Master of Arts in Sociology

33 credits

Admission requirements

Applicants must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School and present evidence of preparation to do work in sociology.

Degree requirements

The master of arts in sociology requires 33 credits. Students must complete a 18-credit core of required courses. To complete the remaining 15 credits, students will choose one of the following concentrations, depending on their needs and backgrounds: thesis, institutional research certificate, teaching certificate, directed electives in methods and statistics, or certificate in interpretive ethnography. The research methodology course requirement is met by SOC 681.

Core requirements, 18 credits

SOC 600	Research Methods: Qual & Quant	3
SOC 603	Readings in Sociological Thry	3
SOC 681	Survey Research Methods	3
SOC 682	Social Statistics	3
SOC 684	Adv Sociological Data Analy	3
SOC 699	Sem in Sel Topics in Soc	3

Complete one concentration

Thesis concentration, 15 credits

THES 698	Thesis	1 TO 6
	Electives	9
Total Credit Hours:		33

Institutional research certificate concentration, 15 credits

ID 602	Institutional Research	3
SOC 588	Internship 3: Field Experience	1 TO 3
	Electives	9
Total Credit Hours:		33

Certificate in college and university teaching concentration, 15 credits

EDHI 609	Prpng for Prof: Tch Hi Ed	3
EDHI 610	Issues in Higher Education	3
ID 601	Tchng Pract in Hi Ed	3

6 credits from

EDAC 634	The Adult as a Learner	3
EDAC 635	Strategies for Teaching Adults	3
EDAC 699	Intern in Ad and Comm Ed	2 TO 6
EDCC 640	Community College	3
EDFO 610	Women, Gender, and Education	3
EDHI 611	Tchng and Curr Issues in Hi Ed	3
EDHI 613	Admini and Fin in Higher Ed	3
EDTE 660	Instructi Des and Tech	3
EDTE 690	Pract in Ed Tech	2 TO 4
Total Credit Hours:		33

Directed electives in methods and statistics concentration, 15 credits

6 credits from

COMM 602	Quant Research in Comm	3
COMM 605	Qual Research in Comm	3
EDPS 730	Nonparametric Statistics	3
EDST 660	Ethno Res in Ed	3
EDST 697	The Grant Process and Research	3
GEOG 544	Adv Geog Info Systems Analysis	3
HSC 670	Hlth Sci Res Tech	3
PSYS 680	Research Methods in Psychology	3
	or
	equivalent courses to be determined with advisor	6

Electives, 9 credits

Total Credit Hours:

Certificate in interpretive ethnography concentration, 15 credits

ANTH 601

Scope of Cultural Anthropology

3 credits from

ANTH 550	Ethnographic Field School	3 TO 12
	or
ANTH 559	Ethnographic Methods	3
	or
ANTH 695	Res Meths in Anth	3

9 credits from

ANTH 550	Ethnographic Field School	3 TO 12
COMM 605	Qual Research in Comm	3
EDEL 676	Research in Elementary Educ	3
EDST 650	Intro to Qual Res	3
EDST 660	Ethno Res in Ed	3
PSYS 595	Special Topics in Psychology	1 TO 12
RELS 503	Reading and Special Study	3
SOC 681	Survey Research Methods	3
SOC 683	Qualitative Research Methods	3
Total Credit Hours:		33

Graduate Assistantships

A limited number of graduate assistantships are available each year to students who have maintained a minimum undergraduate grade-point average (GPA) of 2.75 on a scale of 4.0. There is a stipend, and part of the tuition is waived. Graduate assistants should plan for and expect assistantships to begin in the fall semester and end at the close of the spring semester. Renewal of the assistantship for a second year is available.