Sociology Curriculum:
| 1. | ENG 101, ENG 102, PHI 101, RST 101 (4 courses) | (12 credits) | ||
| 2. | Area Studies: Two courses from each of these areas: I, III, IV, V, VI, VIII and one course from Area VII1 (13 courses) |
(39 credits) | ||
| 3. | Major course requirements: (12 courses) | (36 credits) | ||
| SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology | ||||
| SOC 111 Contemporary Social Problems | ||||
| SOC 342 Research Methods | ||||
| SOC 432 Theories in Sociology | ||||
| MAT 131 Statistics and Computers | ||||
| SOC 450 Senior Capstone: Community and Diversity | ||||
| Sociology electives: six courses | ||||
| 4. | Free Electives (11 courses) | (33 credits) | ||
| Total | (40 courses) | (120 credits) | ||
Recommended Schedule:
| Fall | Spring | |||||
| Freshman Year | ||||||
| ENG 101 | 3 credits | ENG 102 | 3 credits | |||
| SOC 110 | 3 credits | SOC 111 | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 15 credits | |||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||
| PHI 101 | 3 credits | RST 101 | 3 credits | |||
| SOC elective | 3 credits | SOC elective | 3 credits | |||
| MAT 131 | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Elective | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Elective | 3 credits | Elective | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 15 credits | |||
| Junior Year | ||||||
| SOC Elective | 3 credits | SOC Elective | 3 credits | |||
| SOC 342 | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Elective | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Elective | 3 credits | Elective | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 15 credits | |||
| Senior Year | ||||||
| SOC Elective | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| SOC 432 | 3 credits | SOC 450 | 3 credits | |||
| Elective | 3 credits | SOC Elective | 3 credits | |||
| Elective | 3 credits | Elective | 3 credits | |||
| Elective | 3 credits | Elective | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 15 credits | |||
| Total | 120 credits |
Sociology Minor:
Sociology has a great deal to offer students from other disciplines who do not have room in their curriculum for a dual major. Pre-med students, business majors and education majors can all benefit from the insights into human behavior that come from a familiarity with sociological analysis.
| SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology | (3 credits) | ||
| SOC 111 Contemporary Social Problems | (3 credits) | ||
| Sociology electives: two courses at the 200-400 level and one course at the 300-400 level |
(9 credits) | ||
| Total (5 courses) | (15 credits) | ||
Social Sciences Minor in Child, Family and Community Studies
| Prerequisite courses (2 of the following): | ||
| PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology5 | (3 credits) | |
| PSY 102 Introduction to Psychology | (3 credits) | |
| SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology | (3 credits) | |
| COM 204 Interpersonal Communication | (3 credits) |
| Required foundation courses (2 of the following): | ||
| PSY 334 Child, Family and Community | (3 credits) | |
| COM 304 Family Communication | (3 credits) | |
| CRJ 337 Violence in the Family | (3 credits) | |
| COM 204 Interpersonal Communication | (3 credits) |
| One course from EACH of the following three areas: Two (2) courses out of those three must be outside the student's major. |
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| CHILDREN: | ||
| PSY 203 Developmental Psychology | (3 credits) | |
| PSY 307 Adolescent Psychology | (3 credits) | |
| PSY 384 Child Psychopathology | (3 credits) | |
| EDE 273 Human Growth and Development: Birth through Childhood |
(3 credits) | |
| EDU 351 Human Growth and Development: Pre-Adolescence and Adolescence |
(3 credits) | |
| EMC 352 Human Growth and Development: Middle Childhood |
(3 credits) |
| FAMILY: | ||
| CRJ 354 Juvenile Delinquency | (3 credits) | |
| PSY 333 Foundations of Social Gerontology | (3 credits) | |
| SOC 372 Sociology of Mental Illness | (3 credits) | |
| PSY 382 Drugs and Behavior | (3 credits) | |
| SOC 390 Marriage and Family | (3 credits) | |
| EDY 313 Family and Community Involvement in Early Childhood | (3 credits) |
| COMMUNITY: | ||
| COM 101 Communications in Contemporary Society | (3 credits) | |
| SOC 255 Introduction to Human Services | (3 credits) | |
| PSY 370 School Psychology | (3 credits) | |
| PSY 321 Ethics & Human Services | (3 credits) | |
