MASP

Master of Arts in Sociological Practice

We offer the Master of Arts in Sociological Practice program in both full-time (two-year) and part-time (three-year) options. We call ourselves “Sociological Practice” because we encourage our graduate students to take real life social problems as the focus of their research. Our program encourages community and civic engagement through research. Most faculty members contribute to and draw upon scholarship in critical sociology. Our classes all take place after 5 p.m. and usually are in person. However, during health pandemics and other emergency situations, classes will be fully online.

Our graduate students go on to work with social services and criminal justice agencies, non-profit or community groups, and evaluation companies. Many of our graduates go on to teach at community colleges and several have successfully entered Ph.D. programs. The MASP program is not a social work program (MSW).

We encourage you to visit our website for more information and to explore our faculty members’ pages.

The strengths of our department are close mentoring and a culturally diverse faculty. We are committed to applying critical theories that further needed social change in the tradition of public sociology.

• MASP Handbook
• Continuing Graduate Student Forms & Important Links
• Curriculum (Fall 2018+)
• Curriculum (pre-Fall 2018)
• Recommended Course Sequence (Fall 2018+)
• Recommended Course Sequence (pre-Fall 2018)
• Culminating Experience Options 
• Policies and Regulations
• CSU-wide Scholarworks - A Collection of Our MASP Students'
  Theses and Graduate Research
• What Can I Do With a Master's Degree in Sociology? - Information/Study from the American Sociological Association
• CSUSM Graduate Student Representatives Council
• Title IX Resources and Information

Questions about the MASP program?

Email our MASP Coordinators:

FOR FALL 2025 POTENTIAL APPLICANTS…

Please see the Application page for detailed information on our application procedures for this cycle, which opens on October 1, 2024 and closes for the MASP Program on March 1, 2025:  Application Procedures. 

After decisions are made, applicants will be notified by email.

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CSUSM also offers additional information for students interested in applying to graduate school that you may want to read: Graduate Studies Information.