May 09, 2025

Butler University Bulletin 2024-2025

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Butler University Bulletin 2024-2025

Sociology and Criminology, BA

54 credit hours + Sociology Internship and Service Learning Course

Sociology Core Requirements (18 credit hours)

SW 200-SO - Understanding Society Min Units: 3
SO 205 - Contemporary Social Issues Min Units: 3
SO 293 - Statistics for Social Research 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
Note: SO499 Honors Thesis can be completed in place of the SO486, Senior Research Seminar.

Sociology Area Requirements (21 credit hours)

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

Culture and Community

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 347 - Urban Community Min Units: 3
SO 354 - Aging and the Life Course Min Units: 3

Inequality and Social Change

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 349 - Social Movements Min Units: 3

Social Institutions

SO 301 - Families and Gender Roles Min Units: 3
SO 311 - Law and Society Min Units: 3
SO 315 - Film, Media, Society Min Units: 3
SO 351 - Punishment and Society Min Units: 3
SO 352 - Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System Min Units: 3
SO 353 - Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Min Units: 3
SO 356 - Health, Illness, and Society Min Units: 3

Transnational Sociology

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 334 - Immigration Min Units: 3
SO 335 - The Global Society Min Units: 3
SO 355 - International Crime Min Units: 3

Criminology Area Requirements (15 credit hours)

Required Core Courses

SO 321 - Crime and Society Min Units: 3
SO 345 - Deviance and Social Control Min Units: 3

And Three of the Following:

SO 311 - Law and Society Min Units: 3
OR
SO 351 - Punishment and Society Min Units: 3
SO 326 - Gender, Race, and Crime Min Units: 3
SO 339 - Violence, Media, and Culture Min Units: 3
SO 352 - Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System Min Units: 3
SO 353 - Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Min Units: 3
Note: No course taken in this area can be double-counted to satisfy sociology area requirements above.

Internship or Service Learning Course

Students are also expected to complete an internship (SO484, SO485) and a service-learning (SL) course or second internship.