Boston University offers a Master of Arts (MA) degree in sociology, with courses focusing on theory and researching methods. Sociology graduates study full time over the course of at least 1 1/2 to two years, and complete a master's thesis. Students explore global issues in subjects such as health care, gender, race and family. The program emphasizes exploration of global and comparative sociology, social life, social forces, gender roles in organizations and health and healing. Upon graduation, students are prepared to enter fields of sociology as researchers, teachers and sociologists.
The Arizona State University at Tempe offers a Master of Arts degree in sociology. The sociology department is part of the School of Social and Family Dynamics. Graduate programs specialize in advanced interdisciplinary studies in statistics, research and theory regarding family and human development and demography. Students focus on studying issues within areas of social networks, migration, social stratification, and race and gender inequality. Graduates are prepared to either further their education through PhD programs or become teachers, researchers or work in applied careers in sociology.
Bowling Green State University offers a Master of Arts degree with a choice of specialties in applied demography, criminology and deviance, social psychology, demography and family studies. Courses are broken down into two plans, plan one requiring 30 semester hours of course work and a formal thesis, and plan two requiring 33 semester hours of course work. Plan two is not available for applied demography majors. The school's Center for Family and Demographic Research focuses on research on the health and development of children and families. The school's National Center for Family and Marriage research focuses on the effects of family structure and marriage.
Georgia State University offers a Master of Arts degree in sociology, including three specializations: urban and race, gender and sexuality and family, health and life. Upon graduation, students are prepared to move onto PhD studies or work as teachers and researchers within the sociology field. The program requires 36 credit hours of study, with 12 hours of master's core courses, 12 hours of master's electives and 12 hours dedicated to thesis proposal and thesis research. The program emphasizes understanding of social life, learning social research and policy evaluation and learning about the practice of sociology.