Georgia State University

Department of Sociology

About the Program

Last Updated:

September 06, 2012

Graduate students can specialize in one of three concentrations: Family, Health, and Life Course; Race and Urban Studies; and Gender and Sexuality. Undergraduate students can complete a General Program in Sociology or specialize in one of four concentrations: Family, Health, and Life Course; Race and Urban Studies; Gender and Sexuality; and Gerontology. Within these specializations, however, there is a fair amount of flexibility for students to pursue topics of interest. The broad knowledge of sociology comes through course work in a variety of substantive areas, as well as through training in research methodology, statistics, and theory. Qualified students are accepted into the joint M.A./Ph.D. program after their completion of a baccalaureate degree.

Program Overview

Program Administrator:

Dr. Donald C. Reitzes

Department Emphasis:

	Area	Percentage
	Race & Urban Studies	34%
	Family Science	33%
	Gender & Sexuality	33%

Campus Enrollment:

32,000

Programs Options:

Undergraduate, Master's, Doctoral

Address & Contact Information

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P.O. Box 5020

Atlanta, GA 30302-5020

United States

33° 45' 0" N, 84° 24' 0" W

p: 404-413-6500

f: 404-413-6505

http://www.gsu.edu/sociology

Undergraduate Program

Program Options:

Family, Health, & Life Course
Gerontology
Race & Urban Studies
Gender & Sexuality

Courses Offered:

Aging & Society
Aging Policy & Services
Birth & Parenthood
Death, Dying, & Loss
Educational Sociology
Gender & Society
Girls
Identity, Self, & Interaction
Sexual & Intimate Violence
Queer Identities
Sexuality & Society
Families & Society
Mental Illness in the U.S.
Poverty & Welfare
Sociology of Health & Illness
African-American Family
African-American Male/Female Relationships

Comments:

The undergraduate program in sociology is designed to create an environment that stimulates intellectual curiosity and encourages creative thought. The Department offers a wide variety of courses to provide students with a solid background in their discipline. The department works to promote interaction among students and other scientists, both within and outside the university.

Graduate Program

Director:

Dr. Lesley Reid

Courses Offered:

Field of Aging
Aging Policy & Services
Family Sociology
Life Course Sociology
Social Psychology
Adult Socialization
Sociology of Aging
Aging, Health, & Disability
Aging & Long Term Care
Death, Dying, & Loss
Family Studies
Families in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Family Diversity
Sexual & Intimate Violence
Birth & Parenthood
Children & Childhood
Sexuality & Society
Sociology of Gender
Sociology of Education.

Master's Level

Program Options:

Family, Health, & Life Course
Gender & Society
Race & Urban Studies

Comments:

There are three programmatic foci at the graduate level: Family, Health, and Life Course; Gender and Sexuality; and Race and Urban Studies. We have a core of faculty expertise in all three specialties. Of the 24 faculty members in the department, 15 do research and teach in the Family and Life Course area.