Sociology, B.A.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

1. Familiarity with essential concepts
2. Apply sociology imagination to issues
3. How sociological analysis informs policy
4. Value inquiry of social inequality
5. Knowledge of descriptive statistics
6. Understand different data collection strategies
7. Understand Marx, Durkheim, Weber
8. Understand contemporary debates in social theory
9. Critically assess published sociological research
10. In depth understanding of one or more fields of sociology
11. Identify research question and appropriate methods, write a research report
12. Ability to write effectively

General Education Requirements (30-40 Credits)

Prerequisite coursework may be required to satisfy certain General Education courses and will count as elective credit.

Total Credits Required to Complete Major: 36

Minimum Competence Requirement

Sociology majors are required to earn a minimum of a C- in each of the following courses - SOCL 100  , SOCL 211 , SOCL 302 ,  SOCL 303 , SOCL 365 , and the course used to fulfill the senior capstone requirement (SOCL 476 , SOCL 477 , SOCL 478 , or SOCL 479 ). If a C- is not earned in these classes (100, 211, 302, 303, 365, and senior capstone), students may ONLY repeat a class once to achieve the required minimum grade.

Department Writing Requirement

All majors shall successfully complete the existing program requirements. Program requirements involve extensive writing in at least 83 percent of the course offerings. To complete program requirements, students are required to write a variety of papers and essays. Students successfully completing two 300- or 400-level electives (with a minimum grade of C-) shall have completed the department

NOTE:

1. For students who have received credit for a statistics course in another department, the Department Chair will waive this portion of the Major/Minor under the condition students will be responsible for adding another Sociology elective at or above the 200-level to complete the required elective credits for the Major/Minor. (Credit will not be granted for more than one 200-level statistics course.)
2. No more than 3 of the 18 total elective credits may be earned through Internships and Directed Study. Internships may not be counted toward the required six credits of 300- or 400-level electives.
3. No more than 6 credits at the 100-level may be applied to the major writing requirement.

Sample Course Map

For students who matriculated prior to Fall 2022: please select the bulletin year in which you entered the college (matriculated) at the top right of this page.

Curriculum Map  

• First Year
  • Fall - 14 Credits
    • SOCL 100 - Introduction to Sociology ​ 
      • Counts for Global Society: DPP, WCV
    • WRTG 105 - Writing Seminar: (subtitle)  
    • Natural Science with lab - Credit(s): 4
    • World Language 101 - Credit(s): 4
  • Spring - 16 Credits
    • SOCL Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • World Language 102 - Credit(s): 4
    • Global Society: CAI - Credit(s): 3
    • Global Society: CGC - Credit(s): 3
    • Global Society: SST - Credit(s): 3
• Second Year
  • Fall - 15 Credits
    • SOCL Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • SOCL 211 - Statistics for Social Research   
      • Counts for Math/Quantitative Reasoning
    • Electives - Credit(s): 9
  • Spring - 15 Credits
    • SOCL 302 - Sociological Research  
    • SOCL Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 9
• Third Year
  • Fall - 15 Credits
    • SOCL 303 - Classical Sociological Theory  
    • SOCL 3xx Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 9
  • Spring - 15 Credits
    • SOCL 365 - Contemporary Sociological Theory  
    • SOCL 3xx Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • Integrative and Applied Learning - Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 6
• Fourth Year
  • Fall - 15
    • SOCL 3xx Elective - Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 12
  • Spring - 15 Credits
    • SOCL 4xx Senior Capstone/seminar/internship - Credit(s): 3
    • Electives - Credit(s): 12 

KEY - Participation in a Global Society (PGS)

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