Sociology Major
Sociology courses draw attention to history, culture, and social structure and their effects on people’s lives. The curriculum features the analysis of cultures and social institutions, of social problems and social change, and of the contribution of social science to policy formulation and implementation. The courses at the 100-level introduce students to the basic concepts and analytical tools used in sociology. Intermediate (200-level) courses provide more detailed coverage and analysis of distinct institutions, social processes, or substantive areas. Advanced seminars and tutorials (300- or 400-level) are intensive courses, typically limited to sociology majors or students participating in interdisciplinary programs or the concentrations housed in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. There is sufficient variation in perspective across the sociology curriculum to offer students both knowledge of sociological theory and methods and a foundation for using a sociological imagination.
The sociology major is designed to provide a critical assessment of the modern world and knowledge of the latest issues in social theory and research. The major is appropriate for students with a wide range of educational and career interests including but by no means limited to graduate study in sociology. Majors often pursue graduate work in law, medicine, health care management, communications, urban affairs, and gerontology, and careers in business, government, education, journalism, management, social services, and public health.
Requirements
The major consists of a minimum of 10 courses.
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Required Courses | |
| The Sociological Perspective | |
| Logics of Inquiry | |
| Social Statistics | |
| Development of Social Theory | |
| One advanced 300 or 400-level seminar, tutorial, or research practicum. | |
| (Precarious) Work | |
| Leadership and Social Change | |
| Illness Narratives | |
| Women and Non-Violence | |
| Utopian & Dystopian Worlds | |
| Global Sense of Home | |
| Directed Honors Research | |
| Directed Honors Research | |
| Directed Research | |
| Directed Research | |
| Five electives from the lists above and below (two of which may be anthropology courses). 1 | |
| Racial & Ethnic Groups | |
| Social Class & Power | |
| Consumer & Corp Sustainability | |
| Race, Crime, and Justice | |
| Deviance | |
| Environmental Sociology | |
| Cities and Environment | |
| Sociology of TV & Media | |
| Girls and Violence | |
| Self & Society | |
| Aging & Society | |
| Children & Violence | |
| Sociology Of Religion | |
| Medical Sociology | |
| Education and Society | |
| Families and Societies | |
| LGBTQ Studies | |
| Gender and Society | |
| Gender, Body & Health | |
| Global Culture & Society | |
| Sociology of Travel & Tourism | |
| College Sports | |
| Food, Poverty and Justice | |
| Sociology of Trouble | |
| Anthropological Perspective | |
| Contemporary Asia | |
| Gender & Development | |
| Genders & Sexualities | |
| Medical Anthropology | |
| Cultures and Politics of Latin America | |
| Political Anthropology | |
| Economic Anthropology | |
| Fashion & Consumption | |
| Anthropology of Africa | |
| Ethnographic Field Methods | |
| Theory in Anthropology | |
| Anthropology of Biotechnology | |
| 1 | The electives are selected in accordance with student interests and in consultation with a faculty advisor. The department encourages students to create a “subdisciplinary” specialization, but our primary goal is to help students explore a range of social phenomena and issues. |
Students who take approved research methods and/or statistics courses outside of the major are still responsible for completing the 10-course requirement in Sociology. Students can take four sociology courses abroad for major credit, but not all courses (i.e., research methods and statistics) will count for major credit.
Majors may take up to 14 courses in the department; double majors must take 18 courses outside of the department.