The Department of Sociology offers a graduate program leading to the Master of Arts (M.A.) degree in Sociology and participates in a graduate program leading to the Ph.D. degree in Social Psychology.

The M.A. in Sociology qualifies individuals for jobs in government, human service agencies, and businesses which specifically call for a social science or behavioral science master’s degree. Community ...

Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. proposed a change in a list of core courses for state universities. Credit: Photo via Colin Hackley/NSF State higher-education officials on Thursday moved toward ...

Ray Rodrigues, who was appointed as Chancellor of Florida's State University System in September 2022. Students can no longer take sociology to fulfill their core course requirements, Florida’s state ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...

TALLAHASSEE — Carrying out parts of a controversial 2023 law, the State Board of Education approved rules that will prevent colleges from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives ...

Florida’s move to cut sociology as a core requirement in the State University System prompted outrage from parts of the academic community and sociologists. The Florida Board of Governors on Wednesday ...

Brandon Poulter is a contributor to the Daily Caller News Foundation. The 17-member board of governors of the Florida University System decided Wednesday to eliminate a sociology course from the core ...

The Florida Board of Education Wednesday approved rules that prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion spending and remove sociology from general education core course options at community and state ...

A master's degree in sociology can be earned en route as part of ongoing work for the sociology PhD at any point beyond the first year of residency. To fulfill program requirements for the MA, ...