Sociology, Life Course Studies Option, BS

General Education Core Requirements

Courses in Major (45 credits total)

Support Courses (15 credits total)

Select 5 courses:

• ENL 353 - Literature for Young Adults ______
• PHL 209 - Social Ethics ______
• PSY 218 - Childhood and Adolescence ______
• PSY 322 - Adulthood and Old Age ______
• PSY 337 - Social Development ______
• EDU 100 - The Premise of the School ______
• EDU 105 - The Premise of the School and Child Care ______
• EDU 308 - Teaching Strategies in the Multicultural Classroom ______
• EDU 310 - Urban Education ______
• EDU 320 - Literature for Early Childhood ______
• EDU 401 - Language Development & Cognitive Growth______
• SWK 310 - Family and Child Welfare ______
• SWK 450 - Child Abuse and Neglect: Emotional, Social, Legal, Interventive Aspects ______
• SWK 477 - Social Work with Families in Transition ______

Free Electives (12 credits minimum)

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Additional Information and Notes

* These are required support courses which may also be used to satisfy the indicated Distribution requirements. A student may choose to fulfill Distribution requirements with courses other than the ones listed, but these listed courses must still be taken.

Note: If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements, (for example, a support course and a distribution elective), the credits are counted in only one place. Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the total credits required for graduation.

+ As part of the credit specified for sociology electives, it is required that at least four course be selected from the following courses: SOC 220,  SOC 313,  SOC 314,  SOC 320,  SOC 370, ; one course be selected from each of the following areas: African-American Studies and Cultural Diversity. Also, no more than 6 hours may be chosen from the following courses: SOC 401 , SOC 520 , and SOC 530  without permission of the department chairperson.

Exceptions in the timing of courses will be made for transfer students.