Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings

04 - Social and behavioural sciences and law

45. - Social sciences

45.01 - Social sciences, general

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 45.0101 and 45.0102.

45.0101 - Social sciences, general

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the general study of human social behaviour and social institutions using any of the methodologies common to the social sciences and/or history, or an undifferentiated program of study in the social sciences.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • social sciences
  • social studies

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• Exclusion(s)

  • applied human sciences(19.0101)
  • humanities(24.0103)
  • social sciences education(13.1317)
  • social studies education(13.1318)
  • sociology(45.1101)

45.0102 - Research methodology and quantitative methods

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the design of research studies, measurement of variables, data analysis, and formulation of models. These programs include courses in experimental, quasi-experimental, and case study methods; historical research; participant observation; questionnaire design; sampling theory; and statistical methods.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • methodology, measurement, and statistics
  • research methodology and quantitative methods
  • social research methods

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• Exclusion(s)

  • clinical trial research coordination(51.0719)
  • educational statistics and research methods(13.0603)
  • measurement, evaluation and research methodology in education(13.0604)
  • medical research(51.1401)