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Sociology Major (B.A.)

Major: Sociology
Track: Sociology
Degree: Bachelor Of Arts



Prerequisites (06 SEMESTER HOURS)
Two Introductory Sociology (1000 - 2000 LEVEL)
• SYG SYA SYD SYO SYP


Foreign Lang/Foreign Cultures (08 SEMESTER HOURS)
Note: Language I is offered in the fall semester and Language II is offered in the spring semester unless otherwise specified in the online schedule of courses booklet.

Select 1 Sequence
SPN 1120 4.0 Beginning Spanish I
SPN 1121 4.0 Beginning Spanish II

FRE 1120 4.0 Beginning French I
FRE 1121 4.0 Beginning French II

FOL 2930 4.0 Beging Forgn Lang I
FOL 2931 4.0 Beging Forgn Lang II

SPA 4620 3.0 American Sign Lang I
SPA 4620 L 1.0 ASL Lab I
SPA 4623 3.0 Ameri Sign Lang II
SPA 4623 L 1.0 ASL Lab II

Or (3000 - 4000 LEVEL)
3 foreign cultures (only if state requirement is satisfied)
• See list of foreign culture courses through the schedule booklet. May not include cultural diversity courses unless CD(FC) in the course title.

Major Requirements
(3000 - 4000 LEVEL) (12 SEMESTER HOURS)


Required Courses:
SYA 3930 3.0 Junior Seminar
SYA 4010 3.0 Sociological Theory
Prereq: Intro sociology
SYA 3300 3.0 Logic Of Inquiry
Prereq: Elementary Statistics course
Select 1 from the following:
(SYA 3300 required as prerequisite to both courses)
SYA 3931 AA 3.0 Qualitative Methods
SYA 3931 AB 3.0 Data Analysis

Major Electives (3000 - 4000 LEVEL) (21 SEMESTER HOURS)
Select 7 Courses:
SYA 3931 2-5 ST: Sociology
SYA 4905 2-6 Dir Individual Stu
SYA 4935 3.0 Senior Seminar
SYA 4930 2-5 Spec Topic:Sociology
SYA 4930 AR 3.0 Work & Organizations
SYA 4930 AT 3.0 ST:Soc Of Religion
SYA 4930 AV 3.0 Environmnt & Society
SYA 4930 BF 3.0 Soc Of Culture
SYA 4930 BG 3.0 Sociology Of Work
SYD 3020 3.0 Social Demography
SYD 3410 3.0 Urban Sociology
SYD 3700 3.0 CD-Race/Cult Minorty
SYD 3800 3.0 CD-Gender & Society
SYD 4601 3.0 Commty Orgz Chg Dev
SYO 3110 3.0 Sexuality/Marriage
SYO 3530 3.0 Soc Stratification
SYO 4100 3.0 Soc Of Family
SYO 4300 3.0 Political Sociology
SYO 4400 3.0 Hlth,Illness,& Socty
SYP 3440 3.0 Soc Chg Internat Dev
SYP 3520 3.0 Criminology
SYP 3570 3.0 Deviance & Soc Cont
SYP 4050 3.0 Soc Human Interacton
SYP 4351 3.0 Soc Move/Soc Change
SYP 4530 3.0 Juven Delq Juven Jus
SYP 4561 3.0 Child Abuse & Incest
SYP 4730 3.0 Sociology Of Aging

Required Minor (3000 - 4000 LEVEL) (15 SEMESTER HOURS)
All minors require 15 hours. Refer to catalog for list.

Free Electives (3000 - 4000 LEVEL) (04 SEMESTER HOURS)
• Final free electives and upper level hours will depend on the major electives selected. Lower level courses may affect total upper hours that may need to be taken for graduation.
• Important note: students must earn the appropriate number of upper level and overall hours to graduate (even if the major requires lower level courses).
• A minimum of 120 semester hours is required for graduation (48 hours must be upper level).
• All prerequisites, major, minor, foreign language (if applicable), foreign culture and Gordon Rule courses require grades of “C” or higher.
• Third repeats of attempted courses, including W, WP, WF, F and courses in which passing grades were earned, will be assessed excess hour surcharges.

Exceptions include courses approved to repeat academic credit (students should consult their academic advisor).
• Students must pass or meet exemption criteria for all sections of the CLAST exam prior to earning an AA and before earning 36 upper level hours.
• Students who started at a state university prior to earning 60 semester hours must satisfy the 9 hour summer requirement before being approved for graduation.
• All students must apply to graduate during registration for the last semester of courses at UNF. Deadlines are published in the course schedule booklet.
• An approved dual/concurrent enrollment form is required prior to registering for courses at another institution.
• Students may not enroll at another institution during their last semester at UNF. Graduation will most likely be delayed for students who do attempt dual/concurrent enrollment in their last semester.