Department of Sociology (Graduate)

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Website URL:

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

Department/School Head:

Kenneth F. Ferraro

Admission Requirements:

Sociology Master’s Degree Program Basic Requirements

Applicants to the Master’s Degree Program in Sociology must have established English proficiency and completed at least 9 credit hours of Sociology, including at least one Sociological Methods course, one Sociological Theory course, and one Social Statistics course.

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
  3.0 or equivalent required
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
  Required – no minimum score has been set

International Applicant Requirements:

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
  3.0 or equivalent required
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
  Required – no minimum score set
• TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers:
  Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 78
  With the following minimum section requirements:
  Reading: 19
  Listening: 14
  Speaking: 25
  Writing: 18
• IELTS (Academic Module):
  An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 8.0 or higher will be accepted

Sociology Doctoral Degree Program Basic Requirements

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
  3.0 or equivalent required
• Master’s Degree Completion:
  Master’s in Sociology required, with a grade point average of 3.25 or equivalent
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
  Required – no minimum score set

International Applicant Requirements:

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
  3.0 or equivalent required
• Master’s Degree Completion:
  Master’s in Sociology required, with a grade point average of 3.25 or equivalent
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
  Required – no minimum score set
• TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers:
  Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 78
  With the following minimum section requirements:
  Reading: 19
  Listening: 14
  Speaking: 25
  Writing: 18
• IELTS (Academic Module):
  An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 8.0 or higher will be accepted

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

• The Master of Science (MS) in Sociology
• The PhD program in Sociology

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

• Family and Gender
• Health, Aging, and the Life Course
• Law and Society; Sociology of Religion
• Social Inequality
• Social Movements and Political Sociology 

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

James Anderson
Rachel L. Einwohner
Scott Feld
Kenneth Ferraro
Dan Olson
Carolyn Perrucci
David Reingold
J. Jill Suitor
Bert Useem
Fenggang Yang

Associate Professor

Elizabeth Hoffmann
Richard Hogan
Eugene Jackson
Brian Kelly
Jack Spencer
Kevin Stainback
Mangala Subramaniam

Assistant Professor

Jean Beaman
Michael T. Light
Christie Sennott
Patricia Thomas
Daniel Winchester

Emeritus Faculty

J.D. Davidson
Viktor Gecas
Dean Knudsen
Reece McGee
Martin Patchen
Robert Perrucci
Harry Potter
John Stahura
Philo Wasburn

Programs

• Sociology, PHD
• Sociology/Gerontology, PHD

• Sociology, MS

• Social Policy Graduate Certificate
• Survey Research Graduate Certificate

Courses

• SOC 51400 - Racial And Cultural Minorities
• SOC 52000 - Work In Contemporary America
• SOC 52500 - Social Movements
• SOC 52900 - Introduction To Political Economy: A Sociological Perspective
• SOC 53000 - Political Sociology
• SOC 53100 - Community Organization
• SOC 55400 - Social Psychology Of The Family
• SOC 56700 - Religion In Social Context
• SOC 56800 - Religion And Society
• SOC 57000 - Sociology Of Education
• SOC 57100 - Health And Social Behavior
• 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 60300 - The Individual In Society
• 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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