Academic Requirements

In addition to meeting General Education requirements and other degree requirements, all sociology majors must must complete one of the following concentrations (40–45 credits):

Sociology (self-design)
Health Advocacy and Social Work
Local and Global Communities and Social Change
Education and Society

Concentration 1: Sociology (40–43 credits; self-design)

*Effective Fall 2025 for new students entering, SOC3015/Proseminar in Sociology is no longer a requirement.

SOC 1500/Introduction to Sociology: 3 credits
SOC 3405/Research Methods: 4 credits [FALL JR only]
SOC 3850/Sociological Theory: 4 credits [FALL JR only]
At least four sociology electives, chosen from Group A, B, and C (at least one in each group): 13–16 credits
One internship, study-abroad opportunity, or community-action independent study, chosen in consultation with the faculty advisor: 4 credits
SOC 3885/Sociology Junior Seminar: 4 credits [SPR JR only]
SPJ 4990/Senior Project I: 4 credits
SPJ 4991/Senior Project II: 4 credits

SOC 2365/Self and Society
SOC 3035/Birth and Death
SOC 3095/Introduction to Counseling Theory and Professions
SOC 3155/Sociology of the Body and Embodiment
SOC3215/Unveiling the “Bro Code”
SOC 3265/Critical Animal Studies
SOC 3385/Culture and Collective Memory: Latin America
SOC3325/ On Fashion
SOC 3455/Conflict Management and Mediation
SOC 3625/Sex, Drugs, and Gray Hair
SOC 3655/Sociology of Childhood
SOC 3670/Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC 4030/Seminar in Sociological Issues
SOC 4053/Astrosociology & Consciousness Communities

SOC 2050/Social (In)Justice and the Law
SOC 3135/Politics, Policy, and Society
SOC 3136/Social Policy, Justice, Advocacy
SOC 3137/Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
SOC 3175/Sociology of Health and Illness
SOC 3203/Introduction to Teaching
SOC 3235/Social Organizations
SOC 3287/Science and Technology Studies
SOC 3435/Cults, Sects, and New Religious Movements
SOC 3475/Surveillance, Technology, Society
SOC 3500/Sociology of Education
SOC 3595/Public Health: Selected Topics
SOC 3615/Families, Communities, Cultures
SOC 3670/Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC 4030/Seminar in Sociological Issues
SOC 4053/Astrosociology & Consciousness Communities

HIS 3115/Sex Radicals in the 19th-Century U.S.
SOC 1030/Cultural Activism in the Americas
SOC 2020/Human Sexuality
SOC 2105/Art and Outsiderness
SOC 2140/Race and Ethnicity
SOC 2165/Culture, Consumption, and the City
SOC 2210/Sociology of Gender
SOC 3056/Global Social Movements
SOC 3125/Social and Cultural Studies of Food
SOC 3255/Environmental Sociology
SOC 3266/Urban Sociology
SOC 3275/Critical Disability Studies
SOC 3365/Social Movements, Action, Advocacy
SOC 3375/Global Inequalities
SOC 3005/Feminism. Art and Reform
SOC 3495/Art Worlds and Their Discontents
SOC 3515/Education Across Cultures
SOC 3565/Society and Public Policy
SOC 3585/Communities, Ethnicities, and Exclusion
SOC 3625/Sex, Drugs, and Gray Hair
SOC 3627/The Ageless Self: Technological Gerontology
SOC 3635/I Forgot: Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Anxiety
SOC 3661/Border Wars and Transnational Human Rights
SOC 3670/Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC 3705/Masculinities: Feminist Perspectives
SOC 3725/Globalization, Culture, Social Change: Latin America
SOC 3755/Sexualities and Society
SOC 4025/Critical Race Theory
SOC 4030/Seminar in Sociological Issues
SOC 4035/Theories of Justice
SOC 4040/Generation XYZ
SOC 4050/Bioethics: Contemporary Issues
SOC 4053/Astrosociology & Consciousness Communities
SOC 4060/Cross Cultural Solutions to Climate Change
VIS 3500/The Arts for Social Change

Concentration 2: Health Advocacy and Social Work (45–46 credits)

*Effective Fall 2025 for new students entering: SOC 3015/ProSeminar in Sociology is no longer a requirement.

SOC 1500/Introduction to Sociology: 3 credits
SOC 3405/Research Methods: 4 credits [FALL JR only]
SOC 3850/Sociological Theory: 4 credits [FALL JR only]
One internship*, study-abroad opportunity, or community-action independent study, chosen in consultation with the faculty advisor: 4 credits
SOC 3885/Sociology Junior Seminar: 4 credits [SPR JR only]
SPJ 4990/Senior Project I: 4 credits
SPJ 4991/Senior Project II: 4 credits
Three courses from the following list (12 credits):
SOC 3035/Birth and Death
SOC 3125/Social and Cultural Studies of Food
SOC 3155/Sociology of the Body and Embodiment
SOC 3175/Science, Medicine, Culture
SOC 3255/Global Populations, Local Problems
SOC 3275/Critical Disability Studies
SOC 3287/Science and Technology Studies
SOC 3435/Cults, Sects, and New Religious Movements
SOC 3475/Surveillance, Technology, Society
SOC 3585/Communities, Ethnicities, and Exclusion
SOC 3615/Families, Communities, Cultures
SOC 3670/Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC 4030/Seminar in Sociological Issues
SOC 4060/Cross Cultural Solutions to Climate Change
Any relevant policy-based political science course
Two of the following courses (6–7 credits):
SOC 2020/Human Sexuality
SOC 2140/Race and Ethnicity
SOC 2210/Sociology of Gender
SOC 3441/Class, Power, Privilege
SOC 3455/Conflict Management and Mediation
SOC 3585/Communities, Ethnicities, and Exclusion

