Department of Sociology
Graduate Studies in Communications
The Annenberg School of Communication offers a masters and doctoral degree program in Communication Management or Global Communication. For more information, please visit:
<http://ascweb.usc.edu/home.php>
Graduate Studies in Journalism and Public Relations
The Annenberg School of Journalism offers a masters in Journalism and a masters degree in Strategic Public Relations. These degree programs specializations range from newspaper journalism to corporate communications and consulting. For more information, please visit:
<http://ascweb.usc.edu/asc.php?pageID=85>
The School of Social Work offers a undergraduate degree (B.S.W.),a master's degree program (M.S.W.) and a PhD Program in Social Work. For more information, please visit:
<http://www.vcu.edu/slwweb>
Villanova offers a program of study leading to a master of science degree in Criminal Justice Administration. Courses are offered in criminological theory, research methods, financial planning, organizational theory, decision-making, legal issues, ethics, and a variety of other criminal justice areas. For more information visit:
<http://www.gradcj.villanova.edu/index.html>
Columbia University offers a Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences program. This M.A. degree program provides rigorous research and analytical training. The curriculum combines core seminars in quantitative social science methodology with research experience and professional development. For more information visit:
<http://www.qmss.columbia.edu>
Cornell offers a Graduate Studies in City and Regional Planning as well as general Sociology Master's and Ph.D. concentrations. For more information visit:
<http://www.soc.cornell.edu/academics/graduate_home.shtml>
The University of Michigan has recently launched doctoral, masters and certificate programs in Survey Methodology. The program is interdisciplinary, drawing faculty from the behavioral, social, and communication sciences, as well as from the statistical sciences. Please forward this information to anyone who may be interested and visit there web site for more details:
<http://www.isr.umich.edu/gradprogram/>
The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs has the following programs of study:
Masters of International Development (MID)
Masters of Public Administration (MPA)
Masters of Public and International Affairs (MPIA)
Masters of Public Policy and Management (MPPM)
PHD in Public and International Affairs
<http://www.gspia.pitt.edu>
Master of Science in Organizational Behavior with four possible degree concentrations:
Human Resource Management
Training and Development
Human Resource Information Systems
Management of Change.
<http://www.ob.poly.edu/>
The University of Wyoming is offering a PhD in Anthropology with a focus on Plains, Paleoindian and Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology. The program includes internships, professional development seminars, field and lab opportunities, international opportunities and etc.
<http://www.ite.poly.edu/mg/msob/index.cfm>
The Institute for Policy Studies at John Hopkins University is offering a two-year Master of Arts in Public Policy Degree. Areas of interest: Social Policy, Health Policy, International Affairs, Urban Policy, Environmental Policy, Nonprofit Sector and other.
<http://www.jhu.edu/ips/mpp>
The Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at University of Minnesota offers several degrees which include a three-month internship:
Master of Public Policy (MPP),
Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP),
Master of Science in Science, Technology, and
Environmental Policy (MS),
Mid-career Master of Public Affars (MPA),
or a variety of dual degree programs.
Generous financial aid packages are offered, ranging in value from $4,500 to $30,000, awarded primarily on the basis of merit.
<http://www.hhh.umn.edu>
UCL is offering a MA in Material and Visual Culture with a wide ranging course relating people and material and visual forms across time and space with the opportunity for a number of specialist options:
Art and Anthropology,
Anthropology of Consumption,
Colonial and Postcolonial Visual Culture,
Anthropology of the Built Environment,
Museum Anthropology and Cultural Heritage,
Anthropology of Landscape,
Material Culture and Social Identity.
<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Anthropology>
Oxford is offering a 1-year M.Sc. in Evidence Based Social Work.
<http://www.apsoc.ox.ac.uk>
The School of Public Health at Saint Louis University is offering a
Master of Health Administration (MHA),
Master of Public Health (MPH), and
Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health Studies (PhD).
<http://publichealth.slu.edu>
The School of Social Work at Boston University has a lot of opportunities for those interested in Social Work.
<http://www.bu.edu/ssw>
IUB is offering a 2-year M.S. program on Societies in Change: Reshaping Cultures, Publics, and Institutions.
<http://www.iu-bremen.de/hss/iss/>
ISA's students are drawn from throughout the Americas, Europe and the UK, which creates an exciting and energetic international culture in which to participate. A new master's course in Comparative American Studies is to be offered from October 2005, and attention will be paid to developing postgraduate research in this understudied area. Available programs include: MA Area Studies (Comparative American Studies, Latin America, United States of America), MSc Globalization and Latin American Development, MSc Latin American Politics, MPhil/PhD.
<http://www.americas.sas.ac.uk>
The University of Denver offers MSW concentrations in Child Practice (child welfare, families, high-risk youth, adults) and a MSW Certificate Programs in Social Work With Latinos/as, Trauma Response and Recovery, Animal-Assisted Social Work, Couples and Family Therapy.
<http://www.du.edu/gssw>
The MSW program is not traditional in that many of our students hold degrees in diverse disciplines, such as Economics, Policy Studies, African American Studies, an Jewish Studies and want to pursue a non-clinical MSW degree.
<http://www.gsu.edu/socialwork>
The George Warren Brown School of Social Work offers both an MSW and a PhD program.
<http://www.gwbweb.wustl.edu>