Bachelor of Arts/ MA in Social Sciences in Chicago United States | University of Chicago

The MA Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) is an intense, intellectually transformative one-year program. Students concentrate in Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. Some pursue interdisciplinary work in Comparative Human Development, Social Thought, or Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science. Others may specialize in Quantitative Methods for Social Analysis, Education and Society, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Geographic Information Science. All MAPSS students take nine graduate courses, selected from all University of Chicago departments and professional schools. Each student works closely with the program directors, our senior academic staff, and an assigned preceptor, designing a customized curriculum and defining an area of scholarly research. They work directly with University of Chicago faculty on the MA thesis.