Administered by the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Effective Fall, 2006
In addition to 53 semester hours of general education requirements, a total of 36 semester hours is required for a major in sociology. The balance of the university's 120-semester hour requirement for a bachelor's degree comes from elective courses.
A student must receive a C or better in the following core courses:
45.211 Principles of Sociology
45.255 Research Methods for Social Inquiry
45.260 Basic Social Statistics
45.275 Sociological Theory
Students also must select eight additional courses, 24 semester hours, from sociology courses; four of these must be drawn from 300 and 400 level courses. The sociology internship may not be counted as part of these eight courses.
In addition, sociology offers an applied sociology option.
Applied Sociology option
45.211 Principles of Sociology
45.255 Research Methods for Social Inquiry
45.260 Basic Social Statistics
45.275 Sociological Theory
45.316 Urban Sociology
45.461 Social Problems of Urban/Rural Communities
Choose three from the following five courses:
Three additional courses within the department, all of which must be sociology courses
An internship (6-12 semester hours)