Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Sociology (BA)

Sociology Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

I. Communication (9 hours)

Rhetoric and Composition

 

ENGL 1101*

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

                     
Literature and Composition 
ENGL 1102*             Literature and Composition 3

Communication 

               

Choose course from approved list

3

II. Humanities and Fine Arts (15 hours)

Modern Languages

               

Choose sequence from approved list

6

                     

English Literature

 

 

            Choose one 2000-level English Literature course
(ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 may NOT be used)

3

                     

Philosophy and Religion

                Choose one PHIL or RELG course at the
1000-2000 level

3

                     

Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

III. History and Social Sciences (9 hours)

World History

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

Government

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

                     
Social Science    SOCI 1101             Introduction to Sociology** 3

IV. Mathematics and Natural Sciences (10 to 12 hours)

                     
Mathematics    MATH 1300*             Elementary Statistics** 3
                     
Natural Science                 Choose a pair in sequence from approved list   7 to 8
                     

V. Ethics (3 hours)

                     
Ethics                  Choose course from approved list 3
                     

VI. Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

First-Year Experience

 

*Grade of C or higher required.

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

 

1

Total Credit Hours:40-43

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

**The courses MATH 1300 and SOCI 1100 are requirements in the major. The applicable credits are not included in the general education total.

Sociology Major

Total Credit Hours:30

Sociology Foundations

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3

SOCI 3200Social Theory

3

SOSC 3310Research Methods

3

SOSC 4480Senior Seminar

3

MATH 1300Elementary Statistics

3

Total Credit Hours:15
*The courses MATH 1300 and SOCI 1101 are requirements in the major and also meet general education requirements.

Social Science Electives

Students must choose15 hours total; at least 12 hours must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.  

ANTH 2250Cultural Anthropology

3

SOCI 2210Social Problems

3

SOCI 3304Feminist Theories

3

SOCI 3320Structured Social Inequality

3

SOCI 3350Marriage and Families

3

SOCI 3355Film as Sociology

3

SOCI 3357Sociology of Gender and Sexuality

3

SOCI 3375Technology, Social Movements and Social Change

3

SOCI 3390Deviance and Social Control

3

SOCI 4410Race and Ethnic Relations

3

SOCI 4420Sports and Society

3

SOCI 4475Selected Topics

3

SOSC 3398Internship

1-6

Total Credit Hours:15

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:47-51

Total Credit Hours: 121