Sociology (BA)

Core Courses

All sociology majors must complete five core courses of sociology.

• SOCI 200gm Introduction to Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 270g Sociological Theory Units: 4
• SOCI 313L Sociological Research Methods Units: 4
• SOCI 314Lg Analyzing Social Statistics Units: 4
• SOCI 325 Applied Social Research Methods Units: 4 or
• SSCI 301L Maps and Spatial Reasoning 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 335 Society and Population 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 356m Mexican Immigrants in Sociological Perspective Units: 4
• SOCI 360m Social Inequality: Class, Status, and Power Units: 4
• SOCI 362 Global and Transnational Sociology Units: 4
• SOCI 369 The Family in a Changing Society 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 410 The Sociology of Popular Culture Units: 4
• SOCI 425 Social Movements: Power, Resistance, and Political Dynamics Units: 4
• SOCI 429 Immigration, Work and Labor Units: 4
• SOCI 430m Work and the Workplace Units: 4
• SOCI 431 Cities Units: 4
• SOCI 432m Racial and Ethnic Relations in a Global Society Units: 4
• SOCI 435m Women in Society Units: 4
• SOCI 445 Political and Social Theory 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 465 Visual Sociology of the City and Its Residents Units: 4
• SOCI 470 Social Change in Low-Income Countries Units: 4
• SOCI 475 Medical Sociology 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