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MA in Sociology

Prerequisites and Admissions Tests

Candidates in sociology must have obtained a BA in Sociology or show evidence of equivalent preparation in social science subjects. All applicants for admission are required to submit results of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test.

Course Requirements

A minimum of eight graduate semester courses (32 credits) is required for the MA. Required courses are GRS SO 701 Classical Theory, SO 708 Contemporary Theory, SO 702 Proseminar in Methods (research design), an approved course in qualitative methods in the social sciences and GRS MA 614 Statistical Methods II, and MA 684 Multivariate Analysis or equivalent approved course in multivariate analysis in the social sciences. Candidates who do not meet the prerequisite of an undergraduate major in sociology or its equivalent may be asked to correct deficiencies without graduate credit.

Final Requirements

In addition to coursework, candidates must write a thesis with the consent of an advisor and under the supervision of a master’s thesis committee consisting of two members, one of whom must be the advisor.

Courses

Sociology Courses

Course listings are subject to change. Contact the Department of Sociology for the active listing for a given academic year.

  • CAS SO 505 Asian Development: The Case of Women
  • CAS SO 510 Black Community and Social Change
  • GRS SO 521 Seminar: Epidemiology
  • CAS SO 534 Seminar: Modernity and Social Change
  • CAS SO 536 Public Policy and Moral Judgment
  • GRS SO 541/543 Seminar on Modernity I
  • CAS SO 559 Seminar: Deviance and Social Control
  • GRS SO 699 Teaching College Sociology I
  • GRS SO 701 Advanced Sociological Theory (Classical)
  • GRS SO 702 Proseminar: Sociological Methods
  • GRS SO 703 Intermediate Methodology
  • GRS SO 708 Contemporary Sociological Theory
  • GRS SO 709 Seminar: Theory and Practice of Field Research
  • GRS SO 712 Qualitative Methodology
  • GRS SO 713 Methods in Comparative-Historical Sociology
  • GRS SO 720 Seminar: Developed and Underdeveloped Countries
  • GRS SO 737 Stratification and Social Change in Modern Societies—Analyses and Field Research
  • GRS SO 760 Political Sociology and Political Economy
  • GRS SO 765 Religion and Society
  • GRS SO 800 Graduate Study in Visual Sociology
  • GRS SO 803 Seminar: Gender Stratification
  • GRS SO 804 Seminar: Sociology of the Family
  • GRS SO 808 Seminar: Minority Groups
  • GRS SO 810 Formal Organization
  • GRS SO 811 Seminar: Sociology of the Nonprofit Sector
  • GRS SO 812/STH TR 964 Seminar: Religion and Social Identity
  • GRS SO 813 Graduate Study in Conversation and Interaction Analysis
  • GRS SO 814 The Sociology of Knowledge
  • GRS SO 815 Seminar: Sociology of Law
  • GRS SO 817 Seminar: Community Sociology
  • GRS SO 818 Medical Sociology
  • GRS SO 820 Seminar: Women and Social Change in the Developing World
  • GRS SO 822 Seminar: Religion and Social Change
  • CAS SO 829 Seminar: Selected Topics in Japanese Society
  • GRS SO 834 Seminar: Mental Illness
  • GRS SO 837 Seminar: The Sociology of Culture
  • GRS SO 838 Seminar: International Migration
  • GRS SO 840 Seminar: Political Sociology
  • GRS SO 844    Seminar: Sociology of Education
  • GRS SO 848 Seminar: Culture, Markets, and Inequality
  • GRS SO 857 Seminar: Sociology of Mind
  • GRS SO 862    Seminar: Great Theorists
  • GRS SO 951 Dissertation Workshop
  • GRS SO 952 Dissertation Workshop

Directed Research

Hours arranged. Variable cr.

  • GRS SO 901, 902    Sociological Theories
  • GRS SO 903, 904    Sociological Studies
  • GRS SO 905, 906    Communities
  • GRS SO 907, 908    Families
  • GRS SO 909, 910    Ethnic, Race, and Minority Relations
  • GRS SO 911, 912    Stratification
  • GRS SO 913, 914    Deviance and Social Problems
  • GRS SO 915, 916    Individual and Society
  • GRS SO 917, 918    Medical Sociology
  • GRS SO 919, 920   Political Sociology
  • GRS SO 921, 92      Cross-National and Developmental Sociology
  • GRS SO 925, 926   Sociology of Religion
  • GRS SO 927, 928   Sociology of Knowledge
  • GRS SO 929, 930   Ethnomethodology
  • GRS SO 939, 940   Methodology and Statistics
  • GRS SO 941, 942   Formal Organizations
  • GRS SO 945, 946   Social Interaction
  • GRS SO 947, 948   Directed Study in Field of Concentration

Social Work Courses

Contact the Registrar in the School of Social Work for the active listing for a given academic year.

  • SSW SR 900 Quantitative Data Analysis
  • SSW SR 904 Quantitative Clinical Research Methods in Social Work Practice
  • SSW SR 906 Qualitative Analysis of Clinical Data
  • SSW SR 907 Multivariate Analysis
  • SSW WP 900 Social Program Analysis and Evaluation
  • SSW WP 901 Sociology of the Social Work Profession
  • SSW WP 902 Implementing Social Policy
  • SSW WP 903 Perspectives on Social Welfare Policy

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