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Master of Arts in Sociology Graduate Program

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"Unless a capacity for thinking be accompanied by a capacity for action, a superior mind exists in torture."

Charles Horton Cooley

 

Sam Houston State University Sociology Department is pleased to announce the introduction of its full online Master's Program. Students are able to take all required courses and fullfill the program's requirements online.

The Sociology Department at Sam Houston State University offers a unique master's degree program designed to meet the needs of busy professionals. This program focuses on building the valuable, usable skills needed to fast forward your career including skills in research grant writing, program evaluation, impact assessment, and community-based research.

"What can I do with a Masters degree in Sociology" from the American Sociological Association

Master of Arts (MA)

Program Length
36 Credit Hours

Description:
The Master of Arts in Sociology is designed to provide students with advanced and up-dated instruction in quantitative and qualitative techniques of sociological research, statistics, and theory. Students will develop the advanced professional skills necessary to analyze social issues in applied settings. These skills include research grant writing, program evaluation, impact assessment, and community-based research.

Students pursuing the MA in Sociology will work with faculty with specialties in Environment & Social Change & Development, Stratification, Culture & Institutions, or Applied Sociology.

Faculty areas of specialization include:

• Environment & Social Change & Development
• Stratification
• Culture & Institutions
• Applied Sociology

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For more information, email Dr. Karen Douglas, Director of Graduate Studies; call 936-294-1513 or 936-294-4446.

If you have recently been admitted to the program or are a current graduate student, check out the new Graduate Student Orientation for the sociology program!