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Admissions
Each application to the sociology master's program is
carefully considered on
an individual basis. A number of factors are given weight when an
admissions
decision is made.
Master of Arts
The application deadline for admission to the graduate program
in Sociology
is April 1 for the following academic year. Admissions decisions are made
by
the department's Graduate Program Committee. The Committee may request
additional information or an interview with a candidate who does not meet the
requirement for Regular Admission status.
To receive regular admission status for the M.A. in Sociology,
the student must
have completed all of the following:
1) 20 semester hours in sociology with a grade point average of 3.25
2) 3.25 overall grade point average in
undergraduate course work or a score of
1,000 or better on the Graduate Record Examination (verbal and quantitative
scores combined);
3) A grade of 3.0 (B) or better in both (a) SOC 300
Introduction to Research
Methods or equivalent, and (b) SOC 301 Sociological Theory or equivalent,
and a
4) 500-word statement of interest, describing career goals and needs.
An applicant who does not satisfy the foregoing requirements
may be eligible
for conditional admission. Where minimum grade point averages are not met
in
either sociology and/or overall for undergraduate work, the conditionally
admitted
student must achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or better in each of
the first three SASW graduate courses attempted (two of which must be core
courses), in order to be eligible for admission to a fourth graduate course.
Where
one or both of the SASW equivalent undergraduate theory and methods courses
have not been taken or the grades are less than 3.0, the conditionally admitted
student must satisfy the deficiency by taking SOC 300 and/or SOC 301
(depending on the deficiency) and receiving a grade of at least 3.0.
Neither
course can count for graduate credit.
Conditionally admitted students who have satisfied the
requirements for regular
status in the manner noted above must formally apply for regular status to the
Graduate Program Committee. The application must include three letters of
recommendation from SASW faculty and a writing sample. The decision by
the committee on granting regular status to a conditionally admitted student
may be appealed to the department faculty as a whole.
Concentration in Social and Criminal Justice
Requirements for admission to the Concentration in Social and
Criminal Justice
are identical to those of the general sociology degree, except that applicants
must have taken 18 semester hours or more in social and criminal justice-
related areas with a minimum grade point average of 3.25 in these courses,
in place of the requirement of 20 semester hours of general Sociology.
The requirement for social and criminal justice-related course
work may be
partially waived by the Graduate Program Committee for relevant career
experience. Conditional admission to the Concentration in Social and
Criminal Justice, as well as requirements for Plan A and Plan B, are identical
to those described above for the general sociology degree. 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.
To learn more about the SASW program view the following pages: