Sociology, M.A.

• This program is Thesis Only.

Required Courses

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Required Courses
SOC 5283	Fundamentals of Sociological Statistics	3
SOC 5293	Advanced Methods of Social Research	3
SOC 5483	Advanced Regression Analysis	3
SOC 5683	Categorical, Panel, and Advanced Statistical Analyses	3
SOC 5821	Professionalization Seminar	1
SOC 5933	Sociological Theory	3
SOC 5980	Research for Master's Thesis	3
Electives
Choose 15 hours of elective coursework 1		15
Total Credit Hours		34

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12 or more hours must be housed in the Department of Sociology at the 5000-level or above. The remaining 3 hours of electives may be Directed Readings (SOC 5960), a cross-listed course housed outside the department or another course outside the department. 

General Requirements for all Master's Degrees

The master’s degree requires the equivalent of at least two semesters of satisfactory graduate work and additional work as may be prescribed for the degree.

All coursework applied to the master’s degree must carry graduate credit.

Master’s degree programs which require a thesis consist of at least 30 credit hours. All non-thesis master’s degree programs require at least 30 credit hours.

Credit transferred from other institutions must meet specific criteria and is subject to certain limitations.

Courses completed through correspondence study may not be applied to the master’s degree.

To qualify for a graduate degree, students must achieve an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher in the degree program coursework and in all resident graduate coursework attempted. A student must also have at least a 3.0 in all coursework (including undergraduate coursework if any).

Additional information for master's degree students may be found in the Graduate College Bulletin.