Sociology (B.A.) 4-Year Plan

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This plan is an example only. Please see your advisor to develop your individualized plan. Course rotation and course offerings are subject to change based on faculty availability and enrollment minimums. At least one course used to fulfill the COLA Thematic Requirements must be from the list of approved courses meeting the Non-Western tradition. The list can be found here: College of Liberal Arts Thematic Requirements

Fall 1st Year:

ANTH 10005 - Anthropology And Sociology Student Success Seminar Cr. 1.
ENGL 13100 - Reading, Writing, And Inquiry I Cr. 3.
IDIS 10605 - Introduction To The Liberal Arts Cr. 3.
SOC 16101 - Principles Of Sociology Cr. 3.
First Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.
General Education B4 elective Cr. 3.
Civics Literacy Proficiency requirement Cr. 0-3. (movable)

Total Credits: 16

Spring 1st Year:

ENGL 23301 - Intermediate Expository Writing Cr. 3.
Second Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.
Sociology (SOC) 2000-4000 level elective Cr. 3.
General Education B6 elective Cr. 3.
General Education A or B elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Fall 2nd Year:

SOC 35202 - Methods Of Social Research Cr. 3.
Third Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.
Sociology (SOC) 2000-4000 level elective Cr. 3.
Thematic Requirement A Gender, Sexuality, Race and/or Ethnicity
General Education A or B elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Spring 2nd Year:

Fourth Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.
Sociology (SOC) 3000-5000 level elective Cr. 3.
Thematic Requirement B Conflict and Cooperation Cr. 3.
General Education B7 elective Cr. 3.
General Education A or B elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Fall 3rd Year:

SOC 34001 - Social Theory Cr. 3.
STAT 12500 - Communicating With Statistics Cr. 3.
Sociology (SOC) 3000-5000 level elective Cr. 3.
General Education C8 Capstone elective Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Spring 3rd Year:

SOC 34002 - Contemporary Social Theory Cr. 3.
Sociology (SOC) 3000-5000 level elective Cr. 3.
Thematic Requirement D Regional/Geographic Study Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 3.
Choose one statistics course from the following list:
CRIM 30000 - Statistical Techniques Cr. 3.
ECON 27000 - Introduction To Statistical Theory In Economics And Business I Cr. 3.
PSY 20100 - Introduction To Statistics In Psychology Cr. 3.
SOC 35100 - Social Statistics Cr. 3.
STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Fall 4th Year:

Thematic Requirement E Digital Humanities/Public Humanities Cr. 3.
Sociology (SOC) 2000-4000 level elective Cr. 3.
Sociology (SOC) 3000-4000 level elective Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Spring 4th Year:

SOC 47000 - Senior Seminar Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 2.

Sociology (B.A.) 4-Year Plan

Fall 1st Year:

Total Credits: 16

Spring 1st Year:

Total Credits: 15

Fall 2nd Year:

Total Credits: 15

Spring 2nd Year:

Total Credits: 15

Fall 3rd Year:

Total Credits: 15

Spring 3rd Year:

Total Credits: 15

Fall 4th Year:

Total Credits: 15

Spring 4th Year:

Total Credits: 14

Total Credits: 120