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2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Sociology Minor


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A student can request entrance to the minor program in sociology after completing at least 45 credits with a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 and with at least a 2.5 grade point average in his/her major. Requests must be approved by the Chair of the Sociology/Anthropology/Crime and Justice Studies Department. It is possible to have both a major and a minor in the Department - eg major in Sociology, minor in Anthropology. Students with majors outside the College of Arts & Sciences may complete a minor without meeting the CAS Distribution requirements. Starting in Fall 2007, courses counting for the minor must be completed with a C- or higher.

Requirements


The minor in sociology requires completion of at least eighteen (18) credits in the department, of which 9 must be at the upper division level. All anthropology courses can count for the Sociology minor, as they do for the major.

Theory


Three (3) credits required.

Methods


Three (3) credits required. Complete the following course or an equivalent methods course in Psychology, Economics, or Political Science can be substituted. In case of a substitution, an additional 300 -  400 level SOC course is required.

Sociology Electives


Nine (9) credits required; three upper-division courses (SOC or ANT prefix only; 300 or 400 level)

Total Credits: 18


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