Sociology - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

This major is offered through the College of Arts and Sciences.

The department of sociology offers an active internship program and encourages all majors to enroll in at least one internship course while in good academic standing at the University. Students might take up to six internship sociology credits.

Core Courses - Take All (Must earn a C- or better in each)

SOC 101	Introduction to Sociology	3
SOC 202	Research Methods	3
SOC 301	Statistics of Analysis for Social Science I	3
SOC 352	Sociological Theory	3
SOC 452	Senior Coordinating Seminar	3

Capstone - Take All

SOC 496	Thesis Guidance	3
SOC 498	Undergraduate Comprehensive Exam	0

Crime and Justice Track Electives

SOC 107	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
SOC 204	Transnational Crime	3
SOC 205	Sociology of Crime and Justice	3
SOC 208/SOC 208	Sociology of Delinquency	3
SOC 275	Forensics	3
SOC 310/SOC 310	Police, Law, and Society	3
SOC 311	Victimology	3
SOC 315	Crimes in Urban America	3
SOC 317/SOC 317	Criminological Theory	3
SOC 318/SOC 318	Domestic Terrorism Investigations: An FBI Perspective	3
SOC 319	Modern Islamic Terrorism	3
SOC 320	Terrorism and Counter Terrorism	3
SOC 329	White Collar Crime	3
SOC 331	Globalization & Social Movement	3
SOC 332/SOC 332	Popular Culture and Crime in American Society	3
SOC 337	Crime and Corruption in Chinese Society	3
SOC 354	Social Psychology of Crime	3
SOC 355/SOC 355	National Security in American Film, Television, and Popular Culture Post-9/11	3
SOC 357	National Security and Civil Liberties	3
SOC 404	Criminal Courts	3
SOC 407	Pillaging, Murder and Mayhem: A Survey of Violent Crime	3
SOC 468/POL 468/SOC 468	US Counterintelligence: Operations and Controversies	3
SOC 300	Data Analysis in the Social Sciences	3

Global Comparative Processes Track Electives

SOC 204	Transnational Crime	3
SOC 206	Families and Society	3
SOC 304/POL 304/SOC 304	Religion, Politics, and Globalization in China	3
SOC 319	Modern Islamic Terrorism	3
SOC 320	Terrorism and Counter Terrorism	3
SOC 330/SOC 330/SRES 330	Work in the 21st Century: Career and Identity in the New Economy	3
SOC 331	Globalization & Social Movement	3
SOC 333/SOC 333/SRES 333	Economy and Society in Contemporary China	3
SOC 343/SOC 343/SOC 343H	Religion and Mental Health in Global Perspective	3
SOC 102	Global Social Problems and Social Justice	3
SOC 210/HSSS 204A/SOC 210	Science, Religion, and Society	3
SOC 241	Religion in the Modern World	3
SOC 242/SOC 542/SOC 242	Israel: Society and History	3
SOC 281/SOC 281	Population, Environment and Society	3

Public Policy Analysis Track Electives

SOC 109/BIOL 109/SOC 109	Health and Society	3
SOC 206	Families and Society	3
SOC 310/SOC 310	Police, Law, and Society	3
SOC 325/SOC 325	Public Policy and Healthcare	3
SOC 330/SOC 330/SRES 330	Work in the 21st Century: Career and Identity in the New Economy	3
SOC 343/SOC 343/SOC 343H	Religion and Mental Health in Global Perspective	3
SOC 351/ANTH 303/SOC 351	Inequality: The Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender	3
SOC 353/SOC 553/SOC 353	Social Inequalities in Health	3
SOC 361/SOC 361	Migration and Immigrant Communities	3
SOC 281/SOC 281	Population, Environment and Society	3
SOC 307	Education and Society	3
SOC 336	Public Policy Around the World	3
SOC 383	Disability Policies	3

Health, Society, and Policy Track Electives

SOC 109/BIOL 109/SOC 109	Health and Society	3
SOC 206	Families and Society	3
SOC 325/SOC 325	Public Policy and Healthcare	3
SOC 343/SOC 343/SOC 343H	Religion and Mental Health in Global Perspective	3
SOC 351/ANTH 303/SOC 351	Inequality: The Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender	3
SOC 353/SOC 553/SOC 353	Social Inequalities in Health	3
SOC 281/SOC 281	Population, Environment and Society	3
SOC 336	Public Policy Around the World	3

Sociology Electives - Take Seven

SOC XXX

Sociology Course

The department offers optional tracks which can be completed through fulfillment of electives. To complete a track, a student must complete at least three electives courses within one or more of the below tracks with a grade of C- or better.