Program Details | Sociology Ph.D.

The Ph.D. program is a combination Master’s and Doctoral program in which students first complete requirements for a Master’s Degree with thesis (minimum of 54 credits) and then continue onward to earn a Ph.D. (minimum of 108 credits, which includes 54 credits from the Master’s). This program provides students with advanced training in qualitative and quantitative research methods as well as in theory and substantive areas. Students in this program design and implement their own research projects for the thesis and dissertation. Students graduating with a Ph.D. from our program find positions as faculty members at colleges and universities or take research-focused jobs in the public or private sectors. Applications are accepted once per year and incoming students start in the fall term.

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Requirements

Candidates for the Non-Thesis Master’s degree must earn a minimum of 45 graduate credits. Students working for the Master of Arts degree must satisfy the language requirement.

Core (33 credits)

Soc 590 Social Research Strategies
Soc 591 Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
Soc 592 Qualitative Methods
Soc 593 Quantitative Methods
Soc 537 or SOC 637 Qualitative Data Analysis
Soc 595 or SOC 695 Advanced Quantitative Methods
Soc 507 or SOC 607 Professionalization Seminar

Electives (40 credits)

Ten 500- or 600-level elective courses, at least twenty credits in Sociology. Elective courses outside Sociology must be approved by the student’s adviser.

Thesis (8 credits)

SOC 503 Thesis

Dissertation (27 credits)

SOC 603 Dissertation

Total credit hours: 108