Grad Student Support on Campus
Resources for Navigating Graduate School
Professional Networking & Development Online
Statistics Links
- Code and Culture
- eSource
- Scatterplot
- Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
- StatSoft online texbook
Qualitative Analysis Links
Grant Writing Advice
- Grants.gov
- Writing a Funding Proposal
- Research Development and Scientific Grants
- CU Office of Contracts and Grants
Transcription Services
Professional Organizations & Governmental Agencies
- Submitting to Sociology Journals
- How to get the most out of conferences
- American Sociological Association (ASA)
- American Society of Criminology (ASC)
- Association of Black Sociologists (ABS)
- Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS)
- Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR)
- Eastern Sociological Society (ESS)
- International Sociological Association (ISA)
- Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA)
- Midwest Sociological Society (MSS)
- National Institute of Health (NIH)
- National Science Foundation(NSF)
- North Central Sociological Association (NCSA)
- Pacific Sociological Association (PSA)
- Population Association of America (PAA)
- Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)
- Rural Sociological Society (RSS)
- Sociologists for Women in Society
- Southern Sociological Society
Resources on CVs, Conferences & Presentations
Career/Job Resources
Creating a Teaching Portfolio
Teaching Resources on Campus
- Syllabus Template and GTP at CU
- Clickers
- A Practical Guide to Implementing & Utilizing Clickers
- Ombuds Office for Conflicts
- CU Policies
- Graduate Teacher Program (GTP)
- Writing Center
- Office of Information Technology
- CU Dialogues
- Digital Accessibility Program
- CU Sociology Graduate Student Teaching Resources
Teaching Sociology Blogs
Blogs, websites, other potentially interesting time-wasters, teaching resources, casual reading, networking opportunities etc.
- The Sociological Cinema
- The Society Pages
- Society Pages Sociological Images
- Family Inequality
- Context Blog
Online Resources and Teaching Activity
Videos Sites
- Vox News
- The Retro Report
- National Public Radio (NPR)
- Free Documentaries
- TED Talks
- PBS
- Snag Films
- ASA Trails
Data/Polls Sites
Writing Resources
Here are some resources to help you instruct students on writing college-level sociology papers.
- ASA Quick Style Guide
- Inside Higher Ed article on Technology and Teaching Writing
- Writing Resources from CU-Boulder
- Writing Resources from Dartmouth University
- Writing Resources from Purdue University
- Writing Center Handouts from UNC
Teaching Grants & Funding Sources
- The Graduate School
- Graduate School Forms
- Graduate Student Bill of Rights & Responsibilities
- Graduate Student Grievance Process and Procedures
- Graduate Student Grievance Form
- Graduate Teacher Program
- Graduation Information
- In-State Tuition
- Registrar's Office
- Transcripts
- UGGS
- VPN: Setting Up
- Writing Center
Our graduate committee has put together some useful guidelines that we hope will provide you with information and advice as you navigate through our graduate program.
- Comprehensive Exam
- Doing Fieldwork
- Dissertation Funding Sources
- The Dissertation Proposal
- The Dissertation
- First-Year Advising
- Third-Year Paper
- Expectations for Advising
- Masters Degree Process
- TA Guidelines
- ITSS Proseminar Dissertation Committees and Proposals
These documents provide some general guidance, for further assistance please contact your advisor and committee.
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Registrar’s Office: www.colorado.edu/registrar/
Transcript Ordering: www.colorado.edu/registrar/transcripts
Tuition and Fees: https://bursar.colorado.edu/
United Government of Graduate Students (UGGS)
University Reporting Mechanisms and Confidential Resources (including the Ombuds Office, the Office of Victims Assistance, and Counseling and Psychiatric Services: https://www.colorado.edu/studentaffairs/confidential-reporting
https://www.colorado.edu/oiec/reporting-resolutions/making-report
https://www.colorado.edu/studentaffairs/confidential-resources
Writing Center: www.colorado.edu/pwr/writingcenter.html
Feedback and Questions for the Graduate Chair and/or the Graduate Committee: The Chair, the Graduate Committee, and the Graduate Chair are always open to feedback, questions, and discussion. The Graduate Chair for 2022-2023 is Ryan Masters and the faculty on the graduate committee are Mathieu Desan, Amanda Stevenson, and Kyle Thomas. You are always welcome to email or meet with Graduate Committee members individually. The Graduate Chair is available for confidential discussions – you can email to set a time for a meeting.
Internal Feedback and Reporting Mechanisms: To report concerns of any kind, you may use the anonymous form on the front of the Sociology Department Website: https://www.colorado.edu/sociology/ There are also two student representatives on the Graduate Committee. They have a google document for anonymous feedback which they check regularly and report to the Committee. This document is regularly circulated on the GradSocy list. Concerns of any kind may be reported on this document.