Doctor's degrees in Sociology: A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, family structures, social deviance and control, and applications to the study of specific social groups, social institutions, and social problems.
The objectives of the Ph.D. program in Sociology is to provide a broad background in general sociology and to create the capacity for theoretically relevant, rigorous research in at least one area of specialization. Although faculty interests cover a wide range of specialty areas within sociology, doctoral students are encouraged to major in one of the following four areas: criminology/deviance; demography; family studies; or social psychology Faculty...
At Case Western Reserve University, doctoral study is focused on the dynamic area of sociological inquiry: the sociology of aging and the life course. Within these areas, students may focus on a wide range of specific topics, such as stress and coping, health disparities, the social construction of diagnosis and disease, and the interaction of race, class, gender, age and other factors as sources of social inequality. Graduate training includes...
At Case Western Reserve University, doctoral study is focused on the dynamic area of sociological inquiry: the sociology of Medical Sociology. Within these areas, students may focus on a wide range of specific topics, such as stress and coping, health disparities, the social construction of diagnosis and disease, and the interaction of race, class, gender, age and other factors as sources of social inequality. Graduate training includes a wide array...
At Case Western Reserve University, doctoral study is focused on the dynamic area of sociological inquiry: the sociology of Research Methodology & Design. Within these areas, students may focus on a wide range of specific topics, such as stress and coping, health disparities, the social construction of diagnosis and disease, and the interaction of race, class, gender, age and other factors as sources of social inequality. Graduate training includes...
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