Quantitative Methods for the Behavioural and Social Sciences PgCert Ulster University

This course aims to provide behavioural and social science graduates with high-quality training in quantitative research methods and statistics, which advances on their undergraduate-level training and is tailored to their future doctoral research training needs.

It also aims to provide academic staff and other professionals with a platform to undertake certified training in a specialised skill-set, which is necessary to facilitate the testing of specific research questions via the collection, sourcing and analysis of quantitative data, for the production of high-quality, high-impact research outputs. The demands for quantitative skills in the workplace has risen sharply in the past two decades. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates will be ideally positioned to apply for early-career posts (e.g. research assistant; project manager posts) in a wide variety of academic and non-academic settings. It is expected that many graduates will use this course as a stepping-stone to doctoral-level research study. Professionals undertaking this course as continuing professional development may be able to diversify into other roles within their current/future employment (e.g. assume more research-related tasks in teaching, supervision, and enhance their own personal programme of research).