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Timeline to Degree

Recommended Progress in the Graduate Program

First Year:

  • SOC 500- Orientation Seminar (Fall term)
  • SOC 505, 506- Theory and Practice (Fall and Winter term)
  • SOC 510, 610- Statistics (Fall and Winter term)
  • Begin Electives and/or Practicum

Second Year:

  • Soc 507- Logics and Strategies of Sociological Research Inquiry (Fall term)
  • Electives
  • Practicum
  • Research Seminar
  • Cognate

Third Year:

  • Prelims passed by beginning of third year
  • Publishable paper started by end of Year
  • Cognate
  • Complete Required Courses
  • Apply for external dissertation writing/research fellowship support

Fourth Year:

  • Complete Prospectus
  • Begin Data Collection & Analysis

Fifth Year:

  • Complete Data Collection & Analysis
  • Prepare Chapter Outline and Draft Dissertation Chapters
  • Complete Dissertation by End of Year