Application

Procedures

All applicants must apply directly to The Graduate School (TGS) between September 2nd and December 15th of the year preceding admission. Applicants are only admitted for the fall quarter of each academic year. The Department normally funds all those it admits.

Graduate School admission information

On-line Application for Admission

Financial Aid

Applying to Interdisciplinary Graduate Clusters

 

Send the following materials directly to The Graduate School:

  • Application Fee (application fees are paid online via credit card only)
  • Graduate Record Examination scores (GRE) (To be considered valid for Fall 2012 admission, GRE scores must be no older than September 2007. Please request that ETS send your GRE scores to The Graduate School using our ETS institution code of 1565.)
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language score (TOEFL) (required of all international students) Official scores must be taken no more than two (2) years before the intended quarter of entry and must come directly from the Educational Testing Service (ETS).

 

Information and material that can be submitted with the on-line application:

  • Statement of Purpose (included in on-line application)
  • Diversity Statement (Optional)
  • Two (2) letters of recommendations (can be included in on-line application)
  • Official transcripts from all previously attended institutions
  • Writing sample: social scientific papers are preferred, but not required; maximum 30 pages (can be included in on-line application)

William Henry Exum Award

The intent of this prize is to honor the memory of William Henry Exum, a member of the Department of Sociology and the African American Studies Department, who died in 1986 at the age of 37. Exum was concerned with the quality of writing and research analysis in student papers. He was also interested in racial problems facing minority youths in higher education. This award was established as a means of continuing his goals of breaking barriers for all minorities.

    The award submission deadline is April 27, 2012. All interested students should submit a 15-20 page paper, typed and double-spaced, on a topic dealing with race and ethnicity. Students are not limited to a sociological approach in preparing their submissions, nor is the award limited to sociology or social science majors.

    The paper should include a cover sheet with the student's name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, year in school, and major.

    Three copies of the essay must be submitted by the announced deadline to the Exum Award - Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Ave., Evanston Campus or one copy by email to sociol@northwestern.edu. 

    This award is open to all undergraduate students from all disciplines.

Upcoming Events

COLLOQUIUM: Myra Marx Ferree, Sociology, University of WI-Madison
May 17, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Culture and Society Workshop
May 17, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

January 11, 2012