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Department of Sociology & Anthropology


The Major in Sociology

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In addition to University and College-wide requirements, including six (6) credits in the Liberal Arts Core required of all majors in the College of Liberal Arts, students majoring in Sociology are required to complete the following courses below. 

Course Description & Credits

SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology 3

SOCI 110 Introduction to Anthropology 3

SOCI 201 Sociological Writing 3

SOCI 205 Contemporary Social Probs. 3

SOCI 302 Social Theory 3

SOCI 351 Intro. to Social Statistics 3

SOCI 380 Methods of Social Rsrch I 3

SOCI 441 Social Inequality 3

SOCI 480 Methods of Social Rsrch II 3

SOCI 492 Applied Anthropology or SOCI 494 Applied Sociology 3

SOCI 300> Sociology Elective 3

SOCI 300> Sociology Elective 3

SOCI 300> Sociology Elective 3

SOCI XXX Sociology Elective 3

SOCI XXX Sociology Elective 3

SOCI XXX Sociology Elective 3

SOCI XXX Sociology Elective 3

SOCI XXX Sociology Elective 3

Foreign Language (two sequential courses in the same language 6

TOTAL: 60