Undergraduate
- Residential College for Women
- Leadership Gateways
- Adult Degree Program (ADP)
- Majors & Minors
- Senior Projects
Graduate
- Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
- Master of Education (MEd)
- The Master of Letters/Master of Fine Arts in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance (MLitt/MFA)
Five-Year Programs
- BA/Master of Arts in Teaching
- BA/Master of Letters in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance (BA/MLitt)
Pre-Professional Programs
Additional Opportunities
Major/Minor Course Requirements
All courses in the department have their foundation in the intellectual history of the discipline, major theoretical writings, and the concepts used for organizing empirical findings and subject matter. Courses introduce students to the concepts common to all sociological inquiry in the discipline as well as to concepts specific to special sub‑areas. Each course considers social structure, process, and change in the social world by providing the student with an understanding of how structural arrangements influence human behavior. Finally, specific courses focus on research, theory, community service, and social inequality.
The sociology major includes 36 semester hours in sociology with the following courses required:
- SOC 100, General Sociology
- INT 222, Social Science Statistics
- SOC 282, Community Service and Society
- SOC 320, Research Methods
- SOC 400, Senior Seminar
The sociology minor includes 18 semester hours with the following courses required:
- SOC 100, General Sociology
- SOC 110, Sociology of the Family
- SOC 112, Social Problems
- 6 semester hours at the 200 level
The Departments of Sociology and World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures offer a combined major with two tracks: Anthropology/Sociology and Sociology/Anthropology.
The Departments of Sociology and Psychology offer an interdisciplinary major with two tracks: Sociology/Psychology and Psychology/Sociology.