学生通常会完成四年制的社会学本科专业。四年制本科专业的相关学科毕业生也纳入入学考虑中。所有文学硕士（人口与生活课程动态）学生有望在以下每个领域完成至少一门本科单课程：统计，研究方法，理论，人口或生活课程/家庭; 在这些领域没有课程的学生将被要求在入学前弥补这一背景。
Students will usually have completed a four-year undergraduate program majoring in Sociology. Graduates of four-year undergraduate programs majoring in related disciplines will also be considered for admission. All MA (Population & Life Course Dynamics) students are expected to have completed at least one undergraduate single-term course in each of the following areas: statistics, research methods, theory, and population or life course/family; students without coursework in these areas will be required to make up this background prior to admission