Degree Requirements
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Bachelor of Social Work Program Receives Candidacy Status
Degree Requirements
In addition to the course work specified below, either of the
following two
programs will satisfy the masters degree requirements.
Plan A: Thesis and oral examination
Plan B: One paper and written comprehensive examination
Admission to thesis candidacy (Plan A) shall be by positive
vote of the
Graduate Program Committee, upon submission of a formal application
that includes a current transcript, a writing sample, a Plan A adviser letter
of support and agreement, human subjects review and approval, and a
statement providing a general overview of the thesis topic, methods, and
time frame. The decision of the Graduate Program Committee on thesis
candidacy may be appealed to the department faculty as a whole. Students
planning to study for the Ph.D. in sociology are strongly advised to
pursue
the Plan A option on their masters program. Furthermore, students should
be aware that the department strongly recommends that faculty members
of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work abstain
from writing letters of recommendation for any graduate student seeking
admission to and/or financial support from Ph.D. degree institutions until
admission to Plan A candidacy.
Plan B involves passing comprehensive examinations based on
graduate
course work, involving a minimum of three tested areas, read by no fewer
than three members of the SASW graduate faculty. Retakes of one or more
areas of the comprehensive examinations shall be allowed at the discretion
of the student's Plan B supervisor, but under no circumstance will more than
one retake be allowed without formal graduate course remediation approved
by the Graduate Program Committee. In addition, Plan B requires a
substantial paper that must be approved by two members of the SASW
graduate faculty.
Graduate students enrolled in courses numbered below 600 are
expected to
perform, as defined by the course instructor, at a higher level than the
undergraduate students in such courses.
It is possible to transfer up to 9 credit hours of graduate
work from another
institution into the Sociology graduate degree programs. It is possible
that
some transfer credit may substitute for course requirements. The Graduate
Program Committee must approve the request for graduate transfer credit.
To learn more about the SASW program view the following pages: