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  1. I was recently accepted into the New School for Social Research's MA in sociology with a 30% scholarship. Initially excited about the New School, on top of the cost of living in New York City, the $40,000 tuition price tag makes this a little less appealing to me (on the other hand, this is about what I expected for an MA program). I also realized, rather belatedly, that the MA in sociology does not require that students write a thesis, but instead complete an MA Examination. I was also accepted at Binghamton for their Ph.D., albeit without an offer of funding as of yet. Does anyone know how MAs without thesis options are viewed by prospective Ph.D. programs? My intention is to continue to a Ph.D. if I choose an MA program; however, I don't want to miss out on an opportunity to do some substantial writing that could enrich my Ph.D. application. Any advice is appreciated.
  2. hj2012; Thanks for the very thoughtful response to my question. You're absoultely correct - perhaps my interests are a bit broad. It's interesting that you'd mention Chibber, as I find NYU's sociology program to be one of the ideal programs I could be accepted to. Although, I don't know if my broad interests are necessarily a bad thing, and my opinion on this has recently made me seek out media studies programs in the United States that incorporate an interdisciplinary focus. I am interested mainly in anti-capitalist struggles, how they are represented in different media, and what sort of impact this has on the manifestations of contemporary anti-capitalist social movements (something like a study of media and its sociological ramifications). The focus on Marxism is personal interest and political preference. Depending on the university / program I'm applying to, the writing sample will vary. I wrote my B.A. thesis as a discourse analysis of ideology in a documentary, through the lens of qualitative and psychoanalytically influenced psychology; I may take a sample of this for an application to a media studies program. If I was to apply to a literature program, I could use an article I wrote about intertextuality and Nietzsche for my writing sample.
  3. hello! I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if this is a question that many of you have answered before. Additionally, I posted something very similar in the sociology sub-board, so please excuse the overlap. I'm curious about different fields of inquiry. I'm interested in Marxism and its more recent incarnations in social theory (post-Marxism, autonomism, empire, rethinking communism, Zapatistas, etc.) I have a social-sciences background (B.A. in psychology, with a minor in applied linguistics, however, I was interested in social psychology in my undergraduate studies) and I am interested in social & critical theory / cultural studies. Sociology seems like the proper domain in which to explore Marxism given my background in the social-sciences (as opposed to Marxism in literature, for example), although I am drawn to interdisciplinary approaches that incorporate many different dimensions of the human sciences (media theory, art, film, literature, anthropology, etc.) and I'm not committed to studying sociology. In fact, it seems as though sociology programs that have strong Marxist orientations (I'm thinking NYU here) are, ironically, quite exclusive. Is anyone enrolled in a graduate program (M.A. or Ph.D.) or knows of one that provides a foundation in Marxism or post-Marxism that they would recommend? With the resurgence of interest in Marxism, à la Žižek and others, one wouldn't think this would be difficult to locate, but I'm sort of without direction here. Thanks for the advice!
  4. Roll Right; perhaps cultural studies would be the way to go. I'd like to go sociology if I can find and get accepted to a program that fits my interests, mostly because I think it would be better for career prospects and because its method of inquiry is rooted in social scientific approaches. for instance, Goldsmiths' sociology program seems like another ideal program, what with someone like Alberto Toscano, an active commentator on Marxist theory and sociologist. what sociology programs that are bastions of radicalism came to mind?
  5. ExponentialDecay; I took a couple of literature classes in my undergraduate career. additionally, my core studies at my undergraduate university - I attended the Portland State University Honors Program - examined a good deal of literature. it just seems like I'd have a better chance of getting into a program in the social sciences. additionally, I am interested in methods, field research, etc. but I just have a strong interest in Marxist theory. it seems confusing to me that some people who are so rigourously engaged in that field come from and are now situated in literature programs (Michael Hardt, for instance).
  6. breaks0; thanks for the information! this was the kind of thread I was hoping to find. NYU does seem like an ideal program, what with its strong focus on Marxism and a solid foundation in methods. too bad it appears really hard to get into! rather ironic, actually. good luck to you, too!
  7. hello! I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if this is a question that many of you have answered before. I'm interested in Marxism and its more recent incarnations in social theory (post-Marxism, autonomism, empire, rethinking communism, Zapatistas, etc.) I have a social-sciences background (B.A. in psychology, with a minor in applied linguistics, however, I was interested in social psychology in my undergraduate studies) and I am interested in social & critical theory / cultural studies. Sociology seems like the proper domain in which to explore Marxism given my background in the social-sciences (as opposed to Marxism in literature, for example), although I am drawn to interdisciplinary approaches that incorporate many different dimensions of the human sciences (media theory, art, film, literature, anthropology, etc.) and I'm not committed to studying sociology. Is anyone enrolled in a graduate program (M.A. or Ph.D.) or knows of one that provides a foundation in Marxism, post-Marxism, social movements, economic and political sociology, that they would recommend? With the resurgence of interest in Marxism, à la Žižek and others, one wouldn't think this would be difficult to locate, but I'm sort of without direction here given that I've been out of university for a couple years and I did not have a sociology background in my B.A. Thanks for the advice!
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