SociologyMajor

The major requires 12 courses in Sociology.

REQUIRED COURSES

The following three courses are required:

• QTM 100: Introduction to Statistical Inference OR SOC 275: Social Statistics
• SOC 355W: Research Methods in Sociology
• SOC 457W: Development of Sociological Theory

FOUNDATION COURSES  

Majors must take any two courses from the following group:

• SOC 201: Organizations and Society
• SOC 214: Class, Status, and Power
• SOC 221: Culture and Society
• SOC 225: Sociology of Sex & Gender
• SOC 230: Sociological Aspects of Health & Illness
• SOC 245: Individual and Society
• SOC 247: Racial and Ethnic Relations

ELECTIVES

The remaining seven courses are electives. All sociology courses count as electives, with the following conditions:

• Electives must be a minimum of 3 credit hours
• No more than 2 courses from the SOC 497R-499R series may count as an elective toward the major
• You may take 1 elective S/U. Most students don't do this because it is their major. All other courses must be taken for a letter grade.
• Majors who study abroad can take up to 3 of their sociology electives abroad.