Sociology Major

Major Requirements

A sociology major is planned in consultation with a member of the sociology department faculty and must include at least nine courses. The five course requisites for the major are as follows:

1. SOCI 110 - Introduction to Sociology 
2. SOCI 269 - Social Science Inquiry 
3. SOCI 272 - Social Theories 
4. SOCI 270 - Interpretive Social Research  or SOCI 275 - Comparative-Historical Methods for Social Science 
5. SOCI 480 - Senior Seminar 

The successful completion of these five requisites and four elective courses satisfies the requirements for the major.

Students may apply a maximum of 4 credits from study abroad programs toward fulfilling the course requirements of the major.

Students may apply a maximum of 4 credits from either a faculty supervised internship (SOCI 624 ) or independent project (SOCI 614 ) toward fulfilling the course requirements for the major.