Department of Sociology

2+3 BA/MA Program Requirements

We are not accepting new students into the 2+3 Program at this time.

The 2+3 combined BA/MA program in sociology provides an opportunity for students of recognized academic ability and educational maturity to fulfill integrated requirements of the undergraduate and master's degree programs from the beginning of their junior year. Because of its accelerated nature, the program requires the completion of some lower-division requirements of (12 hours) before entry into the three-year portion of the program. When all the requirements of the B.A. and M.A. programs have been completed, the students will be awarded both the baccalaureate and master's degrees. A carefully designed program can permit a student to earn both degrees within as few as ten semesters.

The combined program requires a minimum of 137 hours, of which 30 must be at the 4000 or 5000 levels. In qualifying for the B.A., students must meet all University and college requirements, including the requirements of the undergraduate major described previously. During the junior and senior years, students normally take a 4000 level research practicum course, Soc 5400, Soc 5402, and Soci 5404. In qualifying for the M.A., students must meet all University and Graduate School requirements, including satisfactory completion of a minimum of 30 graduate credit hours. Up to 12 graduate credit hours may be applied simultaneously to both the B.A. and M.A. programs. Any 4000 level course applied to the M.A. requirements will require additional work to qualify for graduated credit.

Students must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or higher throughout the combined program. Students who officially withdraw from the 2 + 3 combined degree program will be awarded the BA degree when they have successfully completed all the requirements for the degree.

Undergraduate Sociology requirements for students in the 2+3 Program

The following requirements must be completed PRIOR to enrolling in the 2 + 3 Program:

  1. Sociology 1010, Introduction to Sociology
  2. Three additional sociology courses

The following UNDERGRADUATE courses are required for majors in the 2 + 3 Program:

  1. Sociology 3210, Sociological Theory
  2. Sociology 3220, Sociological Statistics (or an approved statistics course)
  3. Sociology 3230, Research Methods

Graduate Sociology requirements for students in the 2+3 Program

The following GRADUATE courses are required at the 4000 to 5999 levels

  1. Sociology 5400, Proseminar in Sociology
  2. Sociology 5402, Advanced Quantitative Techniques
  3. Sociology 5404, Advanced Methodology
  4. Five additional courses (15 hours) that have been approved by the Graduate Director

Graduate Exit Requirements:

A student’s program must include one of the following exit projects: a 6-hour internship (Sociology 5480 (480), Individual Study) or a 6-hour preparatory sequence and an approved paper (Sociology 5490 (490), Supervised Research). Each candidate is given a final oral review conducted by a faculty committee and focused on the course work completed and the student’s chosen exit project or thesis.