Sociology - Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Sociology from Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a Campus Master Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. Master's degree requirements The Master of Arts degree in sociology requires a minimum of 30 semester hours of course work and a research paper. Students are required to take the following three courses: SOC 501, Classical Sociological Theory (3 hrs); SOC 526a, Statistical Data Analysis in Sociology I (4 hrs); and SOC 512, Sociological Research Methods and Design (4hrs), (students must receive an A or B in all three classes). Students are required to enroll in four additional graduate seminars (12 hrs) in sociology or related disciplines (one of which may be at the 400 level), and in 4 credit hours of Independent Research for the master's degree research paper (SOC 591). Students may take Independent Readings (SOC 596) and approved graduate level courses in other departments as long as the above requirements are also fulfilled (see Appendix A). Credit hours per semester We require full-time students with full assistantships (i.e., ? time assistantships) to enroll in 9 credit hours per semester. Students with graduate fellowships, Veteran's benefits, or SIUC scholarships also must take at least 9 credit hours as required by the Graduate School. Once students on assistantships complete all requirements except the master's paper, the minimum credit hours is 6. Master's Research Paper The research paper is developed from a paper produced in a sociology course or through independent readings/research with a faculty member. Students will select an adviser for the master's research paper (e.g., the person who taught the course or who supervised the readings/research project). Students will enroll with this faculty member for 4 semester hours in SOC 591, Individual Research, for the completion of the research paper. This course can be taken concurrently with or after the research seminars. The selection of the advisor requires paperwork that must be filed with the Director of Graduate Studies. The research paper will then be submitted for evaluation to another faculty member selected in concurrence with the faculty adviser for the paper. In case of disagreement over the evaluation (pass/revision/fail) of the paper, the graduate studies committee will appoint a third reader. The master's research paper normally is 20 to 40 pages in length and uses the standard American Sociological Review reference style. In addition to the copy required by the Graduate School, one suitably bound copy must be deposited in the department library. Early Admission to the Ph.D. Degree Program Upon completion of two semesters of full-time study, a student may petition to waive the M.A. degree and be admitted to the Ph.D. degree program in sociology , if the following conditions have been met: 1) minimum GPA of 3.7 during the first year of study; and 2) approval by adviser and graduate studies committee of a research paper completed during the first year of study. The procedure and standards for approval of the paper are the same as for the regular master's research paper. The student will be expected to finish the PhD degree within four years of entry into the program. View more details on Southern Illinois University Carbondale . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.