Sociology, BA

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Required Credit Hours: 33

Major Computing Requirement:

SOCL 353 - Social Statistics (3) or
Approved equivalent statistics course

Major Writing Requirement:

† SOCL 495 - Honors (3) or
† SOCL 496 - Honors (3)

Core Requirements:

SOCL 250 - Principles of Sociology (3)
[prerequisite for SOCL 351 and SOCL 353 ]
SOCL 351 - Sociological Theory (3)
SOCL 352 - Methods of Social Research (3)
SOCL 353 - Social Statistics (3)
† SOCL 495 - Honors (3)
† SOCL 496 - Honors (3)

Additional Requirements:

Students also must take at least six additional courses, five of which must be numbered 300 and above. A maximum of six credits of independent study (exclusive of SOCL 495 -SOCL 496 (Honors)) may count towards the Sociology major. This includes the following Sociology courses below. If a student wishes to count additional independent study credits toward the Sociology major, he/she must obtain approval from the Chair of the Sociology Department. For students declaring Sociology as a major, the recommended sequence of courses is found below.

† SOCL 480 - Readings in Sociology (1-3)
† SOCL 481 - Readings in Sociology (1-3)
† SOCL 490 - Independent Research (1-4)
† SOCL 498 - Internship (3)
† SOCL 499 - Internship (3)

Recommended Course Sequence:

Senior Year (either Fall or Spring):

A Senior Capstone Seminar each academic year, the department will offer four senior capstone seminars (two in the fall semester, two in the spring semester). The topics and professors for these courses will vary year to year. The department chair will inform rising seniors, prior to their registration for their senior fall semester, of their capstone choices. Rising seniors will then express their preferences to the department chair. Prerequisites for these capstone courses are SOCL 250 , SOCL 351 , SOCL 352 , and SOCL 353 (or an approved equivalent statistics course). Exceptions to these prerequisites may be made on a caseby-case basis by the department chair. A student completing Sociology Honors is not required to take a senior capstone seminar.