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 (except for ENGL 2225 and ENGL 2226 which	3
									meet the General Education Ethics requirement, below)
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 (11 hours)
Mathematics		MATH 1300*							Elementary Statistics**	3
Natural Science									Choose a pair in sequence from approved list	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:

39-40

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 1101	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOCI 3200	Social Theory	3
SOSC 3310	Research Methods	3
SOSC 4480	Senior Seminar	3
MATH 1300	Elementary 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 2250	Cultural Anthropology	3
SOCI 2210	Social Problems	3
SOCI 3304	Feminist Theories	3
SOCI 3320	Applying the Sociological Imagination	3
SOCI 3350	Marriage and Families	3
SOCI 3355	Film as Sociology	3
SOCI 3357	Identities and Relationships	3
SOCI 3375	Technology, Social Movements and Social Change	3
SOCI 3390	Deviance and Social Control	3
SOCI 4410	The Variety of Human Experiences in the US	3
SOCI 4420	Sports and Society	3
SOCI 4475	Selected Topics	3
SOSC 3398	Internship	1-6
Total Credit Hours:		15

General Electives

Total Credit Hours:

47-51

Total Credit Hours: 121