To earn a minor in Sociology, a student must complete the following coursework.

Students must take five courses outside their major. Sociology majors must take Sociology 124 in place of Sociology 4, and both electives must be outside the department. Politics students must choose one elective outside their department; and Economics majors must take an additional upper-division elective in place of Economics 10.

Sociology

The minor in Sociology requires two lower-division courses (Sociology 2 and Sociology 4) and four upper-division Sociology electives.

Justice and Community

This multidisciplinary minor, which is housed within the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, incorporates field research and issues of social justice into the experiences and curriculum of students pursuing careers in social justice. The following courses are required:

Lower Division

  • Sociology 4; and
  • Economics 3 or 4, or Economics 10.

Upper Division 

  • Theory (one course): Politics 115; 
  • Theory/Praxis (one course): An/Soc 122 or 124 or Religious Studies 129 or BusAd 181 (or 182) or Politics 106; 
  • Electives (two courses): Sociology 116, 120, 122, 124, 128; BusAd 181 or 182; Communication 161; Econ 159, 152, 192; Politics 106, 110, 135; Religious Studies 140, 141, 143; and
  • Capstone (one course): Sociology 126. 
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