Sociology, BA

Requirements for the Sociology Major

The major requires 39 hours plus an internship or service-learning course.

Major Core Requirements (15 Hours)

Note: SO 499 - Honors Thesis may be completed in place of SO 486 and SO 487.

SW 200-SO - Understanding Society Min Units: 3
SO 205 - Contemporary Social Issues Min Units: 3
SO 391 - Social Theory Seminar Min Units: 3
SO 393 - Research Methods Seminar Min Units: 3
SO 486 - Senior Research Seminar Min Units: 3

Additional Area Requirements (24 hours)

At least one course from each of the following four areas:

Sociocultural Institutions

SO 301 - Families and Gender Roles Min Units: 3
SO 303 - Political Behavior, Polity, and Society Min Units: 3
SO 311 - Law and Society Min Units: 3
SO 315 - Film, Media, Society Min Units: 3
SO 319 - Mental Illness, Culture, and Society Min Units: 3
SO 351 - Punishment and Society Min Units: 3
SO 353 - Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Min Units: 3
SO 317 - Gender and Society Min Units: 3
SO 321 - Crime and Society Min Units: 3
SO 323 - Racial and Ethnic Relations Min Units: 3
SO 325 - Class, Status, and Power Min Units: 3
SO 326 - Gender, Race, and Crime Min Units: 3
SO 329 - The Sociology of Racism Min Units: 3

Sociocultural Process and Integration

SO 339 - Violence, Media, and Culture Min Units: 3
SO 341 - Self and Society Min Units: 3
SO 343 - Popular Culture Min Units: 3
SO 345 - Deviance and Social Control Min Units: 3
SO 347 - Urban Community Min Units: 3
SO 349 - Social Movements Min Units: 3

Global and Comparative Studies

An internship or service-learning course is required.

SO 331 - Latin American Societies Min Units: 3
SO 333 - European Societies: Politics, Culture, Economics, and the process of European Integration Min Units: 3
SO 335 - The Global Society Min Units: 3
SO 350 - Immigration
SO 355 - International Crime Min Units: 3

Community, Health, and Well-Being Concentration

If a student would like to declare a Sociology Major with a Concentration, a chosen concentration must be made by the Junior year. The concentration requires three courses (9 credit hours) within the chosen concentration. The Senior Research Seminar paper and the Community Engagement requirement must be in the chosen concentration, as well. The two choices of possible concentration are below; students may only select one concentration.

SO 319 - Mental Illness, Culture, and Society Min Units: 3
SO 339 - Violence, Media, and Culture Min Units: 3
SO 341 - Self and Society Min Units: 3
SO 343 - Popular Culture Min Units: 3
SO 345 - Deviance and Social Control Min Units: 3
SO 347 - Urban Community Min Units: 3
SO 352 - Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System Min Units: 3
SO 353 - Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Min Units: 3
SO 354 - Aging and the Life Course Min Units: 3
SO 356 - Health, Illness, and Society Min Units: 3
* SO 391 - Social Theory Seminar Min Units: 3
*Topic: Families and Society

Inequality, Power, and Resistance Concentration

SO 303 - Political Behavior, Polity, and Society Min Units: 3
SO 317 - Gender and Society Min Units: 3
SO 323 - Racial and Ethnic Relations Min Units: 3
SO 325 - Class, Status, and Power Min Units: 3
SO 326 - Gender, Race, and Crime Min Units: 3
SO 329 - The Sociology of Racism Min Units: 3
SO 334 - Immigration Min Units: 3
SO 335 - The Global Society Min Units: 3
SO 345 - Deviance and Social Control Min Units: 3