Teaching Requirement
All students are expected to develop teaching as well as research skills. Teaching skills are developed in the required professional seminar, SOC 702. The summer semester of SOC 702 is devoted specifically to developing teaching skills. Students will have the opportunity to observe, review, and critique their own teaching performance, learn various pedagogic techniques, develop syllabi, etc.
After receiving the master's degree, students are required to teach at least one undergraduate course in the department prior to graduation. A student who serves as the Teaching Assistant for Methods or Statistics courses at the undergraduate or graduate levels may fulfill the teaching requirement with that assignment.
Required Courses
Medical Sociology Core (9 hours):
Two of the following:
- SOC 724: Body and Health
- SOC 734: Global Health
- SOC 755: Race/Ethnicity and Health
- SOC 756: Gender and Health
- SOC 775: Place and Health
- SOC 781: Sociology of Health and Illness
- SOC 783: Health Care Delivery Systems
- SOC 785: Family and Health
- SOC 786: Health Disparities
- SOC 787: Sociology of Mental Health
- SOC 788: Sociology in Medicine
Theory Core (6 hours):
Statistics and Research Core (15 hours):
Prerequisites: SOC 701 [Min Grade: C] or SOC 601 [Min Grade: C]
Prerequisites: SOC 601 [Min Grade: C]
Sociology/Health Electives/Transfer Credits (30 hours, up to 6 hours outside the Department):
See course descriptions in the UAB Graduate Catalog. Up to 9 hours of independent study (SOC 791-793) may be used to meet this requirement.
University Requirement:
- GRD 717: Principles of Scientific Integrity.
(note GRD 717 counts as a sociology elective)
Proseminar (3 hours):
Research Hours (30 hours):
- Master's Thesis Research Hours (6 hours)
- Doctoral Dissertation Research Hours (24 hours)