Suggested Graduate Program of Study
Fall Semester Year 1
*SOC 502 Proseminar
*SOC 508 Advanced Statistics
*SOC 600 Comparative Theories
SOC 513 Mind, Self, and Society or SOC 591 Elite Deviance
Spring Semester Year 1
SOC 615 Social Institutions
*SOC 603 Social Science Research Methods
SOC 621 Interdisciplinary Topics
SOC 531 Criminology or SOC 567 Community Networking
Summer Semester Year 1
SOC 649 Independent Studies
Written Comprehensive Exams in August
Fall Semester Year 2 - Thesis Proposal Presentation during the fall semester
*SOC 650 Thesis
SOC 601 Selected Theories
SOC 607 Global Racial Formations or SOC 605 Social Organizations
SOC 591 Environmental Sociology or SOC 591 Families and TV
Spring Semester Year 2
SOC 613 Social Behavior or SOC 620 Philosophy of Social Science
SOC 615 Social Institutions
*SOC 650 Thesis
Oral Defense of the Completed Thesis at the end of the spring semester
* required courses: 18 credits
A minimum of 33 credits are required for graduation
At least 15 of the 33 credits have to be 600-level courses.