Graduate programs

The department offers graduate work leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Science in Sociology, and for students pursuing graduate work in education, the degrees of Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Science in Teaching (General Social Science).

The department also offers a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Inequality. In addition, the department participates in the Urban Studies Ph.D. program. For information relative to that program, see Urban Studies Ph.D.

Admissions requirements

Degree requirements

Sociology M.A./M.S.

Sociology M.A.T./M.S.T.

Sociology and Social Inequality Ph.D.

Sociology and Social Inequality Ph.D.

Candidates for the Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Inequality must earn a minimum of 51 hours in graduate coursework including 8 credits in core sociology courses, 16 elective credits (8 may be in other departments), and 27 dissertation credits.

Requirements

Core

Soc 684Social Inequality

4

Soc 695Advanced Methods in Sociology

4

Total Credit Hours:8

Electives

Total Credit Hours:16

(at least 8 credits in sociology)

Dissertation

(includes proposal, research project and comprehensive exam)

Psy 603Dissertation

27

Total Credit Hours:27

Total Credit Hours: 51