The following courses are required for students pursuing a Sociology Degree.

The sociology major is comprised of 13 lower-and upper-division courses. A minimum acceptable grade of C- for coursework is required to count toward the major.

Lower Division

  • Sociology 2: Introduction to Sociology; 
  • Sociology 4: Social Problems; and
  • Mathematics 4: Introduction to Probability and Statistics.

Upper Division

  • Sociology 101: Sociological Imagination; 
  • Sociology 134: Contemporary Social Issues; 
  • Sociology 130: Sociological Theory; 
  • Sociology 132: Sociological Research Methods; and 
  • Six additional upper-division courses, five of which must be sociology courses, one of which may be an anthropology or sociology course.
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