Sociology / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128
Major Credit Hours: 36

Degree Requirements

I. Core Courses (12)

20-100Principles of Sociology

3

20-290Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations

3

20-496Research Methods

3

20-497Applied Sociology

3

II. Select eight electives. (24)

Seven electives (21 credit hours) must be taken from Sociology Department offerings. One non-Sociology elective may be chosen from outside the Sociology Department offerings. The choices are restricted to:

78-100Introduction to Social Work

3

78-496Research in Social Work

3

81-286Domestic Violence

3

81-340Drugs: Incidence and Abuse

3

III. 20-100 Principles of Sociology fulfills the Social Science requirement of the curriculum, while 20-290 Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations fulfills the Mission-related course requirement.

IV. The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by Sociology majors by successful completion of 20-497 Applied Sociology.

V. It is strongly recommended that Sociology majors and minors fulfill the mathematics requirement with 26-303 Statistics for the Social Sciences.