Degree Plan

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

Core - 40 total hours
Major -  48 total hours
Degree - 120 total hours

B.A. in Sociology (Academic) 4-Year Degree Plan (PDF)

B.A. in Sociology (Professional) 4-Year Degree Plan (PDF)

Fall of Freshman Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 1311 (or 1311L) Composition I 3
PHIL 1381 Introduction to Philosophy 3
SOCI 1311 Introduction to Sociology 3
Electives 6
Total Hours 15
Spring of Freshman Year
Course Hrs.
DWHP 1200 (or DWHP 3200) and 1-hour lifelong
physical activity course		 3
ENGL 1312 Composition II 3
RELS 1305, 1315, 1325, or 1335 3
SOCI Elective: Consider SOCI 2335 Social Issues
Through Cinema OR 2341 Social Institutions		 3
Elective 3
Total Hours 15
Fall of Sophomore Year
Course Hrs.
ENGL 2310 World Literature Studies 3
FINE ARTS CORE: Any three-hour Performance or
History course in Visual Art, Dance, Music, or
Theatre (Computer Graphic Arts courses will not
satisfy this requirement)		 3
Modern Language 3
NATURAL SCIENCE w/ Lab 4
Total Hours 16
Spring of Sophomore Year
Course Hrs.
HIST 1311, 1312, 1321, 1322, or 3310H 3
MATH 1304, 1306, 1308, 2303, or higher 3
Modern Language 3
RELS or PHIL CORE: Any 3-hr upper-division REL
or PHIL course		 3
SOCI 3321 Social Problems and Social Justice 3
Total Hours 15
Fall of Junior Year
Course Hrs.
SOCI 3351 Social Psychology 3
SOCI 3381 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 3
SOCI Elective 3
Minor or Electives 6
Total Hours 15
Spring of Junior Year
Course Hrs.
SOCI 3384 Research Methods 3
SOCI 3387 Sociological Theory 3
SOCI Elective (upper-division) 3
Minor (upper-division) 3
Elective 3
5 Total Hours 15
Fall
Course Hrs.
SOCI Electives (upper-division) 6
Minor or Elective 3
Electives 6
Total Hours 15
Spring
Course Hrs.
SOCI Elective (upper-division) 3
Minor or Electives (upper-division) 6
Electives 6
Total Hours 15