Major: Sociology
Concentration: Social Welfare
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Prerequisites (6 credits)
SELECT 2 INTRO SOCIOLOGY (1000/2000)
SYG/SYA/SYD/SYO/SYP
Major Requirements (25 credits)
SYA 3300 requires an elementary statistics course as preparation.
SYA3300 3 Logic of Inquiry
Prereq: Elementary Statistics
SYA3310 3 Qualitative Research Methods
Prereq: SYA 3300
SYA3450C 3 Social Science Data Analysis
Prereq: SYA 3300
SYA4010 3 Sociological Theory
Prereq: SYG 2000 or SYG2013 & 2 upper level Sociology courses
SOW3203 3 Social Welfare Institutions
SOW4302 3 SW w/ Indiv and Fam
Prereq: SOW 3203
SOW4322 3 SW w/Org and Com
Prereq: SOW 3203
SOW4510 1 Practicum Seminar
Coreq: SOW 4511; Prereqs: SOW 3203, SOW 4302, SOW 4322
SOW4511 3 Community Agency Practicum
Coreq: SOW 4510; Prereqs: SOW 3203, SOW 4302, SOW 4322
Major Electives (12 credits)
SELECT 4 SOCIOLOGY ELECTIVES
- SOW 4930 ST: Social Welfare
- SYA 3931 ST: Sociology
- SYA 4930 ST: Sociology
- SYA 4900 Honors Project in Sociology
- SYA 4905 Directed Individual Study
- SYA 4935 Senior Seminar
- SYO 4200 Sociology of Religion
- SYD 4510 Environment & Sociology
- SYP 4660 Sociology of Culture
- SYO 4370 Sociology of Work
- SYD 3020 Social Demography
- SYD 3410 Urban Sociology
- SYD 3700 Race & Cultural Minorities
- SYD 3800 Gender & Society
- SYD 4601 Community Organization, Change & Development
- SYO 3110 Sexuality & Marriage
- SYO 3530 Social Stratification
- SYO 4100 Sociology of Family
- SYO 4300 Political Sociology
- SYO 4400 Health, Illness & Society
- SYP 3440 Social Change & International Development
- SYP 3520 Criminology
- SYP 3570 Deviance & Social Control
- SYP 4050 Social Human Interaction
- SYP 4351 Social Movements & Social Control
- SYP 4411 Sociology of War & Peace
- SYP 4730 The Sociology of Aging
Minor Required
A minor is required for this major.*
The minor must be selected from the list of approved minors, including those outside the college of the major.
See List of Minors in the Undergraduate Catalog. Minors are generally completed during the last 60 hrs of your program. Your minor may require prerequisites, so choosing a minor early is beneficial. See your advisor to declare a minor.
*(Double majors are exempt from a minor.)
Foreign Language/Foreign Cultures
All BA students in the College of Arts and Sciences are required to complete the foreign language or foreign culture requirement with grades of C or higher.
TAKE 8 HRS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- Select one sequence of Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, or American Sign Language.
- Part 1 of languages are typically offered in the fall and part 2 in the spring.
- Incoming Students with prior experience in French or Spanish must take a placement exam. Students who place above the beginning level will satisfy this requirement by earning a "C" or better in a French or Spanish at the level at which they placed.
- Students who choose this option may also be eligible for a minimum of 3 credits and a maximum of 6 credits of retroactive credit if they complete with a "C" or above in a 3000 level French or Spanish course.
- This policy applies to Chinese as well, although in this case placement will be determined by the professor of the program.
FC Foreign Culture Option
- Students who successfully completed 2 years of foreign language in high school have the option of taking 6 hours of foreign culture courses instead of 8 hours of college level foreign language.
- Foreign cultures contain (FC) in the course title.
- A complete list of foreign culture courses can be found in the Arts & Sciences Advising Office.
