MA/MS in Sociology

Sociology is taught at the graduate level through the University of Memphis, where the department confers a Master of Arts. Every student is trained in sociological theory, research design and statistical methods, then adds electives covering topics like inequality by race, class and gender, globalization, demography, family, deviance and medical sociology. Students can follow a thesis route or a non-thesis route. The thesis route combines graduate coursework with credit for writing a thesis, while the non-thesis route asks for more coursework and a culminating experience. The program stresses close contact with faculty and chances to join supervised research. Graduates have gone on to doctoral study at a range of universities, and the degree also suits people heading into applied research careers. The graduate director handles questions from prospective applicants.