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.

Introduction

Three (3) credits required.

SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credits
or
SOC 113 - Introduction to Social and Cultural Behavior 3 credits
or
ANT 111 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 3 credits

Theory

Three (3) credits required.

SOC 200 - Introduction to Sociological Thought 3 credits
- or -
SOC 354 - Sociological Theory three credits

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.

SOC 316 - Research Methods 3 credits

Sociology Electives