Nicholls State University

Sociology Program

Sociology majors are required to complete 33 credit hours to include SOCI 151; 201 or 204; 205; 305; 400 and 18 hours of 300 or above SOCI courses. All Sociology majors must pass the Sociology capstone test in order to graduate.

Minor

A minor in Sociology requires the completion of 18 semester hours to include Sociology 151 and 15 semester hours to be chosen from courses 300-level or above.

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology

  • Applied Sociology Concentration
  • Social Work Concentration (Students with interest in working in the social services or enrolling in graduate school are encouraged to select the Sociology Social Work concentration)
  • (CLR) Computer Literacy Requirement;
  • (GER) General Education Requirement;
  • (OCR) Oral Communication Requirement;
  • (UR) University Requirement

Suggested Course Sequence:

YEAR* COURSE NAME COURSE NUMBER REQUIREMENT CREDIT HRS
1 ENGL 101 GER 3
1 ENGL 102 GER 3
1 Freshman Seminar Course UR 1
1 HIST Sequence 101-102 or 150-151 GER 6
1 MATH Elective GER 3
1 MATH Elective GER 3
1 Natural Sciences Elective GER 3
1 SOCI 151 3
1 Foreign Language Sequence or Elective 3
1 Foreign Language Sequence or Elective 3
2 ENGL Literature Elective GER 3
2 ENGL Literature Elective 3
2 GOVT 101 GER 3
2 Natural Sciences Elective GER 3
2 Natural Sciences Elective GER 3
2 PSYC 101 3
2 SOCI 201 or 204 GER 3
2 SOCI 205 3
2 Social Sciences Elective 3
2 SPCH 101 OCR 3
3 Fine Arts Elective GER 3
3 Computer Literacy Elective(s) CLR 2
3 ENGL 366 GER 3
3 SOCI 305 3
3 SOCI 400 3
3 SOCI Elective 3
3 SOCI Elective 3
3 SOCI Elective 3
3 Elective or Concentration See below 3
3 Elective or Concentration See below 3
4 Fine Arts Elective 300-level or above 3
4 Fine Arts Elective 300-level or above 3
4 SOCI Elective 300-level or above 3
4 SOCI Elective 300-level or above 3
4 Elective 3
4 Elective or Concentration 300-level or above
See below
3
4 Elective or Concentration 300-level or above
See below
3
4 Elective or Concentration 300-level or above
See below
3
4 Elective or Concentration 300-level or above
See below
3
4 SOCI 490 3
TOTAL HOURS     120

*Recommend complete as Freshman (1), Sophomore (2), Junior (3), Senior (4)

Applied Sociology Concentration (SOCA): 18 semester hours from the following:
*SOCI 302 (3) SOCI 390 (3)
*SOCI 304 (3) SOCI 391 (3)
*SOCI 324 (3) SOCI 372 (3)
*SOCI 360 (3) GOVT 423 (3)
*SOCI 395 (3)
Social Work Concentration (SOWK): 18 semester hours from the following:
 NURS 352 (3)  *SOCI 300 (3)  SOCI 325 (3)
 *SOCI 302 (3)  SOCI 372 (3)
 *SOCI 303 (3)  SOCI 390 (3)
 *SOCI 304 (3)
 *SOCI 306 (3)

*Required courses for concentration

NOTE: Students should be aware that prerequisites apply to some of these courses.

 

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