In addition to the specific requirements listed below, see the Master's Degrees and Doctoral Degrees sections of the Graduate Student Handbook . The admission criteria for the M.A. program correspond to those of the department's Ph.D. program, described below. In addition students in the survey research track are required to take Sociology 612, Survey Sampling. Students in the survey sampling track take 612 and two other advanced sampling courses. Students in the population studies track take Sociology 630, Demographic Methods.
All students complete a research intern program.
Students are required to submit a paper setting forth a dissertation proposal, analyzing the literature and problems underlying the proposal, and relating this review of the specialized field to the proposed research. For information on the dissertation committee, final oral examination, and publication of dissertation, see the Graduate Student Handbook .