Major Requirements - Sociology
The Sociology Major
Note: The grade point average of the sociology coursework comprising the major must be no less than 2.00 with no course grade below C- (1.7).
10 units, including
- SOC 101 Foundations of Society: Introduction to Sociological Analysis
- SOC 211 Sociological Research Methods and Data Analysis
- SOC 221 Sociological Theory
- One unit from each of the three areas of concentration and three additional units, selected in consultation with the student's major advisor.
- SOC 401 Capstone Experience
Notes:
- Completing at least three units in one area constitutes a concentration in that area.
- Only one 200-level course may be taken within any single concentration.
- No more than two 200-level courses, excluding SOC 211 and SOC 221, may be taken for credit toward the sociology major.
- No more than two anthropology courses may be counted towards the major.
- Students must earn a grade of C or better in either SOC 211 or SOC 221 in order to take 300-level sociology courses.
- Students must earn a grade of C or better in both SOC 211 and SOC 221 in order to take 400-level sociology courses.
- No more than three courses may be taken at other institutions, including study abroad institutions.
- Students are expected to fulfill all prerequisites necessary for courses within the major. Prerequisites do not count toward the major unless otherwise noted.
Concentrations
- Power, Inequality and Diversity
- SOC 216 Social Inequalities
- SOC 279 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- SOC 302 Social Movements
- SOC 304 Power, Control and Resistance
- SOC 316 Race and Ethnicity
- SOC 319 Social Constructions of Gender and Sexuality
- SOC 379 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- ANTH 279 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- ANTH 300 Sexuality and Gender Across Cultures
- ANTH 336 Politics, Power and Ritual
- ANTH 379 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- Regional and Global Studies
- SOC 230 Introduction to the Study of Africa
- SOC 231 Across the Pond: Europe vs. USA
- SOC 232 Postsocialism in Russia and Eastern Europe
- SOC 279 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- SOC 306 Social Change in a Global Perspective
- SOC 308 War
- SOC 335 Feast and Famine: Inequalities in the Global Food System
- SOC 379 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- ANTH 279 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- ANTH 307 Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
- ANTH 308 Latin America: An Ethnographic Perspective
- ANTH 338 Africa: Cultural Change in a Post-Colonial Setting
- ANTH 339 Pacific Island Cultures and Ethnographies
- ANTH 340 Southeast Asia: Cultural Representations
- ANTH 379 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- Social Institutions and Structures
- SOC 207 Crime and Justice in a Post-Modern Society
- SOC 250 Social Organizations and Institutions
- SOC 255 Sport in Society
- SOC 279 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- SOC 303 Sociology of Families
- SOC 305 Conformity, Deviance and Institutions of Social Control
- SOC 313 Field Investigation of the Juvenile and Adult Criminal Justice Systems
- SOC 324 Law and Society
- SOC 379 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- ANTH 279 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)
- ANTH 304 Ritual, Witchcraft and Divination
- ANTH 379 Selected Topics (as approved by the department)