The Sociology Program

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology offers a graduate minor in Sociology for students in the master's and doctoral degree programs of other departments. The general requirement for the graduate minor is nine (9) hours of course work at the graduate level (500 or 600). Students wishing to teach sociology at the community college level are required to have eighteen (18) hours of course work. It is suggested that these students take SOC 560 (Quantitative Methods), SOC 562 (Methods of Social Research), and SOC 582 (Sociological Theory) as nine (9) of their 18 hours if these courses were not taken as an undergraduate.

Graduate courses most commonly offered by the department include:

515 Sociology of Gender
521 Sociological Topics (content varies according to instructor)
523 Sociology of Health
524 Sociology of Aging
526 Sociology of Education
544 Juvenile Delinquency
550 Social Psychology
560 Quantitative Methods (Statistics)
562 Methods of Social Research
582 Sociological Theory
692 Special Study Projects in Sociology (Work will be under the direction of graduate faculty)

Please check SOAR for current course schedule.

For more information about the Sociology minor, please contact the Department of Anthropology and Sociology or any Sociology faculty member.

For more information about graduate programs at USM, please contact the Office of Graduate Studies, (601) 266-4369, or check the Graduate Bulletin.