Associate Professors--Barbosa, Hossfeld
Assistant Professor--Dumont
Lecturer--Nussbaum
Minor in Sociology
In addition, the sociology major has a competitive advantage in today's information society. The solid base received in research design, data analysis, statistics, and sociological concepts enables them to compete for support positions in research, social planning, policy analysis, program evaluation, and other social science endeavors.
Units
SOC 300 Sociological Analysis 4
SOC 370 Theories of Society 4
SOC 392 Sociological Research--Methods
and Techniques I 4
SOC 393 Sociological Research--Methods
and Techniques II or
SOC 394 Advanced Research Methods
(SOC 392 and approved statistics
course are prerequisites) 4
SOC 500 Senior Seminar or
SOC 501 Internship: Applied Sociology 3
Sociology Electives(to include one course from
each of the following areas) 23-24
SOC 340 Social Psychology (4)
SOC 362 The Social Construction of
Deviance and Conformity (4)
SOC 457 Sociology of Law (4)
SOC 464 Families and Society (4)
SOC 466 Society and Education (4)
SOC 469 Gender and Society (4)
SOC 472 Social Inequality: Poverty, Wealth,
and Privilege (4)
SOC 476 Medical Sociology (4)
SOC 477 Environmental Sociology (4)
SOC 461 Ethnic Relations: International
Comparisons (4)
SOC 471 Societal Change and
Development (4)
SOC 480 The City in a Global Society (4)
SOC 483 Global Sociology (4)
SOC 484 Population Problems (4)
The remaining units may include additional
courses from these areas or any other
courses offered with a sociology prefix,
including SOC 105.
Total for major 42-43Students who take SOC 394 but not SOC 393 must also complete a statistics course outside the department. Statistics courses other than SOC 393 must be approved in writing by the department and do not count toward the total number of units required in the sociology major.
SOC 300 Sociological Analysis 4
SOC 370 Theories of Society 4
SOC 392 Sociological Research--Methods
and Techniques I 4
Sociology Electives(to include at least one
course from two of the three following
areas): 11-12
SOC 340 Social Psychology (4)
SOC 362 The Social Construction of
Deviance and Conformity (4)
SOC 457 Sociology of Law (4)
SOC 464 Families and Society (4)
SOC 466 Society and Education (4)
SOC 469 Gender and Society (4)
SOC 472 Social Inequality: Poverty, Wealth,
and Privilege (4)
SOC 476 Medical Sociology (4)
SOC 477 Environmental Sociology (4)
SOC 461 Ethnic Relations: International
Comparisons (4)
SOC 471 Societal Change and
Development (4)
SOC 480 The City in a Global Society (4)
SOC 483 Global Sociology (4)
SOC 484 Population Problems (4)
The remaining units may include additional
courses from these areas or any other
course offered with a sociology prefix.
Total 21