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Dec 03, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Sociology, B.S.
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Program Description
The sociology program develops the student’s ability to analyze the social world by using diverse sociological theories and research methods. It stresses the importance of social, cultural, and historical contexts for understanding relationships between and among individuals and the social structures that make up societies. Students will gain the ability to think broadly and critically about the diversity of social organization and practice locally and globally. Students will also develop the ability to take a disciplined and scholarly approach to understanding the world in which we live.
The major in sociology strongly develops skills in critical thinking, research, analysis, writing and communication. Sociology students frequently go on to post-graduate education and/or careers in both public and private employment sectors.
Degree and Major Requirements
| Degree Requirements |
Credit Hours |
| General Education 1 |
41 |
| Quantitative requirement 2 |
3 |
| Scientific Literacy requirement 2 |
3-4 |
| University electives |
32-33 |
Major requirements (listed below)
Total
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39
120
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Footnotes
1 The General Education program contains a set of requirements each student must fulfill. The number of credit hours necessary to fulfill these requirements may vary.
2 In addition to course work taken to fulfill General Education requirement.
Major Requirements
To earn the B.S. degree with a sociology major, students must complete a minimum of 39 credit hours in sociology. Of these credit hours, 18 are required courses; the remaining 21 credit hours are electives chosen from over 30 sociology courses. Students must observe the prerequisite sequencing of required courses as shown in the course descriptions.
Minimum Grades
Students must earn at least a “C-” in all sociology classes or any course that is substituted for a sociology core course. If a student earns below a “C-” in a course, they can re-take the course once in order to meet the “C-” standard.
Major Requirements Total: 39 Credit Hours
Footnotes
1 Prerequisite for SOCI 200 : SOCI 110 , SOCI 140 or SOCI 101 .
2 Students can substitute SOCI 231 with MATH 220 , PSYC 210 or COB 191 , but must take an additional sociology course to complete the required 39 hours of sociology.
3 Prerequisite for SOCI 300 : SOCI 200 and SOCI 231 (or equivalent), sociology majors only.
4 Prerequisite for SOCI 480 : SOCI 300 .
5 This course fulfills the College of Arts and Letters writing-intensive requirement for the major.
6 Students may fulfill the senior seminar requirement by completing a supervised internship with a substantial writing expectation. Students must secure their own internship placement before enrolling in the internship course and should consult an advisor or the sociology program coordinator for details. Students may also fulfill the senior seminar requirement by successfully completing the SOCI 499A /SOCI 499B /SOCI 499C sequence.
7 If a course other than SOCI 231 is used to meet the statistics requirement, 24 elective credits will be required to reach the 39 credit hour total.
Sociology Concentrations
The sociology program encourages majors to select electives that create a coherent program of study suited to their special needs and interests. Such a focus would involve four or more courses from the following concentration groupings: 1 Communities, Inequalities and Public Policy Concentration
Environments, Technologies and Innovations Concentration
Health, Medicine and Society Concentration
Markets and Cultures Concentration
Political and Global Analysis Concentration
Footnote
1 Within any of the defined concentrations students may gain credits toward completing the concentration through certain special topics or other courses. On occasion, courses taken outside the major or university may qualify. For special topics courses in sociology, see the instructor of record for that course. For other questions or possibilities see an advisor or the sociology program coordinator.
Recommended Schedule for Majors
Transfer students on a two-year course of study should change “Year” in this sequence to “Semester.”
The following is an example of a four-year course of study for a student seeking a degree in sociology:
First Year Total: 9 Credit Hours
Second Year Total: 9 Credit Hours
Third Year Total: 9-12 Credit Hours
Fourth Year Total: 9-12 Credit Hours
Program Total: 120 Credit Hours
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