M.S. Core Degree Requirements
Although responsibility for determining the student's course work resides with the POS committee, the Sociology Department has core courses that must be taken by all students. Following is a list of the core courses for the M.S. program. A graduate course taken elsewhere cannot substitute for the master's core requirements.
A minimum of 30 semester credits is required for the M.S. degree.
Required M.S. Courses:
- Soc 591 (R cr) Orientation to Sociology
- Soc 505 or 506
- Soc 505 (3 cr) History of Social Thought (Fall semester)
- Soc 506 (3 cr) Classical Sociological Theory and Challenges to the Canon (Spring semester)
- Soc 511 (3 cr) Intermediate Research Methods (Spring semester)
- Stat 401 (4 cr) Statistical Methods for Research Workers
- Soc 599 (6 cr) Master's Thesis Research
No more than 6 credits of 590 (special topics) may be applied toward the M.S. degree requirements (30 credits).
