2015-2016 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Sociology, Applied (SOCY)
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J. KEVIN ECKERT, Chair
JOHN SCHUMACHER, Graduate Program Director
M.A., P.B.C. (Degree Types )
Professors
ADLER, MARINA A., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; Social science methodology and statistics; cross-national gender, work and family issues; social inequality (race, class, gender) and social policy
ECKERT, J. KEVIN, Ph.D., Northwestern University; Cultural anthropology, anthropology of aging, long-term care, research design/qualitative methodologies, senior’s housing and aging services
MORGAN, LESLIE A., Ph.D., University of Southern California; Aging, gender roles, family, senior living arrangements
RUBINSTEIN, ROBERT L., Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College; Cultural and medical anthropology, anthropology of aging, gerontology, gender, qualitative research methods
STUART, MARY E., Sc.D., The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health; International best practices in chronic disease management, community translation of exercise interventions for chronic diseases
Associate Professors
CHAPIN, BAMBI, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego; Psychodynamics and child development in socio-cultural context, social and emotional relationships, mental health and illness, dissociation and trauma, trance and spirit possession, South Asia
CHARD, SARAH, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University; Medical anthropology, urban anthropology, treatment seeking, social support
KALFOGLOU, ANDREA L, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Bioethics; feminist bioethics; public health ethics; public health policy; women’s health; reproductive policy and ethics; genetics policy and ethics; research ethics; research methods
SCHUMACHER, JOHN, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University; Medical sociology, social gerontology, physician-patient relationships
Assistant Professors
HENDERSON, LOREN, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; race, health disparities, sexualities, diversity and inequality
MAIR, CHRISTINE A., Ph.D., North Carolina State University; life course, social ties, family, aging, health, social inequality (race, class, and gender), and globalization
SMITH, DENA T., Ph.D., Rutgers University; sociology of health and illness (medical sociology), sociology of mental health, sociology of psychiatry, gender and health, cognitive sociology
TREVITT, JAMIE, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Population health, reproductive health, social and economic determinants of fertility, maternal/child health, family formation, contraception, social demography, quantitative methods and statistics
WALLACE, BRANDY, Ph.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee; social inequality (race, class, gender), paraprofessional healthcare workforce in senior housing, physician-patient interaction, health disparities
Lecturers
BIRGER, KATIE, MA, University of Maryland, Baltimore County;
COUSIN-GOSSETT, NICOLE, Ph.D., Temple University; Economic Sociology; social inequality (race and class); alternative economic markets
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts in Applied Sociology that prepares students for careers in program development and evaluation; policy analysis; and research in the fields of health, aging, and diversity and gender. Students learn quantitative and qualitative research methods and develop expertise in the areas of specialization listed above. Department areas of expertise include medical sociology and medical anthropology, sociology of aging, sociocultural gerontology, gender and diversity studies, and applied research methods.
The Baltimore-Washington area contains many federal and state government agencies and nonprofit organizations with health and/or aging as their focus. These organizations have provided employment for many of our graduates.
The program is open to full-time and part-time students with any undergraduate majors. All courses are offered one day per week at 4:30 or 7:10 pm Monday through Thursday on the UMBC campus. Students may enter the program in the fall or spring semesters.
The Department also offers a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in the Nonprofit Sector that consists of courses on the internal structure and external relations of nonprofit organizations, methods of research for program evaluation, and analyses of selected areas of health, aging, and related disciplines. It is designed for professionals working in health, aging, and related social services and for graduate students who wish to develop an understanding of the nonprofit sector.
Students may be admitted to the M.A. program with any undergraduate major. The GRE is required as part of the application materials. An undergraduate GPA of 3.0 is required but students with slightly lower GPAs can be admitted as non-degree seeking students. If they perform well in these courses they can be admitted to the graduate program and receive up to six credits for courses taken as non-degree students.
Students may enter the M.A. program in the fall or spring semesters as part-time or full-time students. The spring admission deadline is November 15 (October 15 for best consideration) and the fall admission deadline is June 1 (April 1 for best consideration). All application materials must be received by the deadline, including the formal application, goal statement, letters of reference, transcript, and GRE scores.
Accelerated B.A./M.A. Program
The UMBC Department of Sociology and Anthropology offers an accelerated combined B.A./M.A. degree program for undergraduate UMBC students in all majors. Students can take up to nine credits of sociology graduate courses during their senior year that count both for the B.A. and M.A. degrees. For example, a senior who has completed one graduate course in each semester of the senior year (6 credits) and graduates needs to complete an additional 24 credits after entering the graduate program.
Students can enter the accelerated combined B.A./M.A. program if they have completed 90 credits of undergraduate courses and have a minimum GPA of 3.0. They must have an overall GPA of 3.0 when they receive their BA degrees. They become regular graduate students in the M.A. program in the semester after they complete their undergraduate degree. GRE scores are not required. The graduate school application fee is waived for students who apply for the accelerated B.A./M.A. program.
Dual Degree Program in Applied Sociology and Gerontology
The dual degree program enables students to combine the M.A. in Applied Sociology with the Ph.D. in Gerontology offered by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the University of Maryland, Baltimore. Students are admitted to both programs separately. Interested students should communicate with the graduate program directors of both programs.
Dual Degree Program in Applied Sociology and Public Policy
The dual degree program enables students to combine the M.A. in Applied Sociology with the Ph.D. in Public Policy offered by the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Students are admitted to both programs separately. Interested students should communicate with the graduate program directors of both programs.
UMBC International Field Research Course in Culture, Policy and Practice
The international field research course (SOCY 663) enables students to develop an international perspective on important policy issues and to gain experience using social science field research techniques. For graduate students, the program provides a structured opportunity for independent study in health, long-term care, disability and rehabilitation, social policy and other areas of individual interest in a foreign country.
A number of assistantships are available in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and elsewhere on and off campus. Assistantships require 10 to 20 hours of work per week and provide tuition remission, health insurance, and a stipend. Assistantships are assigned on a competitive basis. Teaching assistantships in the department are usually awarded to students in their second semester in the program.
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