To apply to the program
- Enrolling students must be a current TWU Sociology major.
- A student may apply after the completion of 72 credit hours, and no more than 90 hours. Students will typically be eligible to apply and be accepted at the end of their junior year. Admitted students will have completed all additional undergraduate courses specified as required by the degree plan, including advanced SOCI courses (3000/4000) level classes.
- Interested students will apply to both the Sociology Master’s program and to the TWU Graduate School when they have completed 72 credit hours, typically during the second semester of their junior year.
- Applicants to the accelerated degree plan must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher at the time of application and maintain this GPA during their first year admitted to the accelerated program, through the completion of the baccalaureate portion of their degree, or admission to the accelerated graduate program will be revoked.
- Applicants will be required to provide one recommendation letter in support of the application from a Sociology faculty member in the TWU department.
- A student who does not satisfy the conditions within three semesters and who has yet to complete the baccalaureate degree may petition for an extension and deferral of admission to a later date. A student who does not satisfy the conditions within three semesters but who has earned the baccalaureate degree may petition for entry into the Master’s program, but without assurance of participating in the accelerated option.
