Graduate Areas of Specialization
Mastery of sociology as a discipline requires in-depth study of specific areas of interest and broad coverage of the major themes of sociological inquiry. Sociology as a field has a large number of specializations and the faculty in the department at Brown cover many of these areas. The areas of specialization selected normally represent areas in which the student carries out research for the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees and/or plans to master in order to qualify for teaching and/or carrying out research in those areas. Illustrative areas of specialization are listed below. The areas of specialization listed reveal the range of expertise of the current faculty in the department and the willingness of faculty to mentor students in areas in which they have developed research and teaching.
Students are expected to construct three (3) areas of specialization to meet the breadth and depth requirements of the department for the Ph.D. and complement the core curriculum. Students are expected to combine areas of substantive expertise in a creative way in conjunction with faculty members to develop coherent programs. The specific combination of areas and the particular emphases within areas are the responsibility of the student but must meet the formal approval of the Graduate Committee.
Examples of Specialization
- American Families
- Community/Urban Sociology
- Complex/Formal Organizations
- Cultural Sociology
- Development
- Economic Sociology
- Environmental Sociology
- Family
- Fertility and Mortality
- Gender
- Immigration and Migration
- Medical Sociology
- Methods: Comparative
- Methods: Qualitative
- Methods: Quantitative
- Political Sociology
- Race and Ethnicity
- Social Psychology
- Sociological Theory
- Sociology of Aging
- Sociology of Mental Health
- Sociology of Work
- Stratification and Social Inequality
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