The many undergraduate programs and concentrations for majors and minors offer students the opportunity to study the underlying theoretical formulations and the basic analytical tools in sociology. The subject matter of the courses should be useful to students who will have a need to understand people and their relationships to social systems.
CURRICULUM: Liberal Arts & Sciences MAJOR: Sociology (33 Credits)
REQUIRED COURSES: (15 credits)
87100 Introduction to Sociology
87220 Social Inequality (Formerly Class & Power)
87303 Sociological Theory (Formerly Sociological Theory & Thought - 87230)
87306 Research Methods (Formerly Sociological Inquiry & Analysis 1 - 87240)
87307 Social Statistics (Formerly Sociological Inquiry & Analysis 2 - 87330)
ELECTIVES: (18 credits) Students are required to complete, by advisement, six (6) Sociology electives (prefix 87).
CURRICULUM: Criminology MAJOR: Sociology
REQUIRED COURSES: (42 credits)
87100 Introduction to Sociology
87220 Social Inequality (Formerly Class & Power)
87303 Sociological Theory (Formerly Sociological Theory & Thought - 87230)
87306 Research Methods (Formerly Sociological Inquiry & Analysis 1 - 87240)
87307 Social Statistics
87250 Crime and Society
87332 Criminology
ELECTIVES: (15 Credits)
Students must take, by advisement, six (6) credits from Criminology
Electives (below)
and nine (9) credits of electives within Sociology (87 prefix) but not included among the Criminology electives.
CRIMINOLOGY ELECTIVES
87305 Juvenile Delinquency
87376 Social Problems
87425 Drugs in American Society
87432 Social Policy
87452 Seminar in Criminal Behavior
87333 Deviant Behavior
87409 Law and Social Issues
COGNATES: (6 Credits)
71372 Political and Social Philosophy
71375 Philosophy of Law
77301 State Politics
77305 American Legislative Process
77316 American Public Policies
77317 Courts and Judges
77350 Introduction to Law
77355 Criminal Law
77216 American Government and Politics
17435 Blacks and American Law
77356 Sex Discrimination and the Law
77416 Administrative Law
77417 Judicial Process
94314 Violence Against Women
CURRICULUM: Liberal Arts & Sciences
MAJOR: Sociology with Concentration In Human Services (59/60 credits)
REQUIRED COURSES: (15 credits)
87100 Introduction to Sociology
87220 Social Inequality (Formerly Class & Power)
87303 Sociological Theory (Formerly Sociological Theory & Thought - 87230)
87306 Research Methods (Formerly Sociological Inquiry & Analysis 1 - 87240)
87350 Introduction to Human Services
SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVES: (12 credits) Each student must complete, by advisement, four (4) Sociology Electives (prefix 87)
CONCENTRATION CORE: (9 credits)
87443 Human Services Practice I
87444 Human Services Practice II
87445 Human Services Practice III
FIELDWORK: (9 credits)
87480 Fieldwork in Social Agencies
87481 Fieldwork in Social Agencies
87482 Fieldwork in Social Agencies
ARTS AND RECREATION SKILLS: (5/6 credits) - two (2) courses of approved course work in Art and Recreation Skills.
COGNATES: (9 credits), by advisement, in cognates.
CURRICULUM: Liberal Arts & Sciences
MINOR: Sociology (18 Credits)
REQUIRED COURSES: (9 credits)
87100 Introduction to Sociology
TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:
87220 Social Inequality (Formerly Class & Power)
87303 Sociological Theory (Formerly Sociological Theory & Thought - 87230)
87306 Research Methods (Formerly Sociological Inquiry & Analysis 1 - 87240)
ELECTIVES: (9 Credits) Any three Sociology courses (Prefix 87).
