Graduate student resources

Contact our Graduate Program Assistant for questions regarding individual student issues, course registration, program requirements or progress, committee membership and procedures, advisor/committee interaction and leave of absence.

Meet our graduate students 

The Department of Sociology and Criminology provides specialized training in the core areas of the discipline (sociological methods and theoretical inquiry), as well as a number of substantive areas:

• criminology and social justice
• culture and social relations
• population health and wellness
• power, privilege and resistance
• global sociology
• social policy and social change

The low graduate student/faculty ratio creates an informal learning environment in which students receive considerable individual attention. Faculty members are actively involved in research, including many projects that readily lend themselves as the basis for student theses and dissertations.

Before submitting your application to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for the Sociology MA or PhD programs, you are encouraged to review the list of Sociology and Criminology faculty members. Applicants must list two potential advisors on their application who specialize in areas related to the applicant's research interests, but do not have to secure an advisor prior to applying for admission.

PhD applicants are advised to email potential advisors in advance of applying to indicate their intention to apply. In an email, please let the potential advisor know the following:

• your area(s) of interest,
• a bit about yourself, and how to best contact you,
• a brief summary of your relevant education, community and/or work experiences,
• a description of your proposed research topic.

Please note that tentative acceptance from an advisor does not guarantee admission into the program.

• Review what our current graduate students are researching
• See what our academics are researching

The Department of Sociology and Criminology has specific requirements above and beyond those in the Faculty of Graduate Studies Academic Guide. Students are to consult both documents for their graduate program. 

View the Department of Sociology and Criminology supplementary regulations