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Social Science Graduate Program

Program Information

The Master of Science degree program in Social Science began offering courses in Spring 2001.  The program offers the opportunity for professional enhancement, especially in content areas of the social sciences.  Experienced teachers wishing to return to the university to study the latest advancements in theoretical, methodological and substantive issues in the social sciences will be especially served.  The program is also open to all post-baccalaureate students and may be of particular interest to professionals active in government and applied fields attracted to the latest developments in the social sciences.

Students will follow a program of study coordinated by the Departments of Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice. The program aims to familiarize students with research, theoretical advances, applications and methodological approaches to current topics important to the field of social sciences and the world.  The program exposes students to interdisciplinary approaches to related subjects and also allows them to specialize in a discipline of particular interest.

Admission Requirements

• A bachelor's degree with grade point average of 3.00 during last 60 undergraduate credits

• Three letters of recommendation which must also include recommendation forms, application packet, and signed student waiver notice.

• A two-page letter of intent

Send letters and statement of intent under separate cover to:

Dr. Nicole Dombrowski Risser

Director of M.S. Program in Social Science 

College of Graduate Studies and Research

Towson University

7800 York Road

Suite 216

Towson, MD 21252