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USC Catalogue 2015-2016 
    
USC Catalogue 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Sociology (BA)


Nine courses (36 units) are required to complete the major.

All sociology majors must complete the four core courses of sociology:

Five additional courses


Five additional courses are required for the major. These are to be chosen from the elective upper-division sociology courses grouped into two theme areas:

  • Theme Area I: Social Inequality
  • Theme Area II: Social Change and Public Policy

All students are required to take at least one course from each of the two theme areas.

All students must achieve an overall average of C (2.0) or better in the nine courses required for completion of the major.

Theme Areas and Theme Area Specialization

Students who complete four upper-division courses in a single theme area will receive departmental recognition and documentation of their “expertise” in their chosen area of specialization — social inequality, or social change and public policy.

Social Inequality — courses address the character, causes and consequences of social inequality, paying particular attention to immigration, race, ethnicity, gender, sexualities and/or class. These courses include:

Note:


Honors students may substitute SOCI 494 Honors Seminar I   for one social inequality course.

Social Change and Public Policy — courses address the character, causes and consequences of social change, paying particular attention to the role of human agency, grassroots organizing and/or political action, as well as the implications for public policy. These courses include:

Note:


Honors students may substitute SOCI 495 Honors Seminar II  for one social change and public policy course.