Sociology, Public Sociology/Applied Sociology Option, BS

General Education Core Requirements

Courses in Major (45 credits total)

Support Courses (6 credits total)

 Select 2 Courses:

• CRJ 340 - Community Issues in Criminal Justice ______
• ECO 215 - Political Economy I ______
• ECO 300 - Economics of Labor and Income Distribution ______
• ECO 309 - Urban Economics ______  
• IDS 265 - Peace and Peace Building ______
• MGT 231 - Management Theory and Practice ______
• MGT 332 - Organizational Behavior ______
• POL 303 - Grassroots Politics ______
• POL 315 - Public Administration ______
• POL 319 - Public Policy Analysis ______
• PSY 326 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology ______
• PSY 330 - Psychology and the Law ______

Minor (15-18 credits total)

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Free Electives (3 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.