Doctoral Degree Requirements

Doctoral Curriculum For Those Beginning Fall 2009

PREREQUISITE COURSES (9 hours)

(does not count toward the total doctoral program hours)
• Masters level sociological theory or equivalent
• Masters level social statistics or equivalent
• Masters level social science research methods and design or equivalent

[Note: The prerequisite courses do not count on the degree plan and may be taken during the master’s program or as a doctoral student with provisional admission. The prerequisites must be completed within the first 18 hours of doctoral coursework.)

CORE SOCIOLOGY COURSES (16 hours)

• Proseminar in Sociology (1 semester hour)
• Doctoral Level Classical Theory
• Doctoral level Contemporary Theory
• Intermediate Level Statistics (Survey Research Methods or Multivariate Analysis)
• Advanced Social Statistics
• Qualitative Methods in Sociology

(Qualifying Exam:Taken at the completion of core coursework.)

[Note: The core courses must be completed within first 25 hours of doctoral coursework. Requests for exception must be made in writing prior to the completion of 18 hours and approved by the Department Graduate Advisor, Doctoral Advisory Committee Chair, and Department Chair. Independent study courses cannot count toward the core sociology classes.]
* These classes can be taken at TWU and/or UNT.

FIRST AREA (18 semester hours with SOCI prefix, taken at TWU or UNT)

[Note: No more than 3 hours of independent study may contribute to this area]

SECOND AREA (15 Semester hours)

 
(May be in sociology, another academic discipline, or a certificate program) (15 hours)

• 3 hours in second area must be in methods or statistics appropriate to the discipline
• 12 hours in second area substantive courses

[Note: No more than 3 hours of independent study may contribute to this area]

• Must take a minimum of 12 hours, with consecutive long-semester enrollment

Total doctoral program hour requirements beyond the master’s degree: 70 hours

TOOLS (12 SEMESTER HOURS)

• Up to 3 hours may be ‘double-dipped” from above core methods/stats courses
• If second area is not in sociology, 3 hours from the second area discipline should contribute as a “tool” appropriate to the discipline
• Could include Teaching Sociology and similar courses

EXAMS

• COMPREHENSIVE EXAM: Gven after the completion of the core courses (16 hours)
• FIRST AREA EXAM: Developed and administered by the student's advisory committee.
• SECOND AREA EXAM: Developed and administered by the student's advisory committee.

 

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 Doctoral Curriculum For Those Beginning Prior to Fall 2009

 
Pre-2009 Ph.D Requirements