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Requirements for Sociology Major

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32 hours total of Sociology courses (including four required courses)

12 hours of supporting coursework (or a cognate) outside the Sociology Department

Formal declaration of an area of specialization in Sociology

12 hours of advanced level courses in Sociology Required Courses

The four required courses are:

Sociology 100, Introduction to Sociology, An overview of the topics of sociology and of various

sociological perspectives, and of how scholars in the discipline study social phenomena.

Sociology 185, Introduction of Social Statistics, An introduction to the statistical measures and

techniques used in the social sciences.

Sociology 200, Introduction to Sociological Theory, Classical theories by Marx, Weber, and

Durkheim, as well as theories by contemporary writers.

Sociology 280, Social Science Research Methods, An introduction and comparison of survey

research, field research, and demographic methods. Effective for students declaring

Sociology as a mjaor November 1996 or later.

An advanced Methods Class: (one of the following)

Sociology 380 (Methods of Field Research)

Sociology 381 (Survey Research)

Sociology 385 (Social Statistics I)

Sociology 388 (Basic Methods of Demographic Analysis).