Sociology, BA

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First Year

Fall Semester

SOC 1010 - INTRODUCTORY SOCIOLOGY ^††
ANTHROPOLOGY Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

SOC 2120 - SOCIAL PROBLEMS ^††
MATH from MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING LIST ^G Credits / Units: 3
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Second Year

Fall Semester

SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE ^†† ¹Credits / Units: 3
ANY COMM from COMM/LANG GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^GCredits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ²Credits / Units: 3
MATH/ANALYTICAL REASONING GEN ED ^GCredits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE ^†† ¹Credits / Units: 3
SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE ^†† ¹Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,3Credits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ²Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Third Year

Fall Semester

SOC 3050 - DATA ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES ^††
SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE^{†† 1} Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,3 Credits / Units: 3
ANTH/GEOG/CJ Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

SOC 3100 - METHODS OF SOCIAL RESEARCH ^††
ANTH/GEOG/CJ Credits / Units: 3
GEOGRAPHY Credits / Units: 3
NATURAL SCIENCES GEN ED ^G,3 Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G,4 Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

SOC 4110 - RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS ^††
SOC 4650 - SOCIAL CHANGE AND GLOBALIZATION ^††
SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE ^{†† 1} Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G,4 Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

SOC 4300 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL THEORY ^††
SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVE Elective^{†† 1} Credits / Units: 3
SOCIOLOGY 3000/4000-LEVEL ELECTIVE^{†† 1} Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Total Semester Hours Required 120

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

^†† Indicates courses required in major. A grade of “C” or higher is required.

¹ Any Sociology course not already required in the curriculum.

² Six hours in one foreign language.

³ A two-course sequence is required (see GER section of this catalog for options). If the two-course sequence is taken in the physical sciences, the additional three-hour course must be taken from the life sciences, and vice versa.

⁴ Taken from any courses on the GER Social Science list other than Sociology.