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Sociology

MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY

36 semester hours
Required courses:

  • SOC 100 General Sociology
  • SOC 282 Community Service and Society
  • SOC 300 Sociological Theory
  • SOC 320 Research Methods
  • SOC 400 Senior Seminar or SOC 401 Sociology Senior Thesis
  • INT 222 Social Science Statistics
  • Six additional sociology courses
  • Completion of Senior Achievement Test

Note: In meeting the above requirements, students may include two of the following in lieu of sociology electives: ED 115, BUAD/INT 266, SOWK 124, SOWK 153, SGS 226, SGS 261, SGS 318, or SGS 338.

Note: A maximum of nine semester hours of internship credit (SOC 287 and/or SOC 387) may count toward the sociology major.

MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY

41 semester hours
Required courses:

  • SOC 100 General Sociology
  • SOC 200 Drugs and Society
  • SOC 248 Social Inequality
  • SOC 254 Social Psychology
  • SOC 300 Sociological Theory
  • SOC 320 Research Methods
  • SOC 400/401 Senior Seminar and Sociology Senior Thesis
  • INT 222 Social Science Statistics
  • PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology as a Natural Science
  • PSYC 111 Introduction to Psychology as a Social Science
  • PSYC 220 Experimental Psychology

One of the following:

  • PSYC 210 Child Psychology
  • PSYC 211 Adolescent Psychology
  • PSYC 311 Psychology of Adult Development

One of the following:

  • PSYC 203 Abnormal Psychology
  • PSYC 205 Techniques of Counseling and Psychotherapy
  • PSYC 232 Educational Psychology

 MINOR IN SOCIOLOGY

18 semester hours
Required courses:

  • SOC 100 General Sociology
  • SOC 110 Sociology of the Family or SOC 254 Social Psychology
  • SOC 112 Social Problems
  • Three sociology electives of which two must be at the 200 level