Sociology, MA (Boston)
Graduatemajor2027 catalogSocial Sciences HumanitiesBoston30 semester hours totalverified parse
Official catalog page for this program
Foundations
From the catalog
A grade of B or higher is required in each foundations course:
Research Methods
- INSH 6300 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Statistical Methods
- INSH 6500 — Statistical Analysis
Electives
From the catalog
Complete 14 semester hours from the following:
SOCL 5000–7990
- Choose 14 semester hours from:
- Any SOCL course numbered 5000–7990
Foundations (2)
From the catalog
A grade of B or higher is required:
- SOCL 7200 — Foundations of Social Theory 1
Research Methods (2)
- INSH 6300 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Statistical Methods (2)
- INSH 6500 — Statistical Analysis
Advanced Methods
From the catalog
Complete one of the following:
- One of:
- INSH 5602 — Archives and Ethnography
- INSH 6101 — Agent-Based Modeling for Applied and Social Sciences
- INSH 6406 — Analyzing Complex Digitized Data
- INSH 7300 — Advanced Research Methods in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- INSH 7400 — Quantitative Analysis
- INSH 7500 — Advanced Quantitative Analysis
- INSH 7600 — Multilevel Theorizing and Analysis
- PPUA 5262 — Big Data for Cities
- PPUA 5263 — Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy
- PPUA 6502 — Economic Analysis for Policy and Planning
- PPUA 6509 — Techniques of Program Evaluation
- PPUA 7237 — Advanced Spatial Analysis of Urban Systems
Electives (2)
From the catalog
Complete 14 semester hours from the following:
CRIM 5000-7999
INSH 5000-7999
POLS 5000-7999
PPUA 5000-7999
SOCL 5000–7999
WMNS 5000-7999
- Choose 14 semester hours from:
- Any CRIM course numbered 5000–7999
- Any INSH course numbered 5000–7999
- Any POLS course numbered 5000–7999
- Any PPUA course numbered 5000–7999
- Any SOCL course numbered 5000–7999
- Any WMNS course numbered 5000–7999
GPA requirements
- 30 total semester hours required Minimum 3.00 GPA required
Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under sociology-ma-boston, and the official page is the authority.