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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sociology, B.A.


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More information about the Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Human Services 

A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology.

Major Requirements


34 Credits:

Core Requirements (46 to 49 credits)


The First Year Symposium (3 credits)


Complete the First Year Symposium

World Language Requirement (3-6 Credits)


Complete either 6 credits at the 101 and 102 level or 3 credits at the 200 level or above

  • Introductory Language (For students beginning at the 101 level)
    • XXXX 101 (3)
    • XXXX 102 (3)
  • Advanced Language (For students who begin at the 201 level or above)
    • XXXX 201/301 (or higher).

Foundations of Philosophy (3 Credits)


Origins of the West (3 Credits)


Philosophy in the Modern Age (3 Credits)


Atlantic Encounters (3 Credits)


Mathematical Thinking (3 Credits)


Foundations of Theology: Faith and Revelation (3 Credits)


America in the World (3 Credits)


Theology: Made in God’s Image (3 Credits)


Modernity in Literature or the Arts (3 Credits)


Choose from among one of the following:

Laboratory Science (3-4 Credits)


Choose one laboratory science course:

Global Encounters (3 Credits)


Choose one Global Encounters course:

  • XXGE Global Encounters
    • Global Encounters courses are offered in many departments, including Business, Communication, English, Education, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Theology.

Ethics and the Human Good (3 Credits)


Complete one of the following:

Ethical Leaders (0 Credits)


The Ethical Leadership Experiential Learning Core Requirement invites students to integrate their own personal call to leadership with a mature reflection on one or more of the core virtues of Justice, Courage, Integrity, and Humility.  Students will accomplish this by engaging in and reflecting upon the practice of virtue ethics within the context of one or more experiential learning activities.

Note


The Sociology, Criminal Justice and Human Services department offers a wide variety of unique and timely electives in areas that are popular with students.  To encourage students to explore widely, ANY elective slot in the major/minor tree requirements for SOC CJ HS can be filled with ANY elective in the department, regardless of which area category it falls into (such as SOC, CJ, or HS).  So for example, a SOC elective can count toward an elective slot for a CJ major.  However, please note that electives DO NOT double count within the majors/minors.  For example, the four elective slots required for a sociology major DO NOT count as they are filled up again in any of the elective slots for something else, like the Human Services minor, or in similar situations.  Individual questions about any elective courses that count in the department should be directed to the chair person.

To earn a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must also earn a major GPA of 2.0, and a cumulative GPA of 2.0.

Sample Four Year Sequence


Freshman Year

Fall Semester

FSYM 101 The First Year Symposium (3)  

World Languages I (3)

SOC 100 Foundations of Sociology (3)  

SOC XXX Sociology Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 Credits

Spring Semester

PHIL 103 Foundations of Philosophy (3)  

World Languages II (3)

SOC 245 Social Problems (3)  

WCIV 102 Origins of the West (3)  

Elective (3)

15 Credits

 

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester

PHIL 203 Philosophy in the Modern Age (3)  

WCIV 201 Atlantic Encounters: 1450-1850 (3)  

Elective (3)

SOC XXX Sociology Elective (3)

MATH 211 Mathematical Thinking (3)   (either semester)

15 Credits

Spring Semester

THEOL 220 Foundations of Theology (3)  

AMER 202 America in the World (3)  

SOC 300 Social Theory (3)   (Spring only - can be taken Soph or Junior year)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 Credits

 

Junior Year

Fall Semester

THEOL 320 Made In God’s Image (3)  

XXMO 300 Modernity in Lit/Art/Music/Theater (3)

SOC 403 Methods of Social Research (3)  (Fall only - can be taken Jr. or Sr. Year)

GNSCI 1XX Lab Science (4)  (Either Semester)

SOC 307 Social Inequality (3)   (Fall only - recommended Junior year)

16 Credits

Spring Semester

THEOL/PHIL 300 Ethics and The Human Good (3) (choose one)

XXGE 3XX Global Encounters (3)

SOC 404 Statistics 3-4  (Spring only- can be taken Jr. or Sr. Year)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

16 Credits

 

Senior Year

Fall Semester

SOC XXX Sociology Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 Credits

Spring Semester

SOC XXX Sociology Elective (3)

SOC 498 Senior Seminar (3)  

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

Elective (3)

15 Credits

 

 

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