Mathematics for Social Scientists

MSc course

This course aims to provide students with the mathematical foundations, with respect to both language and concepts, which are required for analysis using both basic and advanced quantitative and computational methods in social science.

Schedule

date slides handout
1: Preliminaries 22.10.2024
2: Algebra Review, Modular Arithmetic & Boolean Algebra 29.10.2024
3: Functions & Relations 05.11.2024
4: Sequences & Series, Limits & Continuity 12.11.2024
5: Calculus Fundamentals: Differentiation 19.11.2024
6: Calculus Fundamentals: The Integral 26.11.2024
7:Extrema in One Dimension 03.12.2024
8: Introduction to Probability 10.12.2024
9: Discrete Distributions 17.12.2024
10: Continuous Distributions 07.01.2025
11: Introduction Linear Algebra 14.01.2025
12: Vector Spaces and Systems of Equations 21.01.2025
13: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors 28.01.2025
14: Multivariate Calculus and Optimization 04.02.2025