order to analyze this plethora of social data, pioneering social scientists have adopted computational methods from other disciplines (including machine learning, natural language processing, and computer vision) which have now become the indispensable core of current scientific research and literature in social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComputational social science makes it possible for researchers to collect data from rapidly spreading new data sources such as online platforms, mobile devices, satellites, and sensors, and to perform social science analyses with these new types of data. In addition to their direct contribution to social sciences, these new data types and resources are instrumental in the study of topics such as data privacy, artificial intelligence ethics, and the spread of false information, thus creating new research areas. Moreover, computational and quantitative methods are increasingly applied in analyses of diverse local and global problems (such as the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCOVID\u003c\/span\u003e-19 crisis) and their solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiven the increasing significance of this field, leading universities in Europe (especially the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Sweden) and North America have incorporated computational and quantitative methods into their social science curricula. Pioneering in computational and quantitative social science research in Turkey, Koç University established a Master of Arts (MA) degree program in the field of Computational Social Science in 2021. The first of its kind in the country, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMA program aims to deepen the theoretical and methodological training in computational social science methods. This two-year graduate program will provide researchers with the skills to work with larger data sets than they encounter in traditional social science fields, to use state-of-the-art tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, text processing, network analysis, etc., and to apply the most up-to-date computational techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an interdisciplinary program,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCSS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMA aims to create a synergy by combining existing courses and research initiatives with lectures and research techniques on new methods. In this respect, social sciences and humanities courses will enable students to develop their computational and mathematical skills, while students with these skills will deepen their competencies in social science theory and examine social science research questions. The courses and applications aimed at improving the analytical skills of students in the field of social sciences in areas such as big data analysis, computer simulations, network analysis, and machine learning constitute the basis of the program content. Designed in this way, the program aims to provide new and complementary dimensions to existing graduate programs and to create an important resource in a research area that is much more demanding than the existing human resources can meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe primary objectives of the program, therefore, are to raise generations who can conduct high-quality social science research both nationally and internationally, follow new methods in the field, and have the ability to successfully apply them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"ui header\"\u003eProgramme structure\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn order to graduate from the Computational Social Sciences Master’s Program, it will be necessary to take a total minimum of 21 credits.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe list of courses should include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• one compulsory and non-credit seminar course (\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCSSM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e590),\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• one compulsory and non-credit thesis course (\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCSSM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e595),\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• one compulsory and 3-credit introduction to computational social sciences (\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCSSM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e501),\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• one compulsory and 3-credit programming course (\u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eCSSM\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e502),\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• one compulsory and 3-credit theory course (offered by the institute of social sciences from sociology, psychology, international relations, etc.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• minimum of two 3-credit electives in computational social sciences and a minimum of one 3-credit elective outside the field of computational social sciences. These out-of-field electives should be from social sciences or computer programming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tristar Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44875058446509,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/6105\/0029\/files\/8_3c333efd-6994-4d75-8100-6c785e42de5c.png?v=1756728151","url":"https:\/\/tsapply.online\/products\/master-of-arts-in-computational-social-sciences-thesis-at-koc-university-scholarship-available","provider":"Tristar Education","version":"1.0","type":"link"}