Courses are delivered either online, in person or in hybrid mode. The mode of delivery for each course is stated below. 

Please note the following:

In person study: These course will be delivered in person at the Colchester campus. Online study is not available for these courses.

Online study: These courses will be taught online only. In person study is not available for these courses.

Hybrid: Hybrid delivery of courses will include synchronous live sessions during which on campus and online students will be taught simultaneously. Students need to choose the mode by which they will study at the point of application.

SESSION TWO: Monday 21 July – Friday 1 August 2025

2A Mathematics for Social Scientists (Online) – 8:15-9:45 BST

Morning – 10:00 – 13:30 BST

2B Quantitative Data Analysis and Statistical Graphics with R (In person only)
2D Introduction to Programming in Python for Social Scientists (Hybrid)
2F Quantitative Text Analysis (Online)
2I Applying Discourse Theory – Politics, Ideology, Populism (In person only)
2J Machine Learning for Social Scientists (Hybrid)
2L Spatial Econometrics (Hybrid)
2N Geospatial Data and Spatial Analysis (Hybrid, 17.5 hours, one week, week one only 21 – 25 July)
2P AI-Enhanced Research Design (Hybrid, 17.5 hours, one week, week two only 28 July – 1 August)
2R Analysing Multimodal Language Data for Quantitative Social Science   (Hybrid)

Afternoon – 14:15 – 17:45 BST 

2G Longitudinal Data Analysis (Online)
2C Applied Discourse Analysis Methods for Social Sciences: from theory to practice (In person only)
2H Introduction to Social Network Analysis (Online)
2K Causal Inference and Experiments in the Social Sciences (Hybrid)
2M Machine Learning For Estimating Treatment Effects From Observational Data (Hybrid)
2S Scaling, Ideal Point Estimation, and IRT Methods for Surveys and Behaviour (Hybrid)
2T Bayesian Analysis for the Social and Behavioural Sciences (Hybrid)
2W Advanced Methods for Time Series and Panel Data (Hybrid)

Full day – 10:00 – 17:45 BST

2Q Ethnography and Ethnographic Methods (In person only, 35 hours, one week, week one only 21st-25th July)