Department of Sociology (Graduate)

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Website: https://www.cla.purdue.edu/sociology/graduate/index.html

Department/School Head

Faculty by Rank

Academic Programs

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

• The Master of Science (MS) in Sociology
• The Ph.D. program in Sociology

Concentrations (Areas of Study)

• Family
• Health, Aging, and the Life Course
• Law and Society 
• Social Inequality: Class, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Sexuality
• Social Movements and Political Sociology
• Sociology of Religion
• Work and Organizations 

Programs

• Sociology, PHD
• Sociology/Gerontology, PHD

• Sociology, MS

Courses

• SOC 51400 - Racial And Cultural Minorities
• SOC 52500 - Social Movements
• SOC 53100 - Community Organization
• SOC 57000 - Sociology Of Education
• SOC 57200 - Comparative Healthcare Systems
• SOC 57300 - The Human Side Of Medicine
• SOC 57400 - The Social Organization Of Healthcare
• SOC 57600 - Health And Aging In Social Context
• SOC 58000 - Methods Of Social Research I
• SOC 58100 - Methods of Social Research II
• SOC 58300 - Application Of Social Research Methods
• SOC 59000 - Individual Research Problems
• SOC 59100 - Selected Topics In Sociology
• SOC 60000 - Development Of Sociological Theory
• SOC 60200 - Contemporary Sociological Theories
• SOC 60900 - Seminar In Sociology
• SOC 61000 - Seminar On Teaching Sociology
• SOC 61100 - Social Inequality: Class, Race, And Gender
• SOC 63000 - Seminar In Political Sociology
• SOC 65900 - Seminar In Marriage And The Family
• SOC 66700 - Seminar In The Sociology Of Religion
• SOC 67400 - Seminar In Medical Sociology
• SOC 67700 - Research Seminar On Aging And The Life Course
• SOC 68000 - Advanced Social Research Methods
• SOC 68100 - Selected Problems Of Social Research
• SOC 68600 - Qualitative Methods
• SOC 69300 - Interdisciplinary Seminar
• SOC 69500 - Analytic Project In Sociology
• SOC 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

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