The Master of Arts degree in Sociology provides advanced study in sociological theory and methods of research with a variety of subject matter emphases that students plan with a graduate adviser. The program prepares students for doctoral studies, teaching at the secondary or community college level, or working in a professional capacity in government agencies or private organizations. Two options are offered. Option A
requires a thesis and Option B requires a comprehensive examination.

Admission to the Program

Fall and spring are the admission quarters for the MA Program in Sociology. In addition to the university application, students who graduated from a school other than CSULA must submit copies of their official transcripts directly to the Sociology Department. Student’s will be accepted until the deadlines established by the university for fall and spring admissions.

Prerequisites to admission are course equivalents to SOC 201 , 210A , 210B , 390 , 412 , 414 , and the four other most recently completed, upper-division* sociology courses not including independent supervision courses. Satisfactory equivalents will be determined by a graduate adviser in sociology. Applicants must have achieved a grade point average of 2.75 or above in the last 90 quarter units of the undergraduate program and a
grade point average of 3.0 or above for the initial completion of all prerequisite courses, in addition to meeting university requirements for admission to graduate study.

*(If taken at CSULA, these must be 400 level courses.)