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Dec 22, 2024
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Fall 2024 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions
Sociology, BA
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This major is administered by the Department of Sociology and Social Work .
Program Learning Outcomes
As a graduate of the Sociology Program, you will be able to:
- Describe similarities and differences between sociology and the other social sciences and express the variety of ways sociology contributes to our understanding of social reality
- Analyze the impact of human diversity and social inequality on both social structures and individuals
- Identify and apply basic methodological approaches for gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data, and discuss ethical issues in sociological research
- Apply sociological principles and theoretical perspectives to social reality
- Explain how the individual or groups of individuals are influenced by social, cultural, or political institutions
- Describe the essential connections and interdependencies of societies
- Analyze how sociology contributes to an understanding of social change
Consists of a minimum of 32 credits in the major.
Note: Required courses marked ** below have Math prerequisites. Depending on your placement score, additional courses may be required.
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Core Courses
Applied Requirement Options
Electives, 15 credits
Complete 15 additional credits from the list below. No more than 6 credits can be taken from the Social Work (SW) prefix.
World Language Courses, 0-8 credits
Complete a two-semester sequence of university entry-level world language courses (101, 102). The requirement may be fulfilled through equivalent coursework or other language acquisition as demonstrated through a test-out policy (including Native American languages and American Sign Language). If your native language is not English and you can document formal high school or university study of your native language, you may use ENGL 101 and ENGL 202 , or ENGL 150 as a means of fulfilling this world language requirement. Please see the Department of World Languages and Literatures for details.
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