Program Requirements

Students Must:

1. Satisfactorily complete 36 of graduate coursework as outlined below.

   • No more than 6 hours of 500 level coursework may be counted toward a degree.

2. Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on all coursework.Complete either an Internship or Thesis option as discussed below.

   • No grade of “D” or “F” may be counted toward a degree. All course to be counted toward a degree in which a “D” or “F” is earned must be repeated with a grade of at least “C.”

   •  No more than 6 hours of “C” grades may be counted toward a degree.

3. Be recommended for the degree by the Graduate Faculty Committee.

4. Meet all requirements for the M.S. in Applied Sociology degree within 6 years of enrolling in the M.S. in Applied Sociology program.

 

Required Courses

SOC 601 Complex Organizations	3 hours
SOC 602 Social Stratification and Structured Inequality	3 hours
SOC 603 Applied Social Theory	3 hours
SOC 604 Applied Research Design and Methodology	3 hours
SOC 605 Advanced Statistics for Applied Sociology	3 hours
SOC 606 Evaluation and Assessment	3 hours
Concentration Electives	12 hours
SOC 701 Field Internship or SOC 770 Thesis Research & Thesis	6 hours
TOTAL	36 hours

 

Areas of Concentration

Criminal Justice	Globalization and Sustainability
SOC 620 Applied Criminological Theory	SOC 501 Population
SOC 630 Race, Gender, Class & the C. J. System	SOC 555 Urban Sociology
SOC 635 Applied Crime Mapping in the Social Sciences	SOC 565 Social Change and Globalization
SOC 645 Dimensions of Homicide	SOC 607 Social Policy
	SOC 625 Population Policy
	SOC 650 Applied Study Abroad
	SOC 655 Applied Environmental Sociology
	SOC 660 Participatory Research and Popular Education
	SOC 665 Globalization and Social Transformation

May be used in any concentration when appropriate and approved by the Graduate Coordinator in the Applied Sociology program

Course Electives

Must be selected from one area of concentration.

SOC 500 Independent Study
SOC 595 Special Topics Seminar
SOC 690 Independent Study in Applied Sociology
SOC 698 Special Topics in Applied Sociology