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PhD Sociology at University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado Boulder, United States

Programme overview

PhD with solid training in sociological theory and methods and flexibility in specialty areas including criminology, cultural sociology, environment and disasters, gender and sexuality, health, life course, political economy, population, race and ethnicity, and social psychology.

Faculty: College of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Sociology  |  Duration: Dissertation expected by end of sixth program year  |  Location: Boulder, CO, United States

What you will study

45 credit hours of coursework before the specialty comprehensive exam (at least 24 in Sociology), including SOCY 5031 Research Design, 5111 Statistics 1, 5181 Logics of Qualitative Inquiry, 5201 and 5202 theory seminars and 6111 Stats 2. Years 1-2 focus on theory and methods, years 3-4 on a specialty area, then candidacy, dissertation proposal and defense. First-year coursework requires at least 3.50 GPA with no grade below B.

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Entry requirements

CU Boulder Graduate School (all graduate programmes): minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75.

Requirements published at program group level.

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 applications are submitted online to the Graduate School; the nonrefundable application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and $80 for international applicants. Deadlines are set per programme.

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