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Location

SocialSciences Building, Room 956

Faculty number

(403) 220-3216

Fax

(403) 282-9298

E-mail address

costello@ucalgary.ca

Web page URL

http://www.soci.ucalgary.ca/

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Master of Arts (MA)

In addition to Faculty requirements, the Department requires:

Master of Arts

(a)Demonstrated competence, normally through course work, in classical and contemporary theory, research methods, and statistics

(b)A written statement of intent

(c)A sample of written work

Doctor of Philosophy

(a)A grade point average of 3.50 on a four-point scale over a Master's program

(b)Demonstrated competence in theory, methodology, and statistics, in addition to a substantive interest

Deadlines for the submission of complete applications:

1 March for September admission

1 February for September admission if applying for scholarships through the Faculty of Graduate Studies

The applicant must make advanced credit requests as part of the admission process. Credit will not be given for course work taken as part of another completed degree/diploma or for courses taken to bring the grade point average to a required level for admission.

Master of Arts- Credit may be allowed for up to two 600-level Sociology half-courses.

Doctor of Philosophy- Credit may be allowed for Sociology 711.

In addition to Faculty requirements, the Department requires:

Master of Arts

(a)Competence in sociological statistics, methods of sociological research, and sociological theory demonstrated by completing Sociology 611; Sociology 613 or 615; and Sociology 631.

(b)Completion of two half-course equivalent electives at the 600- or 700-level; at least one half-course equivalent elective must be a Sociology Department offering in a substantive area.

(c)Training in Professional Sociology, including preparation of a thesis prospectus, achieved through completion of Sociology 602.

Doctor of Philosophy

(a)Sociology 611; Sociology 702; Sociology 731; two half-course equivalent methodology courses at the 700 level, selected from decimalized sections of Sociology 705Q, 711Q, or 715Q; two half-course equivalent electives at the 600- or 700-level selected from Sociology Department offerings on substantive topics. Students who have taken one of the required courses in a previous degree may substitute any other 600- or 700-level course.

(b) Successful completion of a thesis prospectus, normally within twenty months of initial registration in the doctoral program. Successful completion of the prospectus means that the Supervisory Committee has approved the thesis project, and a written copy of the prospectus is filed with the Sociology Department Graduate Administrator.

(c)A candidacy examination with a written and an oral component.

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Expected completion time is 20-24 months for the Master of Arts and four years for the Doctor of Philosophy degree. Maximum completion time is four years for the Master of Arts and six years for the doctoral program.

An interim advisor is assigned to incoming students who have not already selected a supervisor. After two terms in the program, a student will make supervisory arrangements with a faculty member in the chosen area of research. In the case of doctoral students, the supervisor and student will select two other faculty members to serve on the student's supervisory committee.

Candidacy Examinations

The candidacy examination has a written and an oral component. A final reading list is prepared by the student's supervisory committee and given to the student at least three months before the written examination. The written candidacy examination in the student's substantive area is written within one month of the oral candidacy examination. The written candidacy is normally a seven-day take-home or six-hour closed-book examination. Both the written and oral candidacy examinations are graded together.

Thesis Oral Examinations

Final thesis oral examinations are open.

Students whose research involves human subjects must receive approval from the departmental Ethics Review Committee and the University of Calgary Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board before beginning data collection.

Master of Arts students are required to prepare a thesis prospectus.

Doctoral students are required to prepare a thesis prospectus for approval by their supervisory committee within twenty months of the date of entry into the program.

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Financial assistance may be available to qualified students. Information on departmental funding is available in the on-line Sociology Graduate Handbook. For further information on awards, please see the Awards and Financial Assistance section of this calendar.

Students applying for scholarships through the Faculty of Graduate Studies must submit their applications to the Department by 1 February.

Students should refer to the Department's on-line manual, Graduate Studies in Sociology, for further clarification and explanation of these regulations.

The active research interests of the faculty can be found at http://soci.ucalgary.ca/Home/graduate/gradresearch.html.