Family and Human Development
The School of Social and Family Dynamics offers a degree program
leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree with a major in Family
and Human Development . The Ph.D. in Family and Human Development
degree prepares researchers with a focus on family processes, family
relationships, and infant, child, and adolescent development. The
Ph.D. program is designed for graduates to assume leadership roles
as researchers and academicians in universities, or as directors
in public or privately funded mental health agencies, industry,
or government.
- Admission: Admission to the Ph.D. in Family
and Human Development is determined by the following criteria
- official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course
work; verbal, quantitative, and analytical GRE scores; statement
of goals relevant to the Ph.D. program; three letters of recommendation;
and an application for admission to the Graduate College. A Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 600
is required of all applicants whose native language is not English.
Deadline is January 15. Admissions for Fall semester only.
- Foreign Language Requirement: None.
- Evaluation and Comprehensive Examinations:
Progress through the program involves (1) annual evaluations of
the student's performance and (2) comprehensive written examinations
at the end of the student's course work.
- Dissertation Requirements: The doctoral dissertation
must be a work of original scholarship, make a significant contribution
to knowledge about families, and reflect a mastery of systemic
research methods.
- Final Examinations: A final oral examination
in defense of the dissertation is required.
- Research Activity: Specific areas of faculty
research include evaluation of intervention and marital therapy,
marital and family relationships, marital interaction, parent-child
and parent-adolescent relationships, prevention research on children
and families, early intervention for at-risk children, children's
social and emotional development, peer relationships, influences
on school achievement and success, children's gender-role development,
sexuality, dating relationships, and ethnic and socioeconomic
diversity in marital and family relationships. Strong emphasis
is placed on the acquisition of sophisticated theoretical, methodological,
and statistical skills necessary to acquire research funding,
publish in professional journals, and make significant contributions
to existing knowledge.
Search for graduate faculty members in the family and human development
doctoral program
Learn more by downloading
the Graduate Handbook for Program in Family and Human Development
(Word file)
Questions relating to the PhD in Family
and Human Development should be directed to: Dr. Laura
Hanish,
laura.hanish@asu.edu
Sociology
This degree provides advanced training in theory,
research methodology, and substantive fields to prepare sociologists
for leadership positions in teaching and research Our interdisciplinary-based
degree in Sociology features sociological training in an interdisciplinary
environment. We offer research-intensive training in the study
of individuals, families, social institutions, and societies, with
special emphasis on demography, family, and health.
- Admission: Admission to the program is determined
by the following criteria: GRE scores (verbal, quantitative, and
writing), three letters of appraisal from persons familiar with
the applicant’s academic background, valid transcripts of
the student’s academic record, a writing sample and a statement
of purpose provided by each applicant. Applicants should have
an M.A. or its equivalent in Sociology or a related field, or
have an unusually strong undergraduate record. January 15 is the
deadline for consideration for admission and funding for the next
academic year
- Program of Study: The Ph.D. requires 54 semester
hours beyond the master’s degree. Three hours each of theory,
methods, statistics, and research are required, and 12 hours
are earned through dissertation and research. The remaining 30
hours are in substantive courses reflecting the student’s
specialization. First-year Ph.D. students are required to take
Sociology as a Profession (503). A minimum of 30 semester hours
of the approved Ph.D. program, exclusive of dissertation and
research hours, must be completed after admission to the Ph.D.
at ASU.
- Foreign Language Requirements: None.
- Comprehensive Examinations: The students are
required to take two written comprehensive examinations or one
written examination and a statistics course sequence. The written
examination options are in the areas of demography, family and
health. The statistics course sequence is: 507: categorical data
analysis; 508: structural equation modeling, and 509: event history
analysis and one additional course chosen by the student in conjunction
with the statistics faculty. An oral defense of the dissertation
proposal is required. After passing the comprehensive examinations
and obtaining a formal approval of the dissertation proposal,
the student is eligible to apply for candidacy.
- Dissertation Requirements: A dissertation based
on original work demonstrating creativity in research and scholarly
proficiency in the subject area is required.
- Final Examination: A final oral examination
in defense of the dissertation is required.
- Research Facilities: Department research facilities
consist of a graduate offices with high-speed internet connections,
a graduate computer laboratory, and a demography center with computers.
We also are connected with the Institute for Social Research (ISSR),
which gives us access to focus group facilities with observational
windows and videotaping equipment, access to the data holdings
of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research,
and Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing hardware and software.
The ISSR also has web-based survey capabilities.
- Search
for graduate faculty members in the sociology doctoral program
Learn more by downloading
the Graduate Handbook for Sociology (Word file)
Questions relating to the PhD in Sociology
should be directed to:
Dr. Cecilia Menjivar, menjivar@asu.edu
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