This program
requires completion of forty-four (44) credits of course work. To complete
core requirements for the Sociology major, students must take SOC 150
and RHET 302.
Core Requirements for the Sociology Major
(24 credits required)
- SOC - 150 Introduction to Sociology
- RHET - 302 Writing in Sociology
- SOC - 306 Sociological Theory
- SOC - 308 Research Methods
EITHER
- SOC - 302 Global Inequalities and Social Justice OR
- SOC - 304 U.S. Inequalities and Social Justice
AND EITHER
- SOC - 410 Honors Thesis Workshop (Instructor
permission only)
- SOC - 450 Sociology Capstone Seminar
Electives
(20 credits required)
- SOC - 109 Humans and Environmental Change
- SOC - 226 Social Problems
- SOC - 227 Violence in Society
- SOC - 228 Asians and Pacific Islanders in U.S.
Society
- SOC - 229 Diversity of American Families
- SOC - 230 Cities and Society
- SOC - 233 Gender, Development and Globalization
- SOC - 338 Sociology of Education
- SOC - 231 Introduction to Globalization
- SOC - 238 African American Culture and Society
- SOC - 313 Latin@-Chican@ Culture and Society
- SOC - 240 People of Mixed Descent
- SOC - 260 Sociology of Gender
- SOC - 319 Health and Environment
- SOC - 320 Global Environments and Societies
- SOC - 321 Social Psychology
- SOC - 322 Globalization and Resistance
- SOC - 323 Urban Education
- SOC - 324 Sport, Culture and Society
- SOC - 325 Critical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity
- SOC - 326 Sociology of Culture
- SOC - 329 Social Worlds of Children
- SOC - 331 Social Stratification
- SOC - 332 Religion and Society
- SOC - 333 Nationalism and Citizenship
- SOC - 340 Social Change
- SOC - 345 Feminism, Gender, and the Body
- SOC - 347 Sex and Sexualities
- SOC - 350 Social Movements
- SOC - 351 Revolution and Reaction
- SOC - 352 Politics and Society
- SOC - 353 Sociology of Peace and War
- SOC - 354 Sociology of Law
- SOC - 355 Deviance and Social Control
- SOC - 356 Juvenile Delinquency
- SOC - 357 Criminology
- SOC - 360 Urbanization and Development
- SOC - 390 Current Issues in Sociology
- SOC - 392 Community Organizing
- SOC - 395 Fieldwork in Sociology
- SOC - 398 Directed Study
- SOC - 399 Directed Reading
- SOC - 410 Honors Thesis Workshop
Learning Goals/Outcomes for the B.A. in Sociology
Students who complete the B.A. in Sociology will
be able to:
- Understand and analyze critically major social
practices, structures, and inequalities.
- Understand, analyze, and apply major sociological
theories, frameworks and traditions.
- Formulate, conduct, and communicate independent
social research.
- Connect sociological analysis to practical social
action.
