Sociology (BA)

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Ten courses (40 units) are required to complete the major.

All sociology majors must complete the five core courses of sociology.

Core Courses

All sociology majors must complete five core courses of sociology.

SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
SOCI 313 Sociological Research Methods Units: 4
SOCI 314 Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
SOCI 325 Applied Social Research Methods Units: 4 or
SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning Units: 4
SOCI 370 Sociological Theory Units: 4

300-level Electives

Three 300-level (or higher) courses are required for the major.

All students must achieve an overall average of C (2.0) or better in the 10 courses required for completion of the major.

AMST 357m Latino Social Movements Units: 4
JS 379gm Mixing and Matching: Intermarriage in the 21st Century Units: 4
JS 382 Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
SOCI 305m Sociology of Childhood Units: 4
SOCI 315 Sociology of Sport Units: 4
SOCI 320 Social Psychology Units: 4
SOCI 331 Cities Units: 4
SOCI 340 Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to Bureaucracy Units: 4
SOCI 342m Race Relations Units: 4
SOCI 345 Social Institutions Units: 4
SOCI 350 Social Exclusion, Social Power, and Deviance Units: 4
SOCI 351 Public Policy and Juvenile Justice Units: 4
SOCI 353 Public Policy and Criminal Justice Units: 4
SOCI 355m Immigrants in the United States Units: 4
SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status, and Power Units: 4
SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing Society Units: 4
SOCI 375m Asian Americans: Ethnic Identity Units: 4
SOCI 376m Contemporary Issues in Asian American Communities Units: 4
SWMS 385m Men and Masculinity Units: 4

400-level Senior Seminars

Two 400-level (senior seminar) courses are required for the major.

All students must achieve an overall average of C (2.0) or better in the 10 courses required for completion of the major.

REL 468 Sociology of Religion Units: 4
SOCI 402 Human Trafficking Units: 4
SOCI 408 Volunteers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Everyday Politics Units: 4
SOCI 425 Crowds, Publics, and Social Movements Units: 4
SOCI 429 Immigration, Work and Labor Units: 4
SOCI 435m Women in Society Units: 4
SOCI 437 Sexuality and Society Units: 4
SOCI 445 Political Sociology Units: 4
SOCI 450 Non-Governmental Organizations/Non-profits Field Practicum Units: 4
SOCI 460 Key Issues in Contemporary International Migration Units: 4
SOCI 464 Sociology of Gender and Work Units: 4
SOCI 470 Development and Social Change in the Third World Units: 4
SOCI 480 The Sociology of Risk and Disaster Units: 4
SOCI 490x Directed Research Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
SOCI 494 Sociology Honors Seminar I Units: 4
SOCI 495 Sociology Honors Seminar II Units: 4
SOCI 499 Special Topics Units: 2, 3, 4
SWMS 455m Gender and Sport Units: 4

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.

Social Change and Public Policy Courses

JS 382 Judaism as an American Religion Units: 4
SOCI 320 Social Psychology Units: 4
SOCI 331 Cities Units: 4
SOCI 335 Society and Population Units: 4
SOCI 340 Organizations: Bureaucracy and Alternatives to Bureaucracy Units: 4
SOCI 351 Public Policy and Juvenile Justice Units: 4
SOCI 353 Public Policy and Criminal Justice Units: 4
SOCI 365 Visual Sociology of the City and Its Residents Units: 4
SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing Society Units: 4
SOCI 385 Population, Society, and Aging Units: 4
SOCI 408 Volunteers, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Everyday Politics Units: 4
SOCI 420 Sociology of Violence Units: 4
SOCI 425 Crowds, Publics, and Social Movements Units: 4
SOCI 475 Medical Sociology Units: 4

Note:

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