Ph.D Program in Sociology
The Sociology Ph.D. offers an integrated series of graduate courses that focus on Sustainable Communities in Global and Urban Environments. This program is unique in that it emphasizes multi-disciplinary research, teaching, and scholarship related to the study of identity, community and sustainability. Building upon faculty strengths, the program is designed to prepare students to engage in research and teaching that focus on post-industrial global and urban environments. In addition to broad theoretical and methodological training, there is specialized study in areas such as:
From left: David Zeller, Jennifr Earles, Hillary Dotson, Sean Currie, Brenda Mason.
- Urban development and culture
- Social inequalities
- Identities and communities
- Social problems and social movements
- Globalization, power, and politics
- Immigration and migration
- Community, networks, and wellbeing
For applications of these concepts see faculty vitas: http://sociology.usf.edu/faculty/
The program will assist students in developing the skills to:
- become productive faculty members, skilled researchers and/or teachers in
graduate and undergraduate Sociology and Community/Urban studies
programs.
- engage in scholarly and community-based research and policymaking to enhance
quality of life and promote cultural diversity;
- develop and promote community policies that will encourage social, economic, and
environmental wellbeing;
- assume leadership positions to strengthen the relationship between the university
and the local, regional, and global communities.
The program is a minimum of 60 credit hours beyond the M.A. and includes an interdisciplinary Prosem, disciplinary core requirements (Advanced Research Methods and Study Design, Advanced Sociological Theory), disciplinary and interdisciplinary electives, a capstone interdisciplinary seminar, and a dissertation. In addition, rather than typical comprehensive examinations, faculty work with students to build a portfolio designed to demonstrate their competencies in participating in the ongoing scholarly dialogue, reviewing and evaluating the work of others, and teaching: http://sociology.usf.edu/phd/portfolio/
Further information can be found on the Sociology Department website: http://sociology.usf.edu/
Or contact: Donileen R. Loseke, Professor and Graduate Director socgraddir@cas.usf.edu