Sociology, Life Course Studies Option, BS

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III)

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II and III may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

# Scientific Reasoning General Education category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

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
• EEC 105 Approaches to Early Childhood Education
• EDC 115 Exploring Education
• EDU 334 Literature for Children in the Elementary Grades
• EDC 405 Culturally Responsive Teaching
• 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

♥ Required Support Courses (3 credits total)

• PSY 101 General Psychology

Free Electives (22 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Additional Information and Notes

♥        Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣        Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#         These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications Courses may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

 †      As part of the credit specified for sociology electives, it is required that at least four course be selected from the following courses: SOC220 , 313 , 314 , 320 , 370 ; and 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: SOC401 , 520 , and 530  without permission of the departmental chairperson.

Total credits for graduation: 120