BA in Sociology Curriculum
Students majoring in sociology must meet the following requirements for graduation:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| University Curriculum 1 | 46 | |
| College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum 2 | 21-24 | |
| Sociology Core Requirements | ||
| SO 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SO 205 | From College to Career (CJ/GT 205) | 1 |
| SO 244 | The Invisible Ladder: Social Inequalities Inequalities | 3 |
| SO 290 | Research Methods (GT 290) | 3 |
| SO 392 | Internship in the Community (CJ 392/GT 392) | 3 |
| SO 382 | Studying Social Issues with Statistics (GT 382) 3 | 3 |
| SO 400 | Senior Seminar (GT 400) | 3 |
| Select 6 electives 4 | 18 | |
| Free Electives | 16-20 | |
| Total Credits | 120-127 | |
| 1 | All students must complete the University Curriculum requirements. |
| 2 | Students must complete the College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum requirements specific to their major. See details below. |
| 3 | If students take MA 206 to fulfill the university quantitative literacy requirement, MA 206 can be used to fulfill the sociology statistics requirement. The sociology statistics course (SO 382) cannot be used for the university quantitative literacy requirement. |
| 4 | One of the electives could include AN 101 or AN 103; and one could be a criminal justice (CJ) course that is not cross-listed with sociology. |
If students wish to focus their electives, they may take three classes (9 credits) of their 6 electives in either a social services concentration or a medicine and health concentration.
Social Services Concentration
For this applied concentration, students must take:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SO 394 | Advanced Internship in the Community (CJ/GT 394) | 3 |
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Social Problems | ||
| Women in the Criminal Justice System (CJ/WGS 232) | ||
| Youth Crime (CJ 250) | ||
| Social Control and Deviance | ||
| Power and Social Institutions | ||
| Community Program Development (GT 270) | ||
| Introduction to Social Work (GT 311) | ||
| Case Management (GT 315) | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |
Medicine and Health Concentration
For this concentration, students choose three classes (9 credits) from this list (one course may be from anthropology):
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Forensic Anthropology | ||
| Sociology of Aging (GT 263) | ||
| Population and Society | ||
| Sociology of Health and Illness | ||
| Sociology of Death and Dying (GT 305) | ||
| Case Management (GT 315) | ||
| Drugs, Alcohol and Society (CJ 333) | ||
| Sociology of Mental Health | ||
| Total Credits | 9 | |
College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum
The College of Arts and Sciences offers bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees. As the home of the liberal arts at Quinnipiac, CAS encourages students to pursue a balanced program of study across multiple disciplines. In pursuit of that goal, CAS imposes additional requirements beyond the University Curriculum.
All CAS students (both bachelor of science and bachelor of arts) must complete one foreign language through the 102-level. Foreign language classes may also count toward the UC Personal Inquiry II requirement.
Additionally, students earning a bachelor of arts must fulfill separate requirements for breadth and depth of study:
For the breadth requirement, students must complete at least 3 credits in each of the four CAS disciplinary areas other than the area of the student’s major. These areas are: fine arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. For example, a student majoring in political science—a social science discipline—would complete at least 3 credits each in fine arts, humanities and natural science. A course taken to fulfill the CAS breadth requirement may not simultaneously fulfill any UC requirement.
For the depth requirement, students must complete at least 9 credits within a single subject area other than that of the major. (A “subject area” is identified with a catalog subject code, such as PL, CJ, WS, MA, etc.) CAS depth courses may also count toward UC requirements.
Students pursuing a bachelor of science, a double major, or certain accelerated degree programs are exempt from the CAS breadth and depth requirements, but must complete the foreign language requirement.