Sociology / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128

Major Credit Hours: 36

Degree Requirements

I. Core Courses (12)

20-100	Principles of Sociology	3
20-290	Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations	3
20-496	Research Methods	3
20-497	Applied Sociology	3

II. Select eight electives. (24)

Seven electives (21 credit hours) must be taken from Sociology Department offerings. One non-Sociology elective may be chosen from outside the Sociology Department offerings. The choices are restricted to:

78-100	Introduction to Social Work	3
78-496	Research in Social Work	3
81-286	Domestic Violence	3
81-340	Drugs: Incidence and Abuse	3

III. 20-100 Principles of Sociology fulfills the Social Science requirement of the curriculum, while 20-290 Cultural Diversity and Intergroup Relations fulfills the Mission-related course requirement.

IV. The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by Sociology majors by successful completion of 20-497 Applied Sociology.

V. It is strongly recommended that Sociology majors and minors fulfill the mathematics requirement with 26-303 Statistics for the Social Sciences.