Master of Arts Degree Requirements

A total of 30 semester hours of graduate work must be completed in graduate status, 24 hours of coursework, plus 6 hours devoted to the M.A. thesis. No graduate credit will be given for undergraduate courses. Download a printer-friendly PDF version of this checklist.

MA Coursework Checklist

• Statistics (6 hrs)
  SOC 384L (completed in the first semester)
  SOC 385L (completed in the second semester)
• Methods (3 hrs)
  SOC 387J (completed in the first semester)
• Theory (6 hrs)
  SOC 394K.3 (completed in the first semester)
  SOC 394K.2 (completed in the second semester)
• Elective (3 hrs)
  Any Sociology course, EXCEPT
  SOC 389.6 Demography Training Seminar or
  SOC 398T Supervised Teaching
• Out of Department (6 hrs)
  Graduate-level courses outside the Sociology department as approved by the Graduate Adviser. These courses need not be taken in a single department. The 6 hours must be graduate courses.
• Thesis (6 hrs)
  SOC 698A & SOC 698B

The student registers for 698A one time only (after s/he has submitted the Application for MA Candidacy), and 698B for all subsequent semesters until the thesis is completed. A grade will be awarded for the thesis upon its completion and approval of the supervising professor.

YOU MUST BE REGISTERED FOR SOC 698B THE SEMESTER YOU PLAN TO GRADUATE!