| SOC 340 Sociology of the City | (3 credits) | |
| SOC 341 Race and Ethnic Relations | (3 credits) | |
| GRN 350 Programs and Policies for the Aging | (3 credits) | |
| Service Learning: 20 hours required for minor. | ||
| TOTAL: (7 courses) | (21 credits) |
Courses 2007-2009
SOC 110 Introduction to Sociology 3 credits
Topics include theory, methods, culture, socialization, race and ethnicity, groups and organizations, and social inequality; analysis of everyday events, using sociological imagination. (AS II) Fall
SOC 111 Contemporary Social Problems 3 credits
Exploration of several selected social problems from competing points of view, emphasizing some of the sociological concepts employed in analyzing these problems. (AS II, ICD) Spring
SOC 234 Environment and Society 3 credits
Explores connections between environmental issues and their social causes. Topics of analysis include environmental racism, environmental health, risk and uncertainty, political economy, globalizations and sustainability. Spring
SOC 273 Social Movements and Social Change 3 credits
Explores the development of social movements as a force of social change in society. Focus is on theoretical development in movement theory, as well as explorations of social movements through history. Fall
SOC 291 Gender and Society 3 credits
Exploration of origin of gender roles; socialization into masculine and feminine roles; intersection of gender and social institutions such as family, work and education. Fall
SOC 300 Special Topics in Sociology 3 credits
Critical examination of a selected topic in sociology. Subject matter determined by the instructor. Fall and Spring
SOC 324 Visual Sociology 3 credits
Emphasizes a visual approach to analyzing social concepts. Analysis of visual media forms to explore core ideas in sociology such as, gender, race, environment, social class, family and global diversity. Spring
SOC 330 Perspectives on Health and Illness 3 credits
The social aspects of health, illness and health care. Epidemiology, the experience of illness, the evolving health care industry, and a comparison of alternative and traditional medicine. Fall
SOC 340 Sociology of the City 3 credits
This course traces the origins of cities, beginning in prehistory, through the growth of the mega-cities of the third world occurring now. We will consider immigration, suburbanization, urban sprawl and globalization. Fall
SOC 342 Research Methods 3 credits
Techniques of sociological investigation, and relationships of theory and research. Survey of methods used in the social sciences. Fall
SOC 390 Marriage and Families 3 credits
History of the family as a social institution; understanding recent trends in relationships, marriage, divorce, childbearing and childrearing; work-family conflict; family policy. (AS II) Fall
SOC 432 Theories in Sociology 3 credits
Course emphasizes theory development as a tool to understand society. Focuses on major social theorists and their contributions as well as classical and modern theoretical schools in sociology. Prerequisite: Senior Status. Fall
SOC 450 Senior Capstone: Community and Diversity
The culminating experience for the major, in which students synthesize the knowledge they have acquired in their course work and the core, integrate cross-disciplinary knowledge, and connect theory and application in preparation for graduate school or entry into a career. Prerequisite: Senior status. Spring
SOC 498 Internship 3 credits
Opportunity for students to participate in the daily work of an agency or organization. Prerequisite: Instructor’s signature; G.P.A. of at least 2.75. Fall and Spring
SOC 499 Individual Reading and Research 3 credits
For the student with capacity for independent research, individual projects under the direction of member of departmental faculty. One or two semesters. Prerequisite: Permission of department chair and faculty member who will direct the research. G.P.A. of at least 3.0; junior or senior status. Fall and Spring
The following courses offered by other departments or programs count as satisfying the requirements for the sociology major or minor: ANT 122 Sociocultural Anthropology; ANT 351 Qualitative Research Methods; CRJ 320 Criminology; CRJ 344 Violent Crime in American Society; CRJ 354 Juvenile Delinquency; SOC 255 Introduction to Human Services; PHI 305 Time and the Human Condition; GRN 321 Ethics and Human Services; SOC 333 Foundations of Social Gerontology.