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Sociology, B.A.

Sociology Curriculum Outline

Bachelor of Arts Degree

General Education

Total Credit Hours:46

Piedmont University Requirement (1 hour)

Sociology Major

Total Credit Hours:24-33

Sociology Foundations

SOCI 1101Introduction to Sociology

3
SOCI 3300Classical Social Theory

3
SOSC 3310Research Methods

3
SOSC 4480Senior Seminar

3
Students must choose one of the following courses:
POSC 3340Political Ideologies

3
SOCI 3302Contemporary Social Theory

3
SOCI 3304Feminist Theories

3
Total Credit Hours:12-15

Mathematics

MATH 2100Elementary Statistics

3
Total Credit Hours:0-3

Social Science Electives

Students must choose five of the following courses:

PSYC 3303Social Psychology

3
SOCI 2210Social and Cultural Problems

3
CRJU 3330Police and Society

3
SOCI 3335History, Memory and the Holocaust

3
SOCI 3350Marriage and the Family

3
SOCI 3355Society, Politics, and the Cinema: Film as Sociology

3
SOCI 3357Sociology of Gender and Sexuality

3
SOCI 3375Social and Cultural Change

3
SOCI 3390Deviant Behavior

3
SOSC 3398Internship

1-6
SOCI 4410Race and Ethnic Relations

3
SOCI 4420Structured Social Inequality

3
SOCI 4450Family Violence

3
SOCI 4475Selected Topics

3
Total Credit Hours:12-15

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:49

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 49 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.