Sociology Major Requirements
The Department of Sociology Major and Minor requirements changed, effective for Fall 2005. Students
who declared Sociology as a major or minor prior to Fall 2005 may follow either set of program requirements
listed below. Students who declared the major or minor in Fall 2005 or later MUST follow the program
requirements in the right-hand column.
Declared Prior to Fall 2005 Declared Fall 05 or later
Pre-major (6 hours): Pre-major (6 hours):
SOC 101 or CLD 102……………3 SOC 101 or CLD 102…….3
Plus one of the following: Plus one of the following:
SOC 152 SOC 235
SOC 235 SOC 299……..……………3
SOC 249 (or transfer credit )
SOC 260
SOC 299………………..………..3
(or transfer credit)
Major (42 hours): Major (42 hours)
Core (12 hours) Core (12 hours)
SOC 302 Sociological Research Methods I SOC 302 Soc Res Methods
SOC 303 Sociological Research Methods II SOC 303 Quantitative Soc Analysis
SOC 304 Classical Sociological Theory SOC 304 Classical Soc Theory
SOC 305 Contemporary Social Theory SOC 305 Contemp Soc Theory
Sociology Coursework (15 hours) Sociology Coursework (15 hrs)
300+ level Sociology Courses………………….15 15 hours of 300+ level Soc
Courses, at least 6 of which are
at the 400+ level…………15
Related but Outside of Sociology (15 hours) Related to Soc (15 hours)
Choose 15 hours outside Sociology at the 300+ level. Choose 15 hours outside SOC
200+ level courses used to satisfy USP and College at the 300+ level. Maximum of
requirements can also be counted here. These courses 3 hours of 200+ level courses
must be chosen from the list of approved courses used to satisfy USP and college
or approved of by the Sociology Undergraduate requirements can be counted
Advisor……………………... ……………….…15 here. These courses must be
chosen from the list of approved
courses or approved of by the
Sociology Advisor………........15