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.