通常，需要四年制文学学士学位（荣誉学位优先），主修社会学或同等学历。 申请人必须先前已经完成了统计学课程（SOC 210），研究方法（SOC 315）和两个社会学理论课程（SOC 212,332,333和334中的两个）或其同等，以及至少一个关于宏观生理学和社会心理学（广义上包括相关课程）的单期课程。
文学硕士论文专业的学生必须500或600级至少参加6门单期课程。
Normally, a four-year BA degree (honors degree preferred) majoring in Sociology, or the equivalent, is required. Applicants must have previously completed coursework in statistics (SOC 210), research methodology (SOC 315), and two sociological theory courses (two of SOC 212, 332, 333, and 334), or their equivalents, and at least one single-term course in macrosociology and in social psychology (broadly defined to include related coursework).