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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, including the Core Curriculum requirements, is 120. Thirty-nine of the total semester credit hours required for the degree must be at the upper-division level.

All candidates for this degree must fulfill the Core Curriculum requirements and the degree requirements, which are listed below.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements in the same manner as other students. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements; however, if these courses are taken to satisfy both requirements, then students will need to take additional courses in order to meet the minimum number of semester credit hours required for this degree. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements see pages 5–9 of this catalog.

Core Curriculum Component Area Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements
Communications English Rhetoric/Composition (6 semester credit hours)
All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II
Mathematics Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section on the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Natural Sciences Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
Any six hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Science (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 Introduction to American Politics, plus three additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
SOC 1013 Introduction to the Study of Society
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Humanities & Visual and Performing Arts Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed below under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
World Society and Issues (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

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Degree Requirements

  1. 36 semester credit hours in the major, 24 hours of which must be at the upper-division level:

    1. 18 semester credit hours of required courses:

      6 semester credit hours:

      SOC 1013 Introduction to the Study of Society
      and
      SOC 3343 Classical Sociological Theory
      or
      SOC 3353 Contemporary Sociological Theory

      6 semester credit hours of methods courses:

      SOC 3313 Conceptualization and Measurement in Sociology
      and
      SOC 3323 Research Design and Application in Sociology
      or
      SOC 3333 Survey Research Methods
      or
      SOC 3373 Qualitative Research Methods

      3 semester credit hours:

      SOC 4973 Sociology Senior Seminar
      or
      SOC 4993 Honors Thesis

      3 semester credit hours:

      SOC 4933 Internship in Sociology
      This course represents a possible way of fulfilling the COLFA Signature Experience.

    2. 18 additional semester credit hours of Sociology electives as approved by the student’s advisor. Students are encouraged to take a broad variety of courses.

  2. 6 semester credit hours of support work in the social sciences outside the major. Social science may include AMS, ANT, BBL, CRJ, GRG, HIS, POL, PSY, and WGS.

  3. 6 semester credit hours in a single language other than English

  4. 30 semester credit hours of electives. Recommended areas include foreign languages, social sciences, and statistics. It is strongly recommended that theory and research methods requirements be completed by the first semester of the junior year.

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