SOCY 799 - Master’s Thesis Research

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Students will write their theses under the supervision of a thesis committee consisting of a chair and two members. A total of six credits of SOCY 799 is required. Students must obtain agreement from a full-time department faculty member to serve as chair of the committee and submit a “Graduate Student Analytical Paper and Thesis Form” signed by the faculty member to the Graduate Program Director. The other two members of the committee will be chosen by mutual agreement of the student and the committee chair.. The student must have an oral defense of the completed thesis with the committee and usually an oral defense of the thesis proposal. The Graduate School website contains a manual to assist students in the preparation of their theses. Permission of the thesis committee chair required for enrollment in the course.