Sociology Major
Sociology Option
Bachelor of Science
NSS BS 6505
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- Personal Development minimum = 2
- BS Science-related course requirements = 3
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 250, Behavioral Statistics - 3 hours
- STAT 235, Statistical Techniques for Research I - 3
hours
- Major Option = 34
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours, 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other
requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 106
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 19
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Sociology = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
- A. Sociology Core Requirements (13 hours required)
- Take all the following:
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 237, Sociological Inquiry - 3 hours
- SOC 300, Sociological Theory - 3 hours
- SOC 305, Professional Seminar - 1 hour
- Take 1 course from:
- SOC 225, Community and Human Diversity - 3 hours
- SOC 275, Social Psychology - 3 hours
- B. Sociology Emphasis (21 hours required)
- Select either the 1. General Sociology Emphasis or the 2. Community Emphasis.
- 1. General Sociology Emphasis
- Take 1 course from:
- SOC 201, Social Stratification - 3 hours
- SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 225)
- Take 3 courses from:
- SOC 325, Sociology of Human Settlements - 3 hours
(Prereq: SOC 225)
- SOC 335, The Aged in American Society - 3 hours
- SOC 349, Sociology of Work and Occupations - 3 hours
- SOC 360, Criminology - 3 hours
- SOC 363, Juvenile Delinquency - 3 hours
- SOC 369, Sociology of Women - 3 hours
- SOC 370, Social Survey - 3 hours
- Take 2 courses from:
- SOC 420, Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours
- SOC 430, Family Life and Functions - 3 hours
- SOC 438, Feminist Research Methods - 3 hours
- SOC 442, Sociology of Religion - 3 hours
- SOC 461, Deviance and Social Control - 3 hours
- SOC 462, Sociology of Health and Illness - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- SOC 466, Community Change - 3 hours (Prereq: SOC 225, SOC 325)
- SOC 468, Senior Seminar - 3 hours
- 2. Community Emphasis
- Take all the following:
- SOC 225, Community and Human Diversity - 3 hours
- SOC 466, Community Change - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- SOC 124GS, Social Problems - 3 hours
- SOC 201, Social Stratification - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- SOC 370, Social Survey - 3 hours
- SOC 475, Internship - 3 hours
- Take 3 courses from:
- SOC 335, The Aged in American Society - 3 hours
- SOC 349, Sociology of Work and Occupations - 3 hours
- SOC 363, Juvenile Delinquency - 3 hours
- SOC 369, Sociology of Women - 3 hours
- SOC 420, Race and Minority Relations - 3 hours
- SOC 430, Family Life and Functions - 3 hours
- SOC 442, Sociology of Religion - 3 hours
- SOC 462, Sociology of Health and Illness - 3 hours
16 May 2005
