Sociology Major  -   Pre-Law Concentration

SOCIOLOGY MAJOR, B.A., B.S. DEGREE, Pre-Law Concentration 2002-2003 & 2003-2004 Catalogs

A.   General Education Core Requirement. 41 credits
 See General Education Requirements 

       NOTE: Goal 8 is not satisfied by SOCL 101 and 102; Goal 13 (Ethics, 3 credits) must be satisfied through PHIL 308, PHIL 315, or PHIL 316; Goal 15 must be satisfied with SOCL 492,Internship in Sociology, SOCL 490, Directed Independent Study, or SOCL 498, Honors Research in Sociology. 

B.   Additional Degree Requirements. B.A. 6 credits.
Additional Degree Requirements.  B.S. 7 credits. 
See Additional Requirements for Specific Degrees 
under Academic Requirements in Catalog.

C.   Major Requirements. 41 credits.

SOCL 101  Principles of Sociology/3 credits
SOCL 102  Contemporary Social Problems/3 credits
SOCL 233  Race, Class, and Gender/3 credits
SOCL 345  Social Research/3 credits
SOCL 346  Basic Statistics/3 creditsC
CRIM 375  Criminology/3 credits
SOCL 376  Sociology of Law/3 credits
SOCL 389  Sociological Theory/3 credits  
SOCL 461  Senior Seminar in Sociology/3 credits

Choose three credits from the following (one credit of these three credits fulfills General Education Goal 15):

SOCL 490  Directed Independent Study/3 credits
SOCL 492  Internship in Sociology/3 credits
SOCL 498  Honors Research in Sociology/3 credits

   Sociology electives*/12 credits

       TOTAL/41 credits 

       *Recommended sociology electives:

       SOCL 205  Deviance/3 credits  
SOCL 241  Marriage and the Family/3 credits  
CRIM 200  Introduction to Corrections/3 credits
CRIM 335  Juvenile Delinquency/3 credits
SOCL 350  Power and Privilege:  Social Stratification/3 credits
SOCL 355  The Community/3 credits
SOCL 360  Urban Sociology/3 credits 

       Courses Highly Recommended as General Electives for the Pre-Law Concentration:

       POSC 230  Administration of Criminal Justice/3 credits
POSC 355  Constitutional Rights and Liberties/3 credits
POSC 356  Constitutional Rights and Liberties/3 credits
ACCT 240  Principles of Accounting I/4 credits
ACCT 242  Principles of Accounting II/4 credits
ECON 218  Principles of Economics (Macro Emphasis)/3 credits
PHIL 200  Introduction to Philosophy/3 credits
PHIL 300  Logic/3 credits
COMM 200  Fundamentals of  Communication/3 credits 

D.  No grade below C- is accepted for graduation in major course work.      

E.   General Electives B.A. Degree: 32 credits

       General Electives B.S. Degree: 31 credits 

F.   Total Credits Required for B.A. or B.S.  in Sociology with a Concentration in Pre-Law  - 120