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 | SOCI 225 | 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 | 368 | 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 | GOVT | 387, 399, or 423 | 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)
++ Must have a C or better
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.
