 Director
of Graduate Studies:
Dr. Stephen
Cernkovich
The Department of Sociology at Bowling Green State University offers
advanced study at both the master's and doctoral levels for students
who seek employment in either academic or non-academic settings.
With 19 full-time faculty and over 50 graduate students, the program
features small classes and a high level of interaction between faculty
and students in a friendly, informal environment that stresses excellence
in both research and teaching. Faculty are accessible to students
and students are regarded as motivated junior scholars. The program
offers an abundance of formal and informal opportunities to share
ideas, and faculty and students regularly collaborate on research
and co-author papers presented at professional meetings and published
in scholarly journals.
The objectives of the graduate programs in sociology are to provide
a broad background in general sociology and to create the capacity
for the development of rigorous research, teaching, and/or applied
skills in at least one area of specialization. Although faculty
interests cover a wide range of sub-areas within sociology, the
areas of specialization offered at the doctoral level include criminology
and deviance, demography, family studies, and social psychology.
These four programmatic areas of specialization are also available
at the master's level; an additional area of concentration is also
offered for M.A. students in applied demography. Finally quantitative
methods is offered as a minor area of concentration at the Ph.D.
level.
The department has excellent research and data processing facilities,
including a computer laboratory and the NIH-funded Center for Family
and Demographic Research (CFDR). The department’s computer
laboratory provides PC and Apple desktop computers with word processing
and data analysis software, high-speed Internet connectivity, and
laser printers, all available for graduate student use at no cost.
The CFDR, affiliated with and sponsored in part by the Sociology
Department, is dedicated to examining the health and development
of children, youth and families. The Center brings researchers together
from several disciplines and hosts seminars with invited speakers.
It also provides easy access to relevant materials for faculty and
student research by storing and disseminating census and other secondary
data as well as assisting and training students and faculty in the
use of various data sets and analytical techniques.
For more information about the graduate programs in sociology write,
call or e-mail:
Stephen A. Cernkovich
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Sociology
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
419-372-2743
scernko@bgsu.edu
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