COURSE SCHEDULE
M. A. Typical Sequence
Summer
Spring
Fall
Year 1
3850:601 Graduate Proseminar
3850:604 Research Design
3850:722 Early Sociological
Theory
Elective and/or Thesis hours
Year 1
3850:706 Multivariate Analysis
Elective
Elective and/or Thesis hours
Year 1 6 credits if receiving funding
(thesis hours or, in some cases,
elective coursework)
Year 2
Elective courses and/or
thesis hours
Year 2
Elective courses and/or
thesis hours
Year 2 6 credits of elective courses and/or
Thesis/dissertation hours
Students need 32 credits: Most students take the 4 required classes their first year, and then 3 electives and 10 credits of thesis hours. In the
rare case that students are completing the non-thesis option, they will need 6 additional credits of course-work in their chosen specialty area.
No more than 5 credits of independent study or readings may apply toward the 32 credits.
Ph. D. Typical Sequence
Year 1
3850:601 Graduate Proseminar
3850:700 College teaching
3850:709 Advanced Data
Analysis
Elective and/or Dissertation hours
Year 2
Electives and/or dissertation
hours
(Completion of comprehensive
exams)
Year 3 Electives and/or dissertation hours
Summer
Spring
Fall
Year 1
3850:723 Contemporary
Sociological Theory
Elective
Elective
Year 1
6 credits if receiving funding
(Dissertation hours or, in some
cases, elective coursework)
Year 2
Electives and/or dissertation
hours
(Completion of comprehensive
exams)
Year 2
6 credits if receiving funding
(Dissertation hours or, in some
cases, elective coursework)
Year 3
6 credits if receiving funding
(Dissertation hours)
Year 3 Electives and/or dissertation hours