Course Offering Cycles

In effort to facilitate advance planning the department will make every effort to offer core graduate courses on a fixed two-year cycle, designated as Cycle A and Cycle B in the tables below. Most elective courses are offered on a bi-annual (every other year) basis as well. Since the Masters in Sociological Practice program has a rolling admission process, a student's particular sequence depends upon which cycle the department is in at the time the student first registers for classes.

This schedule totals 36 credit hours since you must be enrolled for 9 credit hours per semester to be classified as a full-time student.
Cycle A - Fall SOC P550 Statistical Techniques for Sociological Practice I SOC P697 Professional Development Elective	Cycle A - Spring SOC P570 Applied Research Methods Elective Elective
Cycle B - Fall Elective Elective SOCP698 Practicum or SOC P699 Thesis Research	Cycle B - Spring SOC P540 Principles of Sociological Theory and Practice Elective* SOC P698 Practicum or SOC P699 Thesis Research
*Free elective to assure full time standing.

Three-Year Graduate Course Cycle for Part-Time Students

Students who attend the program part-time will find the following three-year graduate course sequence to be helpful with respect to completing all degree requirements.

Cycle A - Fall SOC P550 Statistical Techniques for Sociological Practice I SOC P697 Professional Development	Cycle A - Spring SOC P570 Applied Research Methods Elective
Cycle B - Fall Elective Elective			Cycle B - Spring SOC P540 Principles of Sociological Theory and Practice Elective
Cycle A - Fall Elective SOC P698 Practicum or SOC P699 Thesis Research	Cycle A - Spring SOC P698 Practicum or SOC P699 Thesis Research