Sociology, B.A.

Major Requirements

In order to petition to declare the major, students must have a minimum overall GPA of 2.5 and have completed a sociology course with a minimum grade of C-.

Students must complete SOCI 201  with minimum grade of C- before taking SOCI 300 .

Students must complete SOCI 201 , SOCI 300 , SOCI 375 , and MATH 165 /SOCI 301  (each with a minimum grade of C-), and 12 additional sociology units applicable toward the major requirements before taking SOCI 498 . This is a minimum of 31 of the 43 units required for the major. Also, to be eligible to take SOCI 498 , students must have filed to graduate in the semester in which they wish to take the course.

Students must earn a minimum grade of C- or better in each of the six required core courses. See a faculty advisor in the department for details on these minimum grade requirements.

Units

Total core units: 21-24

SOCI Electives to reach minumum 43 units: 19-22

Total units in the Major: 43

Statistics Requirement

The statistics course requirement provides an opportunity for students to strengthen their quantitative data analysis abilities and to enhance related job skills. Majors must take one of the following courses or another course designated by a sociology advisor as meeting the statistics requirement.

• MATH 165 - Elementary Applied Statistics Unit(s): 4 (or its equivalent)
• SOCI 301 - Statistics for Sociologists Unit(s): 4

Sociological Experience Requirement

The sociological experience requirement provides students with curricular opportunities to develop awareness of social issues, use sociological perspectives and methods to address social problems, engage with the community outside of the university, develop experiences that provide job skills, and enhance their knowledge about careers. Majors must take one of the following courses or another course designated as meeting the sociological experience requirement.

• SOCI 306 - Career Planning for Sociology Majors Unit(s): 4
• SOCI 336 - Investigative Sociology Unit(s): 4
• SOCI 460 - Social Work in the Social World Unit(s): 4
• SOCI 482 - Sociology of Environment Unit(s): 4
• SOCI 488 - Selected Topics in Service Learning Unit(s): 4
• SOCI 496 - Internship Practicum Unit(s): 1 (concurrent with SOCI 499 )

Lower and Upper Division Units

Majors may apply up to 8 units of lower division coursework towards the requirements. Of these 8 units, no more than 4 units may be non-SSU transfer credit. Any lower division units used to meet the major’s statistics requirement will not be included in either of these limits.

Sample Four-Year Program