The Graduate Program in the Department of Sociology

The department's graduate program is oriented toward the training of Ph.D.'s in sociology. Requirements for the Ph.D. are organized around a core curriculum, elective courses, research apprenticeship experience, a one-semester teaching assistantship, and a dissertation with a departmental and University defense. Beyond them, students are free to tailor their graduate training under the supervision of their advisors. Additionally, students must satisfy the University residence requirement and demonstrate competence in a foreign language. Students are expected to complete all University and departmental requirements other than the dissertation by the end of the spring semester of their fourth year in the program (this includes the departmental defense of the dissertation proposal).

The Master's degree is granted as part of the doctoral training sequence to students successfully completing the core curriculum and meeting the residence requirement.

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