Sociology, BS

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Sociology Curriculum

	*Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course*	Fall Cr.	*Spr. Cr.*
First Year
MAJOR	SOC 110 - (S) Introduction to Sociology	3
MAJOR	SOC ELECT - Sociology Elective (100 or 200 level)		6
COGNATE	PSYC 110 - (S) Fundamentals of Psychology	3
GE C/IL	C/IL 102 - Computing and Information Literacy	3
GE WRTG-SPCH	WRTG 107 - Composition –COMM 100 - Public Speaking	3	3
GE PHIL–T/RS	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy –T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective		3
GE FSEM	INTD 100 - Freshman Seminar	1
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education		1
		16	16
Second Year
MAJOR	SOC 218 - Sociological Theory	3
MAJOR	SOC 211 - Methods of Social Research	3
MAJOR	SOC ELECT - Sociology Elective (200 level)		3
COGNATE	CHS 241 - (D) Case Management and Interviewing		3
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Social/Behavioral Science Elective^{1, 3}	3
GE PHIL–T/RS	PHIL 210 - Ethics –T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE QUAN	S/CJ 215 - (Q) Statistics for the Social Sciences		3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education	1	1
		16	16
Third Year
MAJOR	SOC ELECT - Sociology Electives (200 or 300 level)	3	3
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Social/Behavioral Science Electives^1,3	3	3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT - Natural Science Electives	3	3
GE PHIL-T/RS	PHIL ELECT - Philosophy or T/RS ELECT - T/RS Elective	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective		3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	6	6
		18	18
Fourth Year
MAJOR	SOC ELECT - Sociology Elective (300 level)	3
MAJOR	SOC 382 - Independent Study in Sociology or SOC 490 - Capstone Course in Sociology or SOC 480 - Internship in Social Work ³		3
COGNATE	COGNATE ELECT - Social/Behavioral Science Electives^1,3	3	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	9	9
		15	15
	Total: 130 Credits

¹ In the cognate Social Science electives, the department recommends a mix of Human Services, Criminal Justice, Political Science and Psychology electives, especially PSYC 224 - (S) Personality .

² Department recommendation: The social-work internship may be taken in either the junior or senior year, or both (not to exceed a maximum of 6 credits of internship).

³ Students in the five-year College of Arts and Sciences M.B.A. program should take the series of 1-credit M.B.A. prep courses here. Students considering this CAS/MBA program must take MATH 108 and any prerequisites before the last semester of the senior year.

Approved courses from other curricula:

Sociology majors may be advised to choose several courses taught in the Criminal Justice sequence; courses so approved include:

Sociology, BS

Sociology Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 130 Credits

Approved courses from other curricula: