Sociology Major, 42 hours: B.S.—Minor Required

CIP: 451101

Sociology primarily is concerned with causally explaining social action. The goals of the sociology curriculum are threefold. First, it provides an essential part of a liberal arts education by showing how to develop and apply the sociological perspective. Such a perspective achieves a better understanding of different people in their various cultural contexts. A second function is to help prepare for possible positions in social service, government, education, business and other occupational contexts calling for sociological understanding and assessment. The third goal is to provide a basis for graduate professional training, preparing for higher level positions in academic, governmental or business-industrial settings.

This program has an online-only option.

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Minor requirements and/or free electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours

Electives (9 hours)

Students must complete nine additional credit hours of sociology coursework at the 300 level or above to fulfill the sociology elective requirement.

Upper-level Sociology electives

9

Required Courses (33 hours)

PSYC 08330	The Family	3
SOC 35101	General Sociology *	3
SOC 35230	Social Problems	3
SOC 35316	Urban Sociology	3
SOC 35321	Criminology	3
SOC 35323	Deviant Behavior	3
SOC 35330	Social Stratification	3
SOC 35337	Race and Ethnic Issues in Modern Society	3
SOC 35375	Police and Society	3
SOC 35380	Sociology of Health and Illness	3
SOC 35450	Research Methods in Social Sciences	3

Note: If a course in this program is also used to fulfill a Northwest Core requirement or a requirement in another program, the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.