The IUP Sociology master’s program, with its applied emphasis, helps students to better identify, analyze, and respond to individual, organizational, and social action in bringing about both individual and social change. The program offers instructions in important topics such as alcohol and drug abuse, family violence, women’s issues, unemployment, aging, disability, and health care.
The master’s degree prepares students for employment in human services, government agencies, corporations, higher education, and social research positions. Recent graduates are working as family counselors, alcohol treatment supervisors, domestic violence program staff, medical social workers, mental health professionals, social policy researchers, and university professors.
Students select either a six-credit thesis option or a non-thesis option. Students selecting the thesis option must successfully complete a six-credit thesis. The thesis option requires a total of 36 credit hours for both the General Sociology and the Human Services programs. The non-thesis option in both programs requires a total of 36 credit hours and successful completion of a comprehensive exam.
Browse the M.A. program brochure or M.A. Handbook for more information!
For more extensive information, see the graduate catalog: M.A. in Sociology.
Diane Shinberg, Ph.D.
Master’s Coordinator
724-357-4769
shinberg@iup.edu
Lori Marshall
Graduate Secretary
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
724-357-2956
