Master's Degree Information
 

McElhaney Hall, Room 102
441 North Walk
Indiana, PA 15705
U.S.A

724-357-2956 Telephone
724-357-4842 Fax

Kay Snyder, Master's Coordinator
ksnyder@iup.edu

Phone: 724-357-3931

Lori Marshall, Graduate Secretary
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
9:15 AM – 4:15 PM
Phone: 724-357-2956

The IUP Sociology Master's Program, with its applied emphasis, helps students to better identify, analyze and respond to individual, organizational, and social action, in bringing about both individual and social change. More specifically, the sociology program offers instructions in important topics such as alcohol and drug abuse, family violence, women's issues, unemployment, aging, disability, and health care.

The Master's degree prepares students for employment in human services, government agencies, corporations, higher education, and social research positions. Recent graduates are working as family counselors, alcohol treatment supervisors, domestic violence program staff, medical social workers, mental health professionals, social policy researchers, and university professors.

Students select either a six-credit thesis option or a non-thesis option.  Students selecting the thesis option must successfully complete a six-credit thesis.   The thesis option requires a total of 36 credit hours for both the General Sociology and the Human Services programs.  The non-thesis option in both programs requires a total of 36 credit hours and successful completion of a comprehensive exam.