The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Department of Sociology College of Liberal Arts
Legacy UTPA Degree Plan
36 Total Credit Hours
Core Courses: (12 hours)
- SOCI 6300 Graduate Statistics (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6301 Graduate Social Theory (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6302 Graduate Research Methods (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6304 Graduate Research Analysis (3 hrs)
Designated Electives: (24 hours)
* This course may be repeated for credit.
- SOCI 6305 Qualitative Research Methods (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6310 Social Changes (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6315 Graduate Research Topics* (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6325 Adv. Sociology of Sports (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6326 Health Research and Policy (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6327 Aging and The Life Course (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6344 Social Demography (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6345 Social Stratification (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6350 Advanced Sociology of Education (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6354 The family and Society (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6358 Economic Sociology (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6361 Race and Ethnic Relations (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6362 Mexican-American Society (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6363 Border Studies (3 hrs)
- SOCI 6376 (Directed Studies) (3 hrs)
- SOCI 7300 Thesis I (3 hrs)
- SOCI 7301 Thesis II
Other Electives: (3 to 6 Hours)
Students may select 3 to 6 hours of approved graduate electives from other disciplines.
- Approved Graduate Elective (3 hrs)
- Approved Graduate Elective (3 hrs)