Minor in Sociology

The sociology minor is designed to give students specializing in other fields a broader knowledge of contemporary social issues and the ability to analyze them in a reasoned fashion. For students majoring in such fields as business and engineering, the minor helps develop skills in critical thinking that go beyond the acquisition of specialized, professional techniques. For students majoring in another area of the liberal arts, the minor offers the opportunity to place the issues raised in the major discipline within a larger social context.

Required courses
SOC 250	Research Methods I			3.0
SOC 260 WI	Classical Social Theory			3.0
SOC 460 WI	Contemporary Social Theory			3.0
Five of the following courses			15.0
ANTH 220	Aging in Cross-Cultural Perspective			3.0
ANTH 310	Societies in Transition			3.0
CJ 362	Gender, Crime & Justice			3.0
SOC 110	Sociology of the Future			3.0
SOC 115	Social Problems			3.0
SOC 120	Sociology of the Family			3.0
SOC 125	Sociology of Aging			3.0
SOC 205	Criminology and Criminal Justice			3.0
SOC 210	Race and Ethnic Relations			3.0
SOC 215	Industrial Sociology			3.0
SOC 220	Wealth and Power			3.0
SOC 225	Sociology of Technology and Aging			3.0
SOC 230	Women and Men in a Changing Society			3.0
SOC 235	Sociology of Health			3.0
SOC 310	Topics in Political Sociology			3.0
SOC 320 WI	Sociology of Deviant Behavior			3.0
SOC 330	Developing Nations and the International Division of Labor			3.0
SOC 335	Sociology of Education and Literacy I			3.0
SOC 336	Sociology of Education and Literacy II			3.0
SOC 340	Globalization			3.0
SOC 350	Research Methods II			3.0
SOC 470 WI	Social Change and Social Planning			3.0