U-SOC-AB - Sociology (AB)
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Students complete 10 courses for the major, including four core courses, five electives at or above the 200-level, and one senior research experience. No Advanced Placement credits and no more than two transfer credits may count toward the major.
The core courses are SOCIOL 110 (Sociological Inquiry), SOCIOL 338 (Theory and Society), SOCIOL 332 (Methods of Social Research), and SOCIOL 333 (Quantitative Analysis of Sociological Data). Students may substitute any 100-level or above statistical science course for SOCIOL 333.
Students complete five electives at or above the 200-level. Students may study diverse topics within sociology, exploring the discipline's breadth. Alternatively, students may cluster their electives around a single substantive area, deepening knowledge of a specific sub-field.
Students choose their senior research experience from the following: SOCIOL 393 (Research Independent Study), SOCIOL 490S-1 (Research Seminar: Special Topics), or SOCIOL 495S and SOCIOL 496S (Sociology Honors Seminar I & II).