Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program in Sociology will be able to:

1. Sociology majors will be able to analyze society, social structures, and patterns of human thoughts and behavior.
2. Students will be able to navigate a world of rich cultural diversity.
3. Sociology majors will be able to conduct social research.

Students who complete the program in Criminal Justice will be able to:

1. Demonstrate comprehension of the theoretical and legal foundations of criminal justice.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of each of the components of the criminal justice system: the historical background, structure, function, and purpose. Demonstrate comprehension of the theoretical and legal foundations of criminal justice.
3. Demonstrate understanding and appreciation of the social realities, discrimination, and conflicts in the criminal justice system resulting from racial, socio-economic, and cultural inequities.
4. Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior, and apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills, in an approved internship setting.

Concentrations

• General Sociology
• Criminal Justice

General Sociology Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Lower-Division Core Requirements
SWF 1000	Living Justly in Contemporary Society (GE)	3
SOC 1001	Introduction to Sociology (GE)	3
Upper-Division Core Requirements
SWF 3006	Research Basics	3
SWF 3015	Health and Well-Being (GE)	2
SOC 4015	Social Theory	3
SOC 4060	Applied Research Methods and Design	3
SOC 4076	Senior Seminar in Sociology	3
Concentration Courses
SOC 4044	Globalization and Culture	3
SOC 4071	Internship in Sociology (4 units required)	4
Diversity:
SOC 3005	Social Stratification	3
or SOC 3060	Race and Ethnicity
Institutions:
Choose one (1) course from the following:		3
SOC 2050	Sociology of the Family
SOC 4030	Sociology of Religion
SOC 4075	Sociology of Education
Choose 12 units from the following:		12
SOC 3005	Social Stratification
SOC 3010	Criminology
SOC 3014	Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 3016	Sociology of Aging
SOC 3020	Social Psychology
SOC 3021	Justice, Politics, and the Social World
SOC 3030	The Development of Feminist Thought
SOC 3050	Urban Sociology
SOC 3060	Race and Ethnicity
SOC 4020	Social Change
SOC 4030	Sociology of Religion
SOC 4035	Environmental Sociology
SOC 4070	Medical Sociology
SOC 4075	Sociology of Education
SOC 4090	Special Topics in Sociology
SOC 4091	Independent Studies in Sociology
Total Units		45

Criminal Justice Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Units
Lower-Division Core Requirements
SWF 1000	Living Justly in Contemporary Society (GE)	3
SOC 1001	Introduction to Sociology (GE)	3
Upper-Division Core Requirements
SWF 3006	Research Basics	3
SWF 3015	Health and Well-Being (GE)	2
SOC 4015	Social Theory	3
SOC 4060	Applied Research Methods and Design	3
SOC 4076	Senior Seminar in Sociology	3
Concentration Courses
Lower-Division Requirements:
SOC 2009	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
POL 1065	U.S. Democracy (GE)	4
Upper-Division Requirements
SOC 3010	Criminology	3
SOC 3060	Race and Ethnicity	3
SOC 4009	Criminal Law	3
SOC 4010	Constitutional Foundations of Criminal Justice	3
SOC 4072	Internship in Criminal Justice (4 units required)	4
SOC 4080	Restorative Justice	3
PSY 3021	Abnormal Psychology	3
Total Units		49

Note(s): Accepting Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT)