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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Sociology and Anthropology Minor

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Students may request admission to the minor program in sociology after completing at least 45 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 and at least a 2.5 GPA in their majors. Requests must be approved by the Chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department.

It is possible to have both a major and a minor in the department, e.g., major concentration in Anthropology, minor in Sociology. Courses used to meet requirements for the minor may not be used to meet requirements of major.  Students with majors outside the College of Arts & Sciences may complete a minor without meeting the CAS Distribution requirements. Courses counting for the minor must be completed with a C- or higher.

A minor must be completed at the time of the degree and will be so noted on the student’s transcript.  A student cannot be readmitted to the University to complete only a minor.

Requirements

The minor in sociology and anthropology requires completion of at least eighteen (18) credits in the department, of which 9 must be at the upper division level.

Introduction

Three (3) credits required.

Choose one of the following:

Theory

Three (3) credits required.

Methods

Three (3) credits required.

 

Students in the minor must complete the course below.

  • Credits: 3

  • Please Note: Students majoring in Crime and Justice Studies, Health and Society, Political Science, Psychology, or Women’s and Gender Studies can substitute an equivalent methods course from their major (equivalent courses listed in a separate section below).

Sociology Electives

Nine (9) credits required.

Choose any three SOA 300-level or 400-level courses. 

Alternative Methods Courses for Students in Specific Majors

The methods courses listed below can be substituted in lieu of SOA 316 Research Methods for Crime & Justice (CJS), Health and Society (HLT), Political Science (PSC), Psychology (PSY) or Women’s & Gender Studies (WGS) majors:

Total Credits: 18

 

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