The graduate program emphasizes rigorous preparation in sociological theory and research methodologies as the basis of sound scholarship. Students are encouraged to begin active research early in their graduate careers. The department offers graduate study in collective behavior/social movements; comparative/historical; culture; gender; development; economic sociology; law, deviance and social control; methodology; qualitative and quantitative; political sociology; social psychology (interaction/relationships); and community and urban sociology. Applicants accepted into the sociology graduate program are admitted directly to the Ph.D. program. The master's degree is awarded to students in the course of working toward the Ph.D. Continuation in the Ph.D. program is contingent upon satisfactory completion of all M.A. degree requirements.

While an M.A. degree may be obtained while pursuing a Ph.D. degree, only Ph.D. applications will be accepted.

This is a Departmentally-based Graduate Program.

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