Admission Requirements

Students seeking admission into the Master of Arts degree program in Sociology must meet the admission requirements of Graduate Programs. The specific program requirements are as follows. The student must have:

• a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.00, or a minimum of 3.0 for the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work completed;
• a minimum of eighteen (18) undergraduate hours in Sociology;
• an overall minimum GPA of 3.00 in undergraduate Sociology courses;
• a minimum grade of B in the following undergraduate courses, or their recognized equivalents:
  SOC 2213 - Introduction to Sociology
  SOC 3383 - Social Statistics
  SOC 4293 - Methods of Social Research
  SOC 4243 - Social Theory

Requirements for the Degree

A minimum of eighteen (18) hours for the degree must be in courses numbered at the 6000 level. Up to six hours (6) may be taken outside of the department. All students must complete a thesis or nonthesis option for the degree. Students electing to complete a thesis may take six (6) hours of SOC 670V - Thesis , with the consent of the overseeing faculty member, in lieu of a corresponding number of hours of elective courses. (Note: Receipt of credit for thesis hours is contingent upon successful completion and defense of the thesis.) Students electing to take the non-thesis option will take comprehensive exams after earning a minimum of eighteen (18) hours in the program, including SOC 6303 - Contemporary Sociological Theory  and SOC 6343 - Methods of Social Research .

Admissions are competitive.

Application deadlines: Priority deadlines for admission and for consideration for graduate assistantship are May 1 (for Summer or Fall admission); November 1 (for Spring admission).