Sociology Major
Sociology Option
Bachelor of Arts
NSS BA 6506
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- 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
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern
language. Students coming to campus having met the admission requirements taking effect in
1997 will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school
language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this
requirement for intermediate or advanced courses.
- 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. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the
unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 109
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 16
- Minimum total hours required for BA 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 Requirements (22 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- SOC 100GS, Introduction to Sociology - 3 hours
- SOC 237, Sociological Inquiry - 3 hours
- SOC 300, Sociological Theory - 3 hours (Prereq:
Two 300 or 400 level sociology courses)
- SOC 305, Professional Seminar - 1 hour
- SOC 468, Senior Seminar - 3 hours (Prereq: 24
hours completed in SOC coursework)
- Take 1 course from:
- SOC 201, Social Stratification - 3 hours
- SOC 250GS, Anthropology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- SOC 225, Community and Human Diversity- 3 hours
- SOC 275, Social Psychology - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from:
- PSY 250, Behavioral Statistics - 3 hours (Prereq:
PSY 203GS)
- STAT 235, Statistical Techniques for Research I
- 3 hours
- B. Sociology Electives (12 hours required)
- Take 4 courses from:
- SOC 300-488
- (except SOC 490; no more than 3 hours from SOC 475)
11 May 2006
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