The School of Arts and Professions

SOCIOLOGY MAJOR PROGRAM

The specific objectives of the major program in Sociology are to develop in each student:

• An understanding of the principles which determine the operation of human societies.
• The ability to think clearly, independently and critically.
• The ability to do sociological research.
• The foundations necessary for graduate study and for careers in the service professions.

I. General Education Requirements

A. Curriculum Area I (Arts and Humanities)

Course No. Title Credits
ENGL 203 Fundamentals of Contemporary Speech — 3
(Select two of the 3 credit hour course designated fromDiscipline A, B, C, or D) — 3
Total — 9

B. Curriculum Area II (Social and Behavioral Sciences)

Course No. Title Credits
Select one course from discipline A — Social Sciences — 3
And discipline B — Behavioral Sciences — 3
Total — 6

C. Curriculum Area III (Biological and Physical Sciences)

Course No. Title Credits
Select two science courses, one of which must be a laboratory course. — 7 or 8
Total — 7 or 8

D. Curriculum Area IV (Mathematics)

Course No. Title Credits
Select one mathematics course at or above the level of Math 102 - College Algebra — 3 or 4
Total — 3 or 4

E. Curriculum Area V (English Composition)

Course No. Title Credits
ENGL 101 or 101H Basic Composition I — 3
ENGL 102 or 102H Basic Composition II — 3
ENGL 305 or 310 Technical Writing or Advanced Composition — 3
Total — 9

F. Curriculum Area VI (Emerging Issues)

Course No. Title Credits
PSYC 100 Adjustment in Today's World — 1
BUED 212 OR 213 Computer Concepts Application — 3
EDHE 101 Health and Wellness — 3
Total — 7

II. Sociology Major Core Courses

Course No. Title Credits
SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology — 3
SOCI 304 Inequality in America — 3
SOCI 309 Research Methods in Behavioral Sciences — 3
SOCI 310 Statistical Methods in Behavioral Sciences — 3
SOCI 421 Theory I: Foundations of Sociological Theory — 3
SOCI 422 Theory II: Foundations of Sociological Theory — 3
Select 6 three-credit Sociology Courses — 18
Total — 36

Course No. Title Credits
SOCI SCI (Select two three-credit Social Science courses) — 6

IV. Free Elective

Course No. Title Credits
Total — 33

TOTAL PROGRAM REQUIRED CREDITS — 120

SOCIOLOGY
Recommended Course Sequence

FRESHMAN YEAR

Fall Semester
ENGL 101 Basic Composition I — 3
SOCI 101 Intro. To Sociology — 3
MATH Elective (102 or Above) — 3
EDHE 111 Health and Wellness — 3
POLI 200 Intro. Amer. Govt. — 3
PSYC 100 Adjustment in Today's World — 1
Semester Total — 16

Spring Semester
ENGL 102 Basic Composition I — 3
Curriculum Area II — 3
Curriculum Area III — 3
PSYC Elective — 3
SOCI Elective — 3
Semester Total — 15

Fall Semester
ENGL 203 Fund. Of Contemp. Speech — 3
Curriculum Area II — 3
Curriculum Area IV — 3
BUED 212 or 213 Computer Concepts /Appl. — 3
SOCI 309 Research Methods — 3
Semester Total — 15

Spring Semester
SOCI 310 Statistical Methods — 3
ENGL 305 Tech. Writing or
310 Advanced Comp. — 3
SOCI Elective — 3
SOCI 304 Inequality in America — 3
Elective — 3
Semester Total — 15

Fall Semester
SOCI Social Science — 3
Elective — 3
SOCI 421 Theory — 3
SOCI 101 Intro. To Sociology — 3
SOCI ElectiveCurriculum Area I — 3
Semester Total — 15

Spring Semester
Free Elective — 3
Curriculum Area I — 3
Free Elective — 3
SOCI 422 Theory II — 3
Elective — 3
Semester Total — 15

Fall Semester
SOCI Elective — 3
Free Elective — 3
Free Elective — 3
Free Elective — 3
Free Elective — 3
Semester Total — 15

Spring Semester
SOCI Elective — 3
SOCIElective — 3
Free Elective — 3
Free Elective — 3
Free Elective — 3
Semester Total — 15

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