Chair: Keith Guzik
Program Assistant: Anne Beard
Office: Lawrence Street Center, Suite 420
Telephone: 303-315-2148
Fax: 303-315-2149
Website: https://clas.ucdenver.edu/sociology/

Overview

The MA Program in Sociology at CU Denver provides a coherent, progressive, educational experience that prepares students for either immediate entry to a master’s level career or continued study in a PhD program. The program requires completion of 33 total credit hours, 27 which are obtained through coursework and 6 that comprise the student’s culminating work (thesis, paper, internship & project, or additional coursework). The MA Program emphasizes training in research methods and offers focused study in Health and Society; Family and Social Services; Urban and Community Studies; and Crime, Law and Deviance.

Admission Requirements

Application to the MA program is open to all students holding a BA, BS or higher degree in any field. Students without prior training in sociology, but with otherwise exemplary records, may be admitted but may be required to make up undergraduate deficiencies without graduate credit in the areas of theory, methods and statistics.

Recommended Academic Standards

• A combined GPA of at least 3.3 for all courses taken at the undergraduate or graduate level prior to admission
• A combined GPA of at least 3.5 for all sociology courses taken at the undergraduate or graduate level prior to admission

Application Materials

• Complete application form
• Three letters of recommendation (at least two must be from academic/professional sources)
• One copy of official transcripts sent directly to the Department of Sociology from all schools where BA credit hours were taken
• A statement of purpose and goals of graduate study
• Writing sample
• GRE score may be optionally submitted to aid application file
• International Students: You must complete an International Student Application. Minimum TOEFL score of 525 required.
• Out-of-state students from 13 Western states qualify for in-state tuition as part of the WRGP Program.

Application Deadlines

Applications are accepted for fall admission only. All application materials are due on March 15th.

Programs

Faculty

Professors:

Keith Guzik, PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer A. Reich, PhD, University of California, Davis

Associate Professors:

Adam M. Lippert, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University
Esther Sullivan, PhD, University of Texas at Austin

Assistant Professors: 

Edelina Burciaga, PhD, University of California-Irvine

Associate Professors Clinical Teaching Track:

Maren T. Scull, PhD, Indiana University
Jenny Vermilya, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder

Senior Instructors:

Kari Alexander, PhD, University of Colorado Boulder 

Instructors:

Carlos Reali, MA, University of Colorado Denver 

Sociology (SOCY) Courses