MA Applied Sociology

Additional Information & Requirements

Completed at least 12 hours of undergraduate work in sociology or criminal justice, students must generally have at least 24 undergraduate hours in English, or a closely related field, with a grade point average of 3.0 or better, have an average of 3.0 or better in their undergraduate major, International students must submit scores from the TOEFL examination, a sample of scholarly writing, and three recommendations, at least one of which evaluates ability in English. For regular admission, students must score 230 on the computer-based TOEFL the equivalent of 570 in the older, paper-based score scale or 80 on the TOEFL iBT. Students may be admitted provisionally with a TOEFL score of 213 550 in the paper-based scale, but must attain the scores required for regular admission after 12 hours of graduate work, GRE verbal reasoning: 150, GRE verbal: 480, SAT critical reading: 480, SAT reading test: 26, GCSE or GCE: O level pass in English; CPE: C or higher, PTE Academic Test: 53