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 9-13 of this catalog. Top

Degree Requirements

A. 33 semester credit hours in the major, 24 of which must be at the upper-division level:

1. 15 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 3373 Qualitative Research Methods
or
SOC 3323 Research Design and Application in Sociology
or
SOC 3333 Survey Research Methods
3 semester credit hours:

SOC 4973 Sociology Senior Seminar
or
SOC 4993 Honors Thesis

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.

B. 6 semester credit hours of support work in the social sciences outside the major. Social Science may include: AMS, ANT, BBL, CRJ, ECO, GRG, HIS, POL, PSY, WGS.

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

D. 33 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. Top