Degree Requirements
Two basic premises underlie our studies in sociology:
- Sociology is both a humanistic art and a rigorous science. Much of its excitement arises from the insights offered by this unique blend of two intellectual traditions.
- Sociology can be, and should be, a profoundly liberating discipline.
By challenging the conventional wisdom of the past and dissolving myths about social reality, the discipline provides an acute awareness of the social authorship of and responsibility for both the social world and much of our personal experience and identity. Sociology thus offers that crucial sense of options and choice that is essential to human freedom. Majors and minors in sociology may develop specializations in anthropology, criminal justice, human services, human geography, civil service and applied sociology.
Sociology Major
(B.A. degree) Twenty-seven semester hours in Sociology, including:
- SOC 111
- SOC 412
- SOC 414
- SOC 450
Plus twelve semester hours in allied subjects, chosen from:
- BUA 330
- GEO 115 and 317
- HIS 430, 432, 475 (as individually approved by the Sociology Department Chair)
- MAT 111
- PHI 152
- POS 100, 300, 305, 315
- PSY 211, 260, 355, and 380.
Total hours required: 39
Sociology Minor
Eighteen semester hours in Sociology, including SOC 111, 113. One allied course can be selected from allied courses listed for the major upon approval by the department chair.
See description of Anthropology minor.
See description of Geography courses.