Ph.D/M.A.
The sociology Ph.D. and M.A. 课程对有兴趣在应用环境中实践社会学的学生很有用. 录取的主要标准是学习成绩和出色的独立工作的前景.
Ph.D. Overview
The Ph.D. 该计划提供严格的培训，进行理论知情，社会相关的电子游戏正规平台. Most graduates go on to academic jobs; however, 许多人还会继续从事电子游戏正规平台人员和商业决策者的职业, the public sector, and non-profit organizations. 录取的主要标准是学习成绩和出色的独立工作的前景.
Submit, in addition to the 莫里西文理学院电子游戏正规平台生院的要求, a statement of purpose, a writing sample, and any other information that might enhance your candidacy. GREs are strongly recommended.
The deadline for application is January 2.
Degree Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy
The Doctoral degree is completed by:
- Obtaining a Master's degree in the department, including the completion of 30 credits, 由十门课程或混合课程和独立电子游戏正规平台学分组成, a Master's thesis or paper, and passing an oral defense.
- 在相当于社会学硕士学位的基础上再修24个学分, including a second graduate-level Research Methods course. 这些学分是通过课程和独立电子游戏正规平台学分的组合来完成的. 大多数学生将完成两年的课堂课程(12节课), 或36学分)和一年的学分独立电子游戏正规平台(18学分)，然后开始论文.
- Meeting a one-year full-time residency requirement. (全职实习是连续两个学期的三门课程, exclusive of the Summer session.)
- Passing a Comprehensive Examination, 包括两个领域的考试和一个批准的博士论文提案.
- Completing a doctoral dissertation and passing an oral defense.
在完成博士学位所需的54个学分中(课程加独立电子游戏正规平台).D. degree, there are eight required courses:
- 社会学理论的两个学期，6学分顺序(SOCY 7715, SOCY 7716). These should be completed by the end of the fourth semester.
- A three-course, 电子游戏正规平台方法中的9学分顺序:社会调查电子游戏正规平台研讨会(SOCY 7710)在学习的第一学期进行, 实证电子游戏正规平台研讨会(SOCY 7711)在学习的第二学期, and Graduate Writing Seminar (SOCY 7761), a year-long biweekly three credit course, is taken in the second year of study. (Students officially register for SOCY 7761 in the Spring of their second year; in the Fall of their second year, 撰写论文/论文的学生需要注册电子游戏正规平台和阅读课程(R&R)课程与他们的论文导师，同时参加SOCY 7761.)
- 两门3学分的统计学电子游戏正规平台生课程(一些选项包括SOCY 7702), SOCY 7703, SOCY 7704, SOCY 7705, SOCY 7706, SOCY 7708, SOCY 7709). These should be completed by the end of the fourth semester.
- An additional graduate research methods class (for example, in field research, feminist methodology, advanced quantitative techniques, workshop in historical sociology).
The Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam 有三个组成部分:学生选择的专业领域的两次考试, and an oral defense of the dissertation proposal. 这些地区考试测试学生所选专业的高级知识. 一个或两个领域的考试可以采用一篇可发表的论文的形式提交给社会学期刊.
For more details on the requirements for the Ph.D. in sociology see the Guide to Graduate Study. For information on the careers of some of our Ph.D. recipients see our Ph.D. Alumni Biography page.
M.A. Overview
硕士学位特别适合计划随后申请博士学位的学生.D. 为在学院和电子游戏正规平台型大学从事学术教学做准备的课程, 虽然它对有兴趣在应用环境中实践社会学的学生也很有用.g., academic administration or policy research).
Submit, in addition to the 莫里西文理学院电子游戏正规平台生院的要求, a statement of purpose, a writing sample, and any other information that might enhance your candidacy. GREs are strongly recommended.
The deadline for application is February 2.
学位要求:社会学和社会电子游戏正规平台硕士学位
硕士学位需通过十门课程(30学分), including five required courses, 并且每学期的学习计划都要经过电子游戏正规平台生院主任的批准(学习计划只需要在M终端注册的学生).A. program). 学生还可以选择完成硕士考试, including a Master’s Thesis or Paper, but it is not required for degree completion.
Required Courses
The core required courses for the M.A. degree are:
- 社会学理论一门课程(SOCY 7715或SOCY 7716).
- 两门电子游戏正规平台生水平的统计学课程(一些选项包括SOCY 7702), SOCY 7703, SOCY 7704, SOCY 7705, SOCY 7706, SOCY 7708, SOCY 7709).
- A one-semester course, Social Inquiry Research Seminar (SOCY 7710): Students should take the Social Inquiry Research Seminar (SOCY 7710) the first semester of their first year; note that this seminar also requires students to attend the first-year proseminar which meets weekly in conjunction with the departmental seminar.
- One additional methods course:
- 那些不打算写硕士论文/论文的人将与电子游戏正规平台生电子游戏正规平台主任协商选择这门额外的方法课程. This course can be on either qualitative or quantitative methods; with permission of the Director of Graduate Studies, 学生可以使用社会学实习SOCY 5540或旨在建立职业技能的应用课程(如撰写资助提案的课程)来满足这一要求.
- 那些计划写硕士论文/论文的人(其中应包括所有获得硕士学位的学生).A. as part of their Ph.D. training) should meet this requirement by attending the Empirical Research Seminar (SOCY 7711) in the Spring semester of their first year; this seminar will help students develop and refine their M.A. paper/thesis projects. 请注意，该研讨会还要求学生参加每周一次与部门研讨会一起举行的第一年专业研讨会.
- Students who choose to write a Master’s Thesis or Paper and take a Master’s examination are required to take SOCY 7761: Second Year Graduate Writing Seminar (students officially register for this biweekly year-long three credit course in the Spring of their second year; in the Fall of their second year, 撰写论文/论文的学生需要注册电子游戏正规平台和阅读课程(R&R) course with their thesis advisors).
For more details on the requirements for the M.A. in sociology, see the department's Guide to Graduate Study.