Requirements
| Category | Semester Credit Hours |
| Required Courses | 16 |
| Prescribed Electives | 6 |
| Free Electives | 21 |
| Research and Dissertation | 18 |
| TOTAL | 61 |
|
Category |
SCH Entering with a Bachelor’s |
SCH Entering with a Master’s |
|
Required Courses |
16 |
Variable depending on previous course completions |
|
Prescribed Electives |
6 |
Variable depending on previous course completions |
|
Electives |
21 |
Variable depending on previous course completions |
|
Dissertation |
18 |
18 |
|
Other (Specify, e.g., internships, clinical work, residencies) |
|
|
|
TOTAL1 |
61 |
variable but at least 31 |
Learning Outcomes
The educational objectives of the 61 credit program are:
- To provide all students a core knowledge base in Sociological processes;
- To provide all students a core knowledge base in quantitative and qualitative Sociological research methods and the research conceptualization/implementation process;
- To provide all students a core knowledge base in classical and contemporary Sociological theory;
- To provide each student with education in one particular substantive area (borders, environment, or health) so they can bring those strengths and perspectives into the shared topical and conceptual core, and to prepare them for academic, governmental, or organizational jobs;
- To provide students with educational flexibility via free electives at the doctoral level. This may include a practicum or other experience with applied work, leading to advanced professional capacity;
- To require of the student an autonomous product of the most advanced level possible, an extended research project and then disser
- Graduate-level Language Training, preferably in the Spanish language.
Table 4. Required/Core Courses*
|
Prefix and Number |
Required/Core Course Title |
SCH |
|
|
Research Methods |
6 |
|
6312 |
Quantitative Sociology |
3 |
|
6322 |
Qualitative Sociology |
3 |
|
|
Theory |
6 |
|
6328 |
Classical Theory |
3 |
|
6329 |
Contemporary Theory |
3 |
|
|
Professionalization Courses |
4 |
|
6310 |
Research Proposal & Grant Writing |
3 |
|
6112 |
Applying for jobs (may be repeated at 0 credit) |
1 |
|
|
Dissertation Hours |
18 |
|
SOCI 6389 |
Supervised Research (can be repeated for credit)* |
variable |
|
SOCI 6398 |
Dissertation I |
3 |
|
SOCI 6399 |
Dissertation II (can be repeated for credit)* |
3-6 |
Table 5. Prescribed Elective Courses*
|
Prefix and Number |
Prescribed Elective Course Title |
SCH |
|
Listed below |
2 core courses in the chosen concentration |
6 |
|
|
Borders and Mobility |
6 |
|
SOCI 6316 |
Proseminar in Border Theory |
3 |
|
SOCI 6362 |
Border Research |
3 |
|
|
Environment and Society |
6 |
|
SOCI 6363 |
Environmental Justice |
3 |
|
SOCI 6305 |
Social and Environmental Sustainability |
3 |
|
|
Culture and Health |
6 |
|
SOCI 6364 |
Sociology of Health |
3 |
|
SOCI 6304 |
Health Disparities |
3 |
Table 6. Elective Courses*
|
Prefix and Number |
Elective Course Title |
SCH |
|
|
Select 18 hours in areas of interest to student (including prescribed electives outside of chosen concentration) |
18 |
|
SOCI 6301 |
Energy, Infrastructure, and Environment |
3 |
|
SOCI 6302 |
Global and Transnational Society and Culture |
3 |
|
SOCI 6303 |
Global Environmental Change and Social Inequalities |
3 |
|
SOCI 6306 |
Sociology of Disabilities |
3 |
|
SOCI 6307 |
Sociology of Disasters |
3 |
|
SOCI 6308 |
Health and Healthcare Policy |
3 |
|
SOCI 6309 |
Mapping Social Data with GIS |
3 |
|
SOCI 6311 |
Professional Development in Sociology |
3 |
|
SOCI 6313 |
Issues in Border Studies |
3 |
|
SOCI 6314 |
Migration and Mobility |
3 |
|
SOCI 6320 |
Seminar in Research Methods |
3 |
|
SOCI 6340 |
Seminar - Demography |
3 |
|
SOCI 6341 |
Special Graduate Topics |
3 |
|
SOCI 6355 |
US-Mexico Borderlands in Change |
3 |
|
SOCI 6360 |
Gender |
3 |
|
SOCI 6381 |
Cartography & Visualization |
3 |
|
|
Cognate graduate courses from other Departments at UTEP (with approval of Director of Graduate Studies) |
3-6 |