Sociology (B.A.)
Administered by the Department of Sociology, Social Work and Criminal Justice
Effective Fall 2008
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.
The Sociology program requires students who are not entering the major as a new student or transferring from another institution to have a minimum 2.5 Grade Point Average to enter into the major. Students who have lower than a 2.5 may petition to join the major and the sociology faculty will meet to discuss and to vote on the petition. A majority vote by the sociology faculty would be needed to approve the petition.
A student must receive a C or better in the following core courses:
SOC.211 Principles of Sociology
SOC.255 Research Methods for Social Inquiry
SOC.260 Basic Social Statistics
SOC.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
SOC.211 Principles of Sociology
SOC.255 Research Methods for Social Inquiry
SOC.260 Basic Social Statistics
SOC.275 Sociological Theory
SOC.316 Urban Sociology
SOC.461 Social Problems of Urban/Rural Communities
Choose three from the following five courses:
SOC.213 Contemporary Social Problems
SOC.345 Medical Sociology
SOC.360 Microsociology
SOC.465 Computer Applications
SOC.490 Sociology of Aging
Three additional courses within the department, all of which must be sociology courses
An internship (6-12 semester hours)