MA Sociology at University of Arkansas

Programme overview

The MA in Sociology is offered in the Department of Sociology and Criminology with a General Sociology or a Criminology concentration. It requires a minimum of 32 credit hours under a thesis, practicum (internship) or comprehensive-exam option.

Faculty: Graduate School | Department: Sociology and Criminology | Study mode: full-time | Location: Fayetteville, AR, United States

What you will study

All students take Proseminar, Classical Social Theory, Applied Data Analysis and its laboratory, and Advanced Social Research. General Sociology adds Contemporary Social Theory and Applied Qualitative Research; Criminology adds Seminar in Criminological Theory and Research in Criminology, plus two restricted electives in each concentration.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Graduate School admission; at least two letters of recommendation; a sample of written academic work; a one-page statement of educational objectives; satisfactory GRE scores; prerequisite preparation in social theory, research methods, statistics and writing (SOCI 33004, 33103, 34203 or equivalents; criminology applicants also SOCI/CRIM 30203), with deficiencies removed within the first twelve graduate hours or when the course is first offered.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer sessions.

Graduate School application deadlines: August 1 for fall, December 1 for spring, April 15 for summer sessions; some departments set earlier deadlines. The application fee is $60 for new applicants; $30 for returning UA graduate students.

Law (JD): priority application deadline April 15, with rolling review after that date; admission is for the full-time program in the fall.

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