专业描述

The Department of Sociology offers a major and a minor in Sociology. Students applying to the major in Sociology with a grade of C+ or better in the introductory course will normally be accepted as majors in the Department. At its discretion, the Department may provisionally admit a student who fails to meet this requirement and then review its decision after the student completes the required theory (SOCI-202) and methods (SOCI-201) classes. The Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) is the advisor for all department majors. Prospective majors must arrange for an interview with the DUGS. Sociology Major. Students majoring in Sociology are required to take ten courses in the Department: five core courses and five electives. The core consists of: Introduction to Sociology, Methods of Social Research, Sociological Theory, Social Statistics, and Senior Seminar where the write a senior thesis. The Research Methods course should be taken in the fall semester of the senior year. Social Statistics is offered once a year. It should be taken the second semester of the junior year. The Theory course may be taken in either fall or spring before the spring semester senior year. The Senior Seminar is for seniors in their spring semester. The Seminar is a capstone course in which the primary effort is the conduct of a substantial social research project culminating with the writing of a significant senior thesis. The topic for the senior thesis must be chosen from a subject area in which the student has already taken some coursework. The Department strongly recommends that students select electives in a least two out of the five areas of specialization (see next page). Sociology Minor. Requirements for the minor are Introduction to Sociology, either Methods of Social Research or Sociological Theory, plus four electives. We strongly recommend that students take Introduction to Sociology before enrolling in other sociology courses. Introduction to Sociology is listed as a prerequisite for some upper division courses. Please consult with the course descriptions. REQUIREMENTS Effective November 14, 2013. Sociology majors should take Methods of Social Research (SOCI 201) in the fall semester of their senior year. They should take Social Statistics (SOCI 203) in the spring semester of their junior year. Social Theory (SOCI 202) will be available both semesters and should be taken before the spring semester of the senior year.