Undergraduate Catalog 2020-2021

Sociology and Anthropology, B.A.

Sociology and Anthropology Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

Sociology and Anthropology Major

Total Credit Hours:27-36

Sociology and Anthropology Foundations

ANTH 1102Introductory Anthropology

3

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

SOCI 3200Social Theory

3

SOSC 3310Research Methods

3

SOSC 4480Senior Seminar

3

Students must choose two of the following courses:
ANTH 2250Cultural Anthropology

3

ANTH 3200Human Origins and Adaptation

3

ANTH 3340Indians of North America

3

ANTH 3350Archaeology of Eastern North America

3

ANTH 4450Archaeology of Peru

3

ANTH 4475Selected Topics

3

Total Credit Hours:18-24

Mathematics

MATH 1300Elementary Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours:0-3

Social Science Electives

Students must choose four of the following courses (12 hours total):

CRJU 3330Police and Society

3

POSC 3340Political Ideologies

3

PSYC 3303Social Psychology

3

SOCI 2210Social and Cultural Problems

3

SOCI 3304Feminist Theories

3

SOCI 3320Structured Social Inequality

3

SOCI 3335History, Memory and the Holocaust

3

SOCI 3350Marriage and the Family

3

SOCI 3355Film as Sociology

3

SOCI 3357Sociology of Gender and Sexuality

3

SOCI 3375Social and Cultural Change

3

SOCI 3390Deviant Behavior

3

SOCI 4410Race and Ethnic Relations

3

SOCI 4450Family Violence

3

SOCI 4475Selected Topics

3

SOSC 3398Internship

1-6

Total Credit Hours:9-12

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:46

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont College Requirement

PDMT 1101Intro to College Life and Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:1

Students who have not completed a minimum of 24 semester credit hours of college-level coursework upon admission to Piedmont College must meet this college requirement.

Total Credit Hours: 120

SOCI 1101, MATH 2100, SOCI 2210: These courses also satisfy general education requirements and appear in the number of hours for both general education and the major; in reality, sociology majors may have up to 46 additional hours to use for electives. Students may use elective hours to earn a minor or another major, as well as to develop additional marketable skills. The number of elective hours students may take will depend on the courses taken to satisfy general education requirements.