REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY
(CODE 2-8560)
BACHELOR OF ARTS
DEGREE (43 UNITS)
(Effective Fall 2001)
The
Department recognizes as majors only those students who have listed Sociology
on an "application for admission" or on a departmentally approved
"Major Change/Declaration" form filed with the Records Office.
LOWER DIVISION REQUIRED COURSES (TOTAL 12 UNITS)
1Sociology 100 Principles
of Sociology
142 Social
Trends and Problems
200 Introduction
to Data Analysis
250 OR 255 Elementary Statistics is a prerequisite to
455.
It is
recommended that students take courses in cultural anthropology (such as
Anthropology 120) as electives.
NOTE: Students must have completed 51 units to be eligible for enrollment
in upper division (300 and 400 level) sociology classes.
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. UPPER
DIVISION REQUIRED COURSES (TOTAL 31 UNITS)
All
majors are required to have a minimum of 31 upper division units in
Sociology. This must include 16
units
in core
courses; 9 units in ONE concentration, and 6 units of
electives for a total of 31 units.
CORE REQUIRED COURSES (16 UNITS)
Sociology 335I OR 454 Social
Psychology OR Qualitative Methods of Social Research
420 OR 427 Social
Stratification OR Social Order and Social Change
356 Development
of Sociological Theory (MUST be taken prior to enrolling in SOC 456)
455 Methods
of Social Research
456 Modern
Sociological Theory
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UPPER
DIVISION CONCENTRATIONS
SELECT
ONE CONCENTRATION (TOTAL 9 UNITS)
A) Deviance and Social Control
Sociology 345 Juvenile Delinquency
423 Child Abuse/Prevention
440 Sociology
of Deviance
441I Criminology
448 Impersonality,
Violence & Survival: An Analysis
Thru Film
454** Qualitative
Methods of Social Research
463 Mental
Illness and Society
491 Special
Topics in Deviance and Social Control
495 Internship
NOTE: 1Sociology 100 is a prerequisite
for Sociology 320, 335I, 336, 356, 410I, 420, 427, 441I*,
454, 455, 456*, 464, 466 and 495*.
* See CSULB Bulletin for
prerequisites.
** If
not taken as one of the core courses.
B) Interaction and Group Relations
Sociology 320 The
Family
325 Sociology
of Women (OR W/ST 325)
335I** Social
Psychology
336 Sociology
of Small Groups
340 Latino
Population in the U. S. (OR CHLS 350)
341 Central
American & Caribbean Peoples in California (OR CHLS 352)
345 Juvenile
Delinquency
346 Race,
Gender & Class
423 Child
Abuse/Prevention
426 Sociology
of Sexual Behavior
454** Qualitative
Methods of Social Research
464 Aging
and Society
485 Sociology
of Language
492 Special
Topics in Interaction and Group Relations
495 Internship
W/ST 401I Women
in Global Perspective
C) Medical Sociology
Sociology 350 International
Population Problems
423 Child
Abuse and Prevention
454** Qualitative
Methods of Social Research
461I Alcohol
and Society
462 Medical
Sociology
463 Mental
Illness and Society
464 Aging
and Society
466 AIDS
and Society
493 Special
Topics in Medical Sociology
495 Internship
H/SC 400 Principles of Epidemiology
D) Research CONCENTRATION
SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
E) Social Change and Global Issues
Sociology 350 International
Population Problems
372I Living
in Space
410I Social
Ecology
420** Social
Stratification
427** Social Order and Social Change
449I Sociology
of Political Rights
450 Marxist
Sociology
454** Qualitative Methods of Social Research
494 Special
Topics in Social Change and Global Issues
495 Internship
ANTH OR GEOG
OR HIST 307I Modernization
in Global Perspective
I/ST 317I
Problems in
International Social Conflict OR
I/ST 318I Cases in International Social
Conflict
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ELECTIVES ( 6
UNITS)
Select
any upper division Sociology courses listed in the CSULB Bulletin.
NOTE: Total credit for courses numbered 490 through 499 may not exceed
12 units. SOC 499 may be repeated to a maximum of 4 units. In exceptional cases, may be repeated to a maximum
of 6 units when approved by the
department.
** If
not taken as one of the core courses.