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Course Requirements for B.S. Sociology

Sociology Curriculum

Dept. and No. Descriptive Title of Course Credits
FALL SPRING
FIRST YEAR
MAJOR SOC 110 Intro. to Sociology 3  
MAJOR SOC ELECT (100 or 200) Sociology Elective (100 or 200 level)   6
COGNATE PSYC 110 Fundamentals of Psychology 3  
GE C/IL C/IL 102 Computing and Information Literacy 3  
GE WRTG-SPCH WRTG 107 – COMM 100 Composition – Public Speaking 3 3
GE PHIL – T/RS PHIL 120 – T/RS 121 Introduction to Philosophy – Theology I 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 S/CJ 212 Research Methods in the Social Sciences 3  
MAJOR SOC ELECT (200) Sociology Elective (200 level)   3
COGNATE HS 241 Case Management and Interviewing   3
COGNATE ELECTIVE Gerontology elective 3  
GE PHIL – T/RS PHIL 210 – T/RS 122 Ethics – Theology II 3 3
GE HUMN HUMN ELECT Humanities Electives 3 3
GE QUAN S/CJ 215 Statistics for the Social Sciences   3
GE PHED PHED ELECT Physical Education 1 1
      16 16
         
THIRD YEAR
MAJOR SOC ELECT (200 or 300) Sociology Electives (200 or 300 level) 3 3
COGNATE ELECT 1 Political Science Elective 3  
COGNATE ELECT 1, 3 Social Science Electives 3 3
GE NSCI NSCI ELECT Natural Science Electives 3 3
GE PHIL – T/RS PHIL – T/RS ELECT Philosophy or T/RS Elective 3 3
GE HUMN HUMN ELECT Humanities Elective 3  
GE ELECT ELECT Free Electives   3
      3 3
      18 18
         
FOURTH YEAR
MAJOR SOC ELECT (300) Sociology Electives (300 level) 3  
MAJOR SOC 480 2 Internship or Electives   3
COGNATE ELECT 1, 2 Social Science Electives 9 9
GE ELECT ELECT Free Electives 3 3
      15 15
         
      TOTAL: 130 CREDITS
         
1 In the cognate Social Science electives, the department recommends a mix of Human Services, Criminal Justice, Gerontology, Political Science, and Psychology electives, especially GERO 110 (Introduction to Gerontology) and PSYC 224 (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 5 year CAS / MBA program should take the series of 1 credit MBA prep courses here.


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