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UC Davis Graduate Studies
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UC Davis Graduate Studies

Source: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/programs/gsoc Parent: https://grad.ucdavis.edu/graduate-programs

Sociology

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The Ph.D. program in Sociology at UC Davis emphasizes rigorous preparation in sociological theory and research methodologies as the basis of sound scholarship. Sociology graduate students are encouraged to begin active research early in their academic careers. Students gain advanced knowledge of collective behavior and social movements; comparative/ historical culture; gender; development; economic sociology; law, deviance and social control; political sociology; social psychology; race and ethnicity, and immigration; and community and urban sociology. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in sociology.

Degree Type

Departmentally-Based Graduate Program

Degrees Offered

M.A. Plan II \ Ph.D. Plan B

Lead Dean

College of Letters and Science

Degree Requirements

2025

2016

2012

2006

Administrative ByLaws

2016.

Major Code

GSOC


Admissions and Fellowship Information

Admission Requirements

UC Davis General Admission Requirements \ Program Admissions Requirements

Admission Deadlines

Priority: Dec 15, 2025\

Internal Fellowship Deadlines

Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 15, 2025\ Continuing Student Fellowship: Dec 15, 2025

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Program Contact Information

Primary Program Contacts

Graduate Program Coordinator

Program Coordinator\ Jacqueline Leaver \ 530-752-5015 | jjleaver@ucdavis.edu

Graduate Program Chair

Department Chair\ Robert Faris \ rwfaris@ucdavis.edu

Graduate Program Chair\ Erin Hamilton \ (530) 754-0786 | erhamilton@ucdavis.edu

Additional Contacts

Program Contacts

Advisor: Admissions and General\ Thomas Beamish \ Sociology \ (530) 574-1036 | tdbeamish@ucdavis.edu

Advisor: Admissions and Primary Contact\ Robert Faris \ Sociology \ rwfaris@ucdavis.edu

Advisor: Admissions and General\ Erin Hamilton \ Sociology \ (530) 754-0786 | erhamilton@ucdavis.edu

Advisor: General\ Eddy U \ Sociology \ (530) 754-0790 | eu@ucdavis.edu

Graduate Studies Contacts

Internal Fellowship Analyst\ Heidi West \ (530) 754-9473 | hewest@ucdavis.edu

Senior Academic Advisor\ Sarah Hamid \ (530) 754-2355 | shamid@ucdavis.edu