SOCPHD - Sociology
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Total Units Required for Degree: 63 major units (including 18 dissertation units) & 12 minor units = 75
CORE COURSES: 15 Units
SOC 500A: Sociological Theory (3 units)
SOC 570A: Social Statistics I (3 units)
SOC 570B: Social Statistics (3 units)
SOC 575: Advanced Social Research Methods (3 units)
SOC 595A: Study in Sociology (1 unit)
SOC 595B: Presentation Seminar (1 unit)
SOC 596C: Teaching Practicum (1 unit)
Minimum GPA required: 3.5
Minimum of 12 credits from elective substantive seminars (four 3-credit courses), selected from the following list: (Note these are minimums, not maximums. Students are encouraged to take more than four substantive seminars)
SOC 505: World-System Theory and Research (3 units)
SOC 508: Sociology of Culture (3 units)
SOC 510: Political Sociology (3 units)
SOC 514: The State and Social Policy (3 units)
SOC 515: Social Movements and Collective Action (3 units)
SOC 520: Sociology of Health and Medicine (3 units)
SOC 525: Organizational Theory (3 units)
SOC 527: Social Networks (3 units)
SOC 530: Structure, Action, Identity (3 units)
SOC 534: Core Issues in Environmental Sociology (3 units)
SOC 535: Environmental Inequality & Justice (3 units)
SOC 551: Stratification and Class (3 units)
SOC 553: The Family (3 units)
SOC 555: Gender and Society (3 units)
SOC 557: Gender and Labor Markets (3 units)
SOC 560: Race and Ethnicity (3 units)
SOC 565: Work and Professions (3 units)
SOC 583: Law, Politics and Inequality (3 units)
SOC 587: Economic Sociology (3 units)
SOC 596A: Advanced Topics in Research (1 - 3 units)
SOC 596F: Theory and Research on the Nonprofit Sector (3 units)
SOC 600: Sociology of Knowledge (3 units)
Minimum of 3 credits of elective advanced methods and statistics seminars (one 3-unit course), selected from the following list: (Note this is a minimum, not a maximum. Students are encouraged to take more than one advanced methods course.)
SOC 511: Formal Models of Cultural Analysis (3 units)
SOC 552: Advanced Topics in Stratification (3 units)
SOC 526: Methods for Social Network Analysis (3 units)
SOC 561: Programming for the Social Sciences (3 units)
SOC 574C: Categorical Data Analysis (3 units)
SOC 576: Field and Observational Methods (3 units)
Students are encouraged to take more than four substantive seminars and more than one advanced methods course. Additional substantive seminars and methods courses can be applied toward the remaining 15 required elective credits. The additional 15 required elective credits must be within the School of Sociology. *Outside courses may be permitted with approval of the DGS.
SOC 500B: Sociological Theory (3 units)
SOC 595C: Graduate Training: Negotiating the Job Market (1 unit)
SOC 596J: Advanced Topics in Social Movements Research (3 units)
SOC 617: Punishment & Society (3 units)
SOC 696D: Research Process Seminar (3 units)
Minimum GPA required: 3.5
Comprehensive Examinations:
Doctoral students must pass written comprehensive examinations in two areas within sociology and an oral examination covering both areas. Two areas are required for all sociology majors, regardless of the minor field. Students who elect to minor in another field outside of sociology will complete an additional written examination in the minor, in which case the minor field will also be covered during the general oral examination.
Transfer of Course Credit
Students who have completed prior graduate work may transfer a maximum of 12 units of credit toward the doctoral program. Any transfer credit must be approved by the DGS as equivalent in content and rigor to electives offered at the UA. Transfer credits will normally be classified as electives completed outside of the School of Sociology. That is, they cannot substitute for required courses and distributive course requirements within the School of Sociology. This is true even if the transferred credits are sociology courses. Exceptions must be approved in writing by the DGS.
Language Requirements
There are no language requirements.
The Graduate College requires doctoral students to complete coursework for both a “major” field and a “minor” field before advancement to candidacy for the doctoral degree (the major and minor field can be the same). All doctoral students admitted to the PhD program will major in Sociology. Most will also minor in Sociology, but they can opt to minor in another department at UA. The major in Sociology requires 45 units of coursework, the minor in Sociology requires 12 units of coursework.
Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.