Perhaps the most comprehensive of the social sciences, sociology is concerned with the analysis and explanation of social phenomena. These phenomena, which range from the socialization of the child to criminal behavior and cultural change, are studied and investigated using a wide variety of research techniques. Through formalized standards of inquiry, sociologists focus on the relationships between the parts of social systems
and how the systems are formulated, how they function, and how they are related to the everyday lives of human beings.
The Sociology Department offers four tracks:
The department also supports the following interdisciplinary concentrations: crime and justice (sociology-political science-psychology), and child and family studies (sociology-psychology). In addition, students can combine each of the four tracks mentioned above with another academic discipline to form a combined area of concentration.
The following courses should be completed before a student enters the senior year:
• SOC 241 Social Theory
• SOC 240 Statistics
• SOC 341 Research Methods
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General Sociology Track
The sociology track is designed for students who are interested in a general, though intensive, study of sociological methodology, theory and content areas. Students with a concentration in sociology can find employment in business and government, in human service organizations, international organizations, as politicians, educators, journalists, social researchers and in foreign service. The general sociology track is intended primarily for students who plan to attend law school or graduate study in sociology. It is also intended for those who seek careers in business, governmental, or community service occupations for which graduate school training is unnecessary.
Requirements
- SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (required general studies introductory social science course)
- Any two of the following:
- SOC 201 Social Problems
- SOC 230 Cultural Sociology
- SOC 251 Crime & Deviance
- SOC 262 Social Stratification and Structured Inequality
- ANT 204 Introduction to Anthropology
- SOC 240 Statistics (counts as general studies quantitative reasoning course)
- One from the following:
- ANT 285 Human Animal
- ANT 310 Crime, Culture and Conflict Resolution
- ANT 320 Sex, Gender and Culture
- Three from the following:
- SOC 253 Criminal Investigation and SOC 254 Advanced Criminal Investigation (must take both courses)
- SOC 271 Work and Family
- SOC 272 Minority Families
- SOC 312 Intimate Relationships
- SOC 350 Comparative Family Policy
- SOC 302 Juvenile Delinquency
- SOC 305 Terrorism
- SOC/LAS 307 Organized Crime
- SOC 311 Domestic Violence
- SOC 384 Elite Deviance
- SOC 385 Violence and Victims
- SOC 386 Ethnographics in Crime and Deviance
- Three from the following:
- SOC 230 Cultural Sociology
- SOC 231 Cults and New Religious Movements
- SOC 331 Mass Media & Popular Culture
- SOC 332 Sociology of Sport & Leisure
- SOC 333 Sociology of Religion
- SOC 334 Religion & Popular Culture
- SOC 335 Collective Behavior and Social Movements
- SOC 240 Development of Social Theory
- SOC 341 Research Methods
- SOC 482 Internship (or an approved elective)
- SOC 490 Senior Seminar
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Combining General Sociology with Other Concentrations
Requirements:
- SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (required general studies introductory social science course)
- Any two of the following:
- SOC 201 Social Problems
- SOC 230 Cultural Socioloy
- SOC 251 Crime & Deviance
- SOC 261 The Family
- SOC 262 Social Stratification and Structured Inequality
- ANT 285 Human Animal
- SOC 240 Statistics (counts as general studies quantitative reasoning course)
- Two additional 300-level sociology courses
- SOC 241 Development of Social Theory
- SOC 341 Research Methods
- SOC 490 Senior Seminar
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