Academic Catalog 2024-2025

Sociology Minor

The Sociology minor consists of a minimum of six courses from the list below (three from the required core and three electives). The student must select a minimum of 12 units of upper-division credits in Sociology and may include no more than three units of SOC 4090.

Lower-Division Requirements
SOC 1001Introduction to Sociology (GE)3
Upper-Division Requirements
SOC 4015Social Theory3
Choose one (1) course from the following: 13
Applied Research Methods and Design
Research Basics
Choose at least nine (9) units from the following:9
Urban Issues
Social Stratification
Criminology
Juvenile Delinquency
Sociology of Aging
Social Psychology
The Development of Feminist Thought
Urban Sociology
Race and Ethnicity
Social Change
Sociology of Religion
Globalization and Culture
Medical Sociology
Sociology of Education
Special Topics in Sociology 2
Total Units18
1

Students who have completed a research methods course for their major (HIS 2070NSG 3099POL 2070PSY 3090 and PSY 3091) may substitute for SWF 3006 or SOC 4060.

2

No more than three (3) units of SOC 4090 may count toward the 12 units of upper-division course work required for the minor.

Recommended:

SOC 2001Cultural Anthropology (GE)3
SOC 2050Sociology of the Family3