The master’s degree prepares students for two career paths: (1) doctoral work beyond the master’s degree and (2) professional careers at the master’s level as teachers and researchers.  

Requirements for Degree.

• Credit hours (minimum 35): 29 course hours, including at least 23 hours of formal course work in sociology, plus 6 hours of thesis credits (Soc 699R). Only course work with a grade of B– or better is acceptable.
• Required courses: Soc 600, 604, 605, 610; and for first-year graduate students 598R in fall and winter; minimum 15 additional hours of graduate sociology course work; demonstration of competence in sociological theory, research methods, and statistics.
• Thesis.
• Examination: oral defense of thesis.