Required Courses for Graduate Degrees in Sociology
Required Courses for the Master's Degree
- Soc 505 or Soc 506.
- Soc 511.
- Soc 591.
- Stat 401 (preferably, Section E).
Required Courses for the PhD Degree
- Soc 506.
- Soc 607.
- Stat 404.
Descriptions of Required Courses
Required Courses in Sociology
Soc 505. History of Social Thought. (3-0) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 401. Reviews the historical origins of social
ideas about society how social thought has evolved throughout history, and how these affect modern
sociological thinking.
Soc 506. Classical Sociological Theory. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Soc 401 or 505. The origins of the canonical works of sociology in the mid-Industrial Revolution period including Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim and others.
Soc 511. Intermediate Research Methods. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 302 and Stat 401. Research methods in sociology including problem selection, research design, hypothesis formulation, sampling, alternative data collection techniques. Designing a research strategy appropriate for a variety of social science questions, and assessing the appropriateness, validity, and generalizability of published sociological research.
Soc 591. Orientation to Sociology. (1-0) Cr. 1. F. Prereq: Formal admission into the sociology graduate program. Introduction to the department, current graduate student policies at department and university levels, departmental administrative procedures. Required of graduate students. Satisfactory-fail only.
Soc 607. Contemporary Sociological Theory. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: 6 graduate credits in sociology. Provides a review of modern sociological thought, issues, and controversies as they affect current research and discourse in the discipline.
Required Courses in Statistics
Stat 401. Statistical Methods for Research Workers. (3-2) Cr. 4. F.S.SS. Prereq: 101 or 104 or 105 or 226. Graduate students without an equivalent course should contact the department. Methods of analyzing and interpreting experimental and survey data. Statistical concepts and models; estimation; hypothesis tests with continuous and discrete data; simple and multiple linear regression and correlation; introduction to analysis of variance and blocking. Nonmajor graduate credit.
Stat 404. Regression for Social and Behavioral Research. (2-2) Cr. 3. F. Prereq: 401. Lorenz, Roberts.
Applications of generalized linear regression models to social science data. Assumptions of regression; diagnostics and transformations; analysis of variance and covariance; path analysis; logistic, multinomial and Poisson regression. Nonmajor graduate credit.
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