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Sociology (PhD)

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Degree Requirements

Core Requirements13
Seminar
Classical Sociological Theory
Quantitative Sociological Analysis
Research Methods In Sociology I
Applied Research
Theory Course3
Select one of the following courses:
Historical Materialism Approaches to Social Theory
Sociological Social Psychology
Special Topics In Sociology (Social Movement Theory)
Special Topics In Sociology (Intersectional Theory)
Special Topics In Sociology (Critical Race Theory)
Method / Analysis Courses6
Select two of the following courses:
Advanced Sociological Analysis (Social Network Analysis)
Advanced Sociological Analysis (Multilevel/ Longitudinal Analysis)
Advanced Sociological Analysis (Sequence Analysis)
Advanced Sociological Analysis (Computational Text Analysis)
Qualitative Sociological Methods and Analysis
Special Topics In Sociology
Substantive Courses24
Select eight courses from "Substantive Courses" listed below - based on speciality area
Research Courses26
Doctoral Supervised Research
Doctoral Dissertation Research
Total Hours72

Specialty Courses

Select eight courses from the following options - based on speciality area.

Crime, Law, and Social Control
³§°¿°äÌý721Deviant Behavior3
³§°¿°äÌý722Social Control3
³§°¿°äÌý725Gender and Crime3
³§°¿°äÌý791Special Topics In Sociology (Advanced Qualitative Sociological Methods and Analysis)1-6
Inequality: Class, Gender and Race
³§°¿°äÌý736Social Stratification3
³§°¿°äÌý737Sociology Of Gender3
³§°¿°äÌý738Race and Ethnic Inequality3
³§°¿°äÌý739Social Psychology Of Inequality3
Work and The Global Economy Specialty Courses
³§°¿°äÌý752Work and Industry3
³§°¿°äÌý754Economic Sociology3
³§°¿°äÌý755Global Institutions and Markets3
Food and Environment Specialty Courses
³§°¿°äÌý761Contemporary Debates in Food & Environment3
³§°¿°äÌý762Sociology of Food Systems3
³§°¿°äÌý763Environmental Sociology3
³§°¿°äÌý791Special Topics In Sociology (Food Systems)1-6

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Sarah K. Bowen
  • Martha L. Crowley
  • Stacy DeCoster
  • Andrea Leverentz
  • Anna Manzoni
  • Steven J. McDonald
  • Thomas Eugene Shriver
  • Melvin E. Thomas

Associate Professors

  • Michaela Anne DeSoucey
  • Kimberly Lynn Ebert
  • April Dawn Fernandes

Assistant Professors

  • Andrew Paul Davis
  • Laura DeMarco
  • Marbella Hill
  • Jessica Pfaffendorf
  • Lesley Schneider
  • Mia Brantley Wright

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Megan Glancy
  • Deann Judge
  • Virginia Riel
  • Margaret Stiffler
  • Jim Yocom

Emeritus Faculty

  • Virginia M Aldige
  • Maxine Atikinson
  • Ronald F. Czaja
  • William B. Clifford II
  • L. Richard Dellafave
  • Ted Greenstein
  • Stephen C. Lilley
  • Patricia Lou McCall
  • Robert Lonnie Moxley
  • Toby Parcel
  • Michael Schwalbe
  • William R. Smith
  • Maxine S. Thompson
  • Randy J. Thomson
  • Charles Ray Tittle
  • Eric M. Woodrum
  • Margaret A Zahn
  • James J. Zuiches