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Offered by Department of Sociology and Social Work:

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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