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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Social Sciences (MA)

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Program Director: Adam Lutzker, Ph.D.
Program Manager: Linda Blakey

Program Faculty: Jennifer Alvey (WGS/ANT), John Ellis (HIS/IGS), Guluma Gemeda (AFA), Roy Hanashiro (HIS), Adam Lutzker (ECN), Derwin Munroe (POL), Heather Laube (SOC)

The MA in Social Sciences program supports the missions of the University of Michigan-Flint and the College of Arts and Sciences by offering education to students within the service area, particularly those with complex lives. The program provides post-baccalaureate education in a field of study especially important for in-service teachers and administrators. The program also provides opportunity to students wishing to pursue a Ph.D. program in the social sciences after completion of the Master’s degree.

Mission

The Mission of the Master of Arts in Social Sciences is to prepare students who have an enhanced understanding of the social sciences, within and beyond the traditional scope of the United States and Europe. Graduates of the program should be able to: critically analyze primary and secondary texts; construct theses and arguments in the social sciences; interpret social science research; use appropriate documentation style; and write critically and analytically.

Assessment

The Program participates in the University-wide effort to assess its academic programs. Information on assessment plans, including goals, methods and outcomes is available at http://www.umflint.edu/assessment/.

Transfer Credits

Up to six (6) semester credit hours of graduate credit completed at an accredited institution may be accepted to transfer. Transfers of credit are subject to the approval of the program director. Requests for transferring additional coursework may be made by submitting a petition to the program director. Petitions will be reviewed jointly by the program director and the MA in Social Sciences Admission Committee.

Academic Rules and Regulations

See College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) and Graduate Study for rules and regulations pertaining to all College of Arts and Sciences graduate programs.

Requirements

Completion of a minimum of 30 credit hours, distributed as follows, with an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.0 (B) or better. The program must be completed within six consecutive years.

A. Core Curriculum (12 credits)

SSC 501 - Social Theory (3).
SSC 502 - Political Economy (3).
SSC 503 - Gender, Race and Inequalities (3).
SSC 504 - World Historiography (3).

B. Concentration of Choice (12 credits)

Four courses from one of the following concentrations*, with no more than three in a single area:

General Studies Concentration

Twelve credits to include any of the listed electives.

Global Studies Concentration

At least one course from each area:

Historical/Cultural Area

ANT 515 - Seminar on Contemporary Global Issues (3).
or
INT 515 - Seminar on Contemporary Global Issues (3).
ANT 556 - Anthropology of Religion (3).
HIS 574 - History of the British Empire since 1790 (3).
HIS 579 - Pacific World in Transition since 19th Century (3).
HIS 587 - Islam and Political Change (3).
SOC 575 - Social and Cultural Change (3).
or
ANT 575 - Social and Cultural Change (3).
or
INT 575 - Social and Cultural Change (3).

Political/Economic Area

ANT 552 - Gifts, Goods, and Graft: The Anthropology of Value and Exchange (3).
or
INT 552 - Gifts, Goods, and Graft: The Anthropology of Value and Exchange (3).
ANT 576 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).
or
INT 576 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).
or
SOC 576 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).
or
WGS 576 - Sex, Work & International Capital (3).
ECN 566 - The Global Economy (3).
ECN 567 - World Economic History (3).
POL 522 - Environmental Law and Public Policy (3).
POL 533 - International Law and Organizations (3).
POL 541 - The Welfare State in Comparative Perspective (3).
POL 544 - Latin American Politics (3).
POL 545 - European Politics (3).
POL 549 - Politics of the European Union (3).
POL 559 - Comparative Revolutions (3).
or
INT 559 - Comparative Revolutions (3).
POL 565 - Marxist Political Thought (3).

U.S. History and Politics Concentration

At least one course from each area:

Historical/Cultural Area

ANT 511 - Historical Archaeology (3).
HIS 510 - Era of the American Revolution (3).
HIS 511 - Conflict, Reform and Expansion: America before the Civil War (3).
HIS 521 - History of the United States Constitution, 1789 to Present (3).
HIS 528 - Emergence of the United States as a World Power since 1914 (3).
HIS 534 - History of Ethnicity and Race in the United States (3).
or
AFA 534 - History of Ethnicity and Race in the United States (3).
POL 551 - Political and Legal Anthropology (3).
or
ANT 551 - Political and Legal Anthropology (3).
SOC 558 - Religion in American Society (3).
SOC 571 - Social Movements in America (3).
SOC 585 - Sociology of Law (3).

Political/Economic Area

ECN 521 - American Economic History (3).
ECN 573 - Law and Economics (3).
POL 527 - The American Presidency (3).
POL 529 - Civil Liberties and the Constitution (3).
POL 537 - US Foreign Policy (3).
POL 575 - Politics and American Labor (3).

Gender Studies Concentration

At least one course from each area:

Historical/Cultural Area

ANT 525 - Culture, Personality, and Beyond (3).
or
SOC 525 - Culture, Personality, and Beyond (3).
or
WGS 525 - Culture, Personality, and Beyond (3).
ANT 578 - Sex and Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3).
or
WGS 578 - Sex & Gender in Cross-Cultural Perspective (3).
CRJ 500 - Gender, Crime and Justice (3).
or
WGS 500 - Gender, Crime and Justice (3).
HIS 569 - History of Women in America I (3).
or
WGS 569 - History of Women in America I (3).
HIS 581 - History of Women in America II (3).
SOC 574 - Gender and Society (3).
or
WGS 574 - Gender and Society (3).
WGS 540 - Girls, Culture & Education (3).
or
EDE 533 - Girls, Culture and Education (3).

Political/Economic Area

ANT 576 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).
or
INT 576 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).
or
SOC 576 - Sex, Work and International Capital (3).
or
WGS 576 - Sex, Work & International Capital (3).
POL 531 - Women and Work (3).
or
WGS 531 - Women and Work (3).
or
SOC 563 - Women and Work (3).
ECN 526 - Gender, Labor and Inequality (3).
or
WGS 526 - Gender, Labor and Inequality (3).
WGS 585 - Women, Gender, and the Law (3).

Note

*Three credits of the following, may be applied toward a concentration with approval of advisor:

SSC 599 - Special Topics (1-3).

C. Capstone Seminar (3 credits)

Investigation of issues in social sciences in a particular area of student interest under the direction of a MA in Social Sciences faculty member.

SSC 591 - Capstone Seminar (3).

D. Cognate (3 credits)

Any graduate level course, including IGS study abroad courses, outside the track of concentration and with the approval of advisor.

E. Other Electives

Other electives may be taken with approval of director.

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