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Application Deadlines

Fall:
February 15th for financial assistance
July 1st
(April 1st recommended)

Spring:
Not open for admissions

Summer:
Not open for admissions

Application Requirements

Test Scores: GRE

Special Instructions:
PHD applicants must submit a copy or at least a chapter of their master's thesis for department review. If there is no thesis, applicants should contact the Graduate Program Coordinator.

New England Regional:
Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont

Sociology

Horton Hall
Durham, NH, 03824
(603) 862 - 2500
Email:
Web Address: http://www.unh.edu/sociology/

Degree Offered (MA, PHD):

The Department of Sociology offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in sociology. The master’s degree program emphasizes theory and methodology. Students in the doctoral program are expected to select one major area and one minor area from the areas of departmental specialization for intensive study and examination. There are five major substantive areas for possible specialization: crime and conflict, family, social stratification, health and illness, and community and environment. Students may pursue specialties within or across the major areas of specialization or propose to the Graduate Committee other major areas of specialization that fall within the faculty’s competence.

Admission Requirements

In addition to meeting the general Graduate School requirements, applicants must submit current scores (within five years) from the general test of the GRE.

Undergraduate majors in other fields may be admitted. However, if the student’s undergraduate work has not included an introductory course in sociological theory, research methods and statistics, these courses must be taken, or equivalent knowledge demonstrated, in addition to the requirements outlined above.

All students entering the program must complete the M.A. before admission to the Ph.D. program. The department welcomes applicants who plan to continue for the Ph.D. as well as students planning for the M.A. only.
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Degree Requirements

M.A. Degree Requirements
Students must complete at least 26 credit hours (seven courses) of graduate-level coursework in sociology, including the Proseminar in Sociology (900, 2 cr.), Sociological Methods I (901), Sociological Methods II (902), Sociological Theory I (911), three elective graduate seminars, and at least six credits of Master’s Thesis work (899). Students must also register for 1 credit of thesis work during the second semester of residence and submit a draft of a proposal to the thesis committee by the end of the semester, submit for approval a report of a research endeavor to the thesis committee, and register for a total of 6-10 thesis credits.

Ph.D. Degree Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of three years in residence, and take a minimum of sixteen courses in sociology (at least eight as seminars) other than thesis or dissertation research, including the Proseminar in Sociology (900, 2 cr.), Sociological Theory I and II (911 and 912), Sociological Methods I, II, III, and IV (901, 902, 903, 904), four courses in a major area, and five elective courses. Students must pass written examinations in the major area of sociological specialization and in advanced theory and methodology, and write and defend the doctoral dissertation.