Master of Arts in Applied Sociology

University of Central Florida

The Department of Sociology offers a graduate program leading to a Master of Arts degree in Applied Sociology. This Applied Sociology MA program provides training in the skills necessary to secure careers in both academic and non-academic professions and emphasizes applied research in community-based settings. The program is organized around a curriculum that provides grounding in the theoretical perspectives and methodological skills of the discipline with advanced study in one or more of the department’s three primary areas of specialization: Crime and Deviance Medical Sociology Social Inequalities. A primary focus of the program is the examination and analysis of a variety of social problems in society. Toward this objective, the program promotes the application of sociological knowledge, principles, and research skills that can be used in a variety of organizational, community, and institutional settings. Examples of competencies in applied sociology include effective skills in program design and evaluation research planning, feasibility and needs assessment studies data management, analysis and presentation and the application of structural, social conflict and interactionist theories to organizational problems, community development and planned change.