Graduate Programs:
Master of Science: Specialization in Community Development

Master of Science: Rural Sociology with a Specialization in Community Development
Minimal courses are listed below:

	Credits
Sociological Theory (2 courses)	10
Rural Sociology 742 (Concepts and Theories in Rural Sociology) AND	5
Sociology 782 (Earlier Development in Sociological Theory) OR	5
Sociology 784 (Later Developments in Sociological Theory)	5
Research Methodology (2-3 courses)	10-11
Sociology 649 (Principles of Multiple Regression) AND	5
Sociology 651 (Approaches to Sociological Inquiry) OR	5
Sociology 710 (Design and Analysis of Quantitative Sociological Research) OR	5
Agricultural Education 885 (Research Methods) AND	3
Agricultural Education 886 (Research Design)	3
Community Development Core Course	5
RS 888 (Social Action in Community Development)	5
Rural Sociology Courses: Students should elect 2 courses from the following list	10
RS 892 (Rural Sociology of Development and Social Change)	5
RS 622 (Amish)	5
RS 666 (Rural Poverty)	5
RS 678 (Women in Rural Society)	5
RS 688 (Social Impact Assessment of Domestic Development)	5
RS 788 (The Change Agent)	5
RS 766 (Environmental Sociology)	5
Sociology 671 (Population Studies I)	5
Electives (outside Rural Sociology)	15-20
Courses should be selected in collaboration with the student's program advisor.