B.A. in Sociology
In addition to completing the general education requirements, students completing the B.A. degree in Sociology are required to complete the following courses, totaling 33 (five (5) required and six (6) electives) semester hours. All courses for the major must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher. Under no circumstances will a "D" grade count toward the major.
The only exception is as follows:
One grade of "C-" will be allowed to count toward the major so long as it does not occur with any of the following five required courses:
- SOCI 1000 Introduction to Sociology
- SOCI 3900 Methods I: Introduction to Methodology
- SOCI 3950 Methods II: Understanding Data Analysis
- SOCI 4000 or 4475 Theory I or Theory II
- SOCI 4950 Presenting Social Analysis (Senior Seminar)
Sociology Courses
Foundation Sociology Courses (15 hours)
- SOCI 1000 Introduction to Sociology (3)
- SOCI 3900 Methods I: Introduction to Methodology (3)
- SOCI 3950 Methods II: Understanding Data Analysis (3)
- SOCI 4000 or 4475 Theory I or Theory II (3)
- SOCI 4950 Presenting Social Analysis (Senior Seminar) (3)
Major Electives (18 hours)
Students may complete the major by taking six other courses from the following list:
- SOCI 2000 Social Issues and Policies in Global Perspective (3)
- SOCI 2300 Sociology of Sports (3)
- SOCI 2350 Death and Dying (3)
- SOCI 2500 Kinship and Families (3
- SOCI 3000 Social Change & Social Movements (3)
- SOCI 3307 Criminology (3)
- SOCI 3340 Sociology of Religion (3)
- SOCI 3360 Globalization in the 21st Century (3)
- SOCI 3400 Deviance and Criminology (3)
- SOCI 3430 Bioethics (3)
- SOCI 3500 Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Society (3)
- SOCI 3550 Drugs and Society (3)
- SOCI 3600 Sociology of Education (3)
- SOCI 3700 Medical Sociology (3)
- SOCI 3800 Special Topics in Sociology (3)
- SOCI 3850 Corrections and Society (3)
- SOCI 3975 Methods of Program Evaluation (3)
- SOCI 4475 Theory II (3)
- PSYC 1101 Introduction to Psychology (3)
- PSYC 3302 Human Growth and Development (3)
- PSYC 3321 Social Psychology (3)
- HIST 3416 Twentieth-Century America (3)
Recommended Progression
Students who are interested in the B.A. in Sociology can review a four-year course plan.
