Introduction Departments: Art Communication Criminal Justice English History Languages and Linguistics Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Studies Music Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology and Anthropology Theatre Arts Dr. Howard C. Daudistel, Dean Dr. Mimi R. Gladstein, Associate Dean Dr. Evelyn J. Posey, Associate Dean Liberal Arts Bldg., Room 343 Phone: (915) 747-5666 Fax: (915) 747-5905		Sociology and Anthropology Web site at: http://www.utep.edu/soci/ 109 Old Main (915) 747-5740 1.- Requirements for Admission 2.- Requirements for the Degree 3.- General Courses 4.- Sociology (SOCI) Courses 2.- Requirements for the Degree There are two options leading to the MA degree in Sociology. The following are the requirements of the 30-hour thesis MA degree program: at least 21 of the 30 eligible hours will be in graduate level courses (that is, only nine hours of approved upper-division undergraduate work will be allowed for graduate credit); each candidate must take one course in research methods (3512, 3513, or 3520), Sociology 3525 (Seminar in Sociological Theory), plus eighteen semester hours from the list of courses below; enroll for at least one semester each in Sociology 3598 and 3599 (Thesis) and successfully defend the thesis before a committee while enrolled in Sociology 3599; the student will be encouraged, but not required, to take six hours' course work in some discipline other than Sociology as a minor; if the student elects to take a minor in another department or discipline, course work in Sociology will be reduced accordingly; and the student will submit a suitably bound thesis which must be approved by the student's committee and placed on file in the Department and two additional bound copies in the Office of the Graduate School. The following are the requirements of the 36-hour non-thesis MA degree program: at least 27 of the 36 hours will be in graduate level courses (that is, only nine hours of approved upper- division undergraduate 3400 work will be allowed for graduate credit); the student will be encouraged, but not required, to take six hours' course work in some discipline other than Sociology as a minor; the student will submit a suitably bound graduate research paper, beyond regular semester papers, which must be approved by the student's committee and placed on file in the Department and two additional bound copies in the Office of the Graduate School. Students will be allowed only one grade lower than a "B" in course work taken for graduate credit, and must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade average.

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