Department of Sociology

More information -- including course schedules, e-mail links to faculty and students, and links to Web sites of interest to sociologists -- is available at the department Web site:

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/sociology/contactus

What is the deadline for Fall admissions?

January 15 is the deadline by which the complete application and all supporting documents should reach Vanderbilt.

Admission decisions for fall semester will be mailed by March 31 to all applicants whose files are complete by January 15.

Prospective students can apply on-line via the Web site of the Graduate School at Vanderbilt:

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool/prospective_students/applications_and_information/index.html

For any one who wishes to make a paper application or who has further questions, contact us via email at:

dgs-soc@vanderbilt.edu

The basic requirements for admission are:

An undergraduate degree from an accredited, four-year institution (or a course of study that is the equivalent of such a degree).
A minimum of a B average in undergraduate work, and a minimum of a B average in the field of expected graduate study.
GRE verbal and quantitative scores (the subject test is not required). Information about the GRE can be obtained from: Graduate Record Examinations, Educational Testing Service, Box 6000, Princeton, NJ, 08541-6000, USA.
Applicants whose first language is not English must include a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score with their application. The Graduate School requires a minimum score of 550, although individual departments may require higher scores. Information about TOEFL can be obtained from TOEFL, Box 6151, Princeton, NJ, 08541- 6151, USA.

Summary of Requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D. Degrees

The Master's Degree in Sociology is ordinarily earned as part of the work toward the Ph.D. The following requirements for the M.A. degree are to be completed by the student's fourth semester:

Soc. 301, Classical Sociological Theory
Soc. 302, Contemporary Sociology Theory
Soc. 310, Sociological Inquiry: Introduction to Research Methods
Soc. 311, Statistics (Multivariate Analysis I)
Soc. 312, Statistics (Multivariate Analysis II)
One additional methods seminar
Two survey seminars
One special topic seminar
9 hours of elective course work
Pass the Masters Paper

Total credit hours required for the M.A.: 36

To earn the Ph.D., students must first complete all requirements for the M.A. Additional requirements for the Ph.D.:

Soc. 323, Teaching Workshop
33 additional hours of electives
Pass two Special Area Exams
Satisfactory defense of dissertation proposal
Completed dissertation
Satisfactory defense of dissertation

Total credit hours required for the Ph.D. degree: 72

For more information, please contact Linda Willingham.
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