*For students considering graduate school in social work, two internships in human services locations are recommended. Advisors can assist with course planning for a career in social work.

Concentration 3: Local and Global Communities & Social Change (40–42 credits)

* Effective Fall 2025 for new students entering: SOC 3015/ProSeminar in Sociology is no longer a requirement.

SOC 1500/Introduction to Sociology: 3 credits
SOC 3405/Research Methods: 4 credits [FALL JR only]
SOC 3850/Sociological Theory: 4 credits [FALL JR only]
One internship, study-abroad opportunity, or community-action independent study, chosen in consultation with the faculty advisor: 4 credits
SOC 3885/Sociology Junior Seminar: 4 credits [SPR JR only]
SPJ 4990/Senior Project I: 4 credits
SPJ 4991/Senior Project II: 4 credits
Three of the following courses (10-12 credits):
LBS4105 Climate Change and the Global Goals: Cross-Cultural Practicum
LIT3227/Revolutionary Havana: The Cuban Revolution and the Havana Imaginary
SOC2050/Social (In) Justice and the Law
SOC 2255/Environmental Sociology
SOC 3056/Global Social Movements
SOC 3095/Introduction to Counseling Theory and Professions
SOC 3135/Politics, Policy, and Society
SOC 3136/Social Policy, Justice, Advocacy
SOC 3137/Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
SOC 3255/Global Populations, Local Problems
SOC 3266/Urban Sociology
SOC 3385/Culture and Collective Memory: Latin America
SOC 3435/Cults, Sects, and New Religious Movements
SOC 3455/Conflict Management and Mediation
SOC 3585/Communities, Ethnicities, and Mediation
SOC 3515/Education Across Cultures
SOC 3585/Communities, Ethnicities, and Exclusion
SOC 3627/The Ageless Self: Technological Gerontology
SOC 3635/I Forgot: Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, and Anxiety
SOC 3661/Border Wars and Transnational Human Rights
SOC 3725/Globalization, Culture, Social Change
SOC 4030/Seminar in Sociological Issues
SOC 4040/Generation XYZ
SOC 4050/Bioethics: Contemporary Issues
SOC 4060/Cross Cultural Solutions to Climate Change
Any relevant anthropology course
Any relevant environmental studies course
One of the following courses (3 credits):
SOC 2140/Race and Ethnicity
SOC 2210/Sociology of Gender
SOC 3441/Class, Power, Privilege
SOC 4025/Critical Race Theory

Concentration 4: Education and Society (44–46 credits)

* Effective Fall 2025 for new students entering: SOC 3015/ProSeminar in Sociology is no longer a requirement.

SOC 1500/Introduction to Sociology: 3 credits
SOC 3405/Research Methods: 4 credits [FALL JR only]
SOC 3850/Sociological Theory: 4 credits [FALL JR only]
One internship, study-abroad opportunity, or community-action independent study, chosen in consultation with the faculty advisor: 4 credits
SOC 3885/Sociology Junior Seminar: 4 credits [SPR JR only]
SPJ 4990/Senior Project I: 4 credits
SPJ 4991/Senior Project II: 4 credits
Three courses from the following list (11–12 credits):
PSY 2500/Adolescent Psychology
PSY 2650/Child Development
PSY 3850/Practicum in Child Development
SOC 3095/Introduction to Counseling Theory and Professions
SOC 3135/Politics, Policy, and Society
SOC 3203/Introduction to Teaching
SOC 3255/Global Populations, Local Problems
SOC 3275/Critical Disability Studies
SOC 3455/Conflict Management and Mediation
SOC 3500/Sociology of Education
SOC 3515/Education Across Cultures
SOC 3585/Communities, Ethnicities, and Exclusion
SOC 3615/Families, Communities, Cultures
SOC 3661/Border Wars and Transnational Human Rights
SOC 3670/Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC 4030/Seminar in Sociological Issues
Two of the following courses (6–7 credits):
HIS 3466/To Enjoy Our Freedom: African American History Since 1865
HIS 3635/Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the U.S
SOC 2140/Race and Ethnicity
SOC 2210/Sociology of Gender
SOC 3441/Class, Power, Privilege
SOC 4025/Critical Race Theory

Note: An additional writing course is recommended for students in Concentration 4. Refer to The Senior Project for additional information.

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