Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Requirements
The general
requirements of the Ph.D. consists of 43 credits of
coursework, 3 credits of Masters level research, a
Second-Year Research Paper, the passing of two specialty
exams, 12 credits of Dissertation research, and
a Dissertation.
The coursework includes:
1. Two course in social theory (SOCY 620
& 621)
2. Three courses in Statistics (SOCY
601, 602 plus an advanced sociology
statistics course taken from an approved list)
3.
Two research methods courses (selected from an
approved list)
4. One computer skills course
(SOCY 699C)
5. A set of
three
courses
in each of two specialties
(independent reading
courses do not count, and the same course may not be
counted twice)
6.
A
second-year research paper which meets the approval
of two faculty members (completed
while enrolled in 3 credits of SOCY 799)
7. A course in the Integration of Methods and
Theory (SOCY 701)
8.
12 credit hours of dissertation research (SOCY 899)
