MMSS Adjunct Major
Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.
NOTE: This Catalog describes Weinberg College BA requirements that pertain to students who matriculated at Northwestern after spring quarter 2023. Refer to the Archives if you are following BA requirements described in the 2018-2019 through 2022-2023 editions.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Adjunct Major Requirements (14 units) | |
| 6 first-year courses: | |
| MMSS 211-1 & MMSS 211-2 & MMSS 211-3 | Social Science Theories & Meth-First Yr and Social Science Theories & Meth-First Yr and Social Science Theories & Meth-First Yr |
| MATH 285-1 & MATH 285-2 & MATH 285-3 | Accelerated Mathematics for MMSS and Accelerated Mathematics for MMSS and Accelerated Mathematics for MMSS |
| 6 second-year courses: | |
| MMSS 300-0 | Foundations of Mathematical Social Science |
| MMSS 311-1 & MMSS 311-2 | Social Science Theories & Meth-2nd Yr and Social Science Theories & Meth-2nd Yr |
| MATH 385-0 | Probability and Statistics for MMSS |
| MATH 386-1 & MATH 386-2 | Econometrics for MMSS and Econometrics for MMSS |
| 2 senior-year courses: | |
| MMSS 398-1 & MMSS 398-2 | Senior Seminar and Senior Seminar |
| or MMSS 398-1 & MMSS 398-3 | Senior Seminar and Senior Seminar |
Joint Majors
All adjunct majors require completion of a stand-alone major as well. MMSS students must complete a major in a social science or other approved area. See the Mathematics Second Major or Minor for MMSS Students for information about the major or the minor in mathematics when combined with the MMSS adjunct major; see the program website and relevant sections of this Catalog for information on adjustments to requirements in other majors or minors for students in MMSS:
- Anthropology Major
- Data Science Major
- Economics Major
- Linguistics Major
- Political Science Major
- Psychology Major
- Sociology Major
- Statistics Major
- Statistics Minor
Triple majors
Students wishing to pursue two joint majors with MMSS (i.e. to pursue a triple major) are NOT allowed to double count MMSS courses towards both of their other majors, i.e., MMSS students may only apply the double counting rules to ONE major. In special cases, permission may be given to count some MMSS courses as fulfilling the requirements of two other majors. However, explicit permission must be obtained from the Director of MMSS and from the Directors of Undergraduate Studies of BOTH of the other departments.
Honors in MMSS
All MMSS students write a senior thesis in MMSS, in another major, or in both. Students should enroll in two units of the MMSS senior seminar. Students must enroll in MMSS 398-1 Senior Seminar, and at least MMSS 398-2 or MMSS 398-3. Students who write an MMSS thesis of sufficiently high quality, and earn sufficiently high grades may be recommended to the college for graduation with honors in MMSS. For more information consult the program director and see Honors in the Major.