Purposes

• To provide students with understanding of social environments and patterns of human behavior. This knowledge is a foundation for many disciplines in addition to sociology, e.g., criminal justice, education, psychology, social work, ministry, business and international affairs.

• To help students understand themselves and others in the context of local, national and world societies through the comparison of societies and cultures.

• To prepare students to work with many populations and issues in a variety of settings in the United States and elsewhere in the world.

• To provide students with the tools for study and analysis of the structure and functioning of social groups, social institutions, and societies.

Tradition of Excellence

• A minor in Sociology as a complement to other disciplines.

Sociology Minor

The minor in Sociology consists of three required courses and three additional courses. The minor must include a minimum of 12 units of upper division credits and may include no more than three units of Sociology 490 Special Topics. Students who have completed a research methods course for their major–History 270, Nursing 499, Political Science 270, Psychology 201 and 401–may substitute another Sociology course for Sociology 260 or 460. All classes required for the minor must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.000) or better.

REQUIRED

COURSE # TITLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .UNITS

SOC 101 Intro to Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 415 History of Social Thought . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 260 Sociological Analysis OR
SOC 460 Social Research Methods and Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4

Select at least 9 units from the following:

SOC 103 Social Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 201 Cultural Anthropology . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 250 Sociology of the Family . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 303 Urban Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 305 Social Stratification . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 310 Criminology OR

SOC 314 Juvenile Delinquency . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 316 Sociology of Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 320 Social Psychology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 330 The Development of Feminist Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

SOC 350 Urban Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 360 Race and Ethnicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 375 African Cultures and Histories . . . . .3

SOC 420 Social Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 430 Sociology of Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 440 Social Movements and Collective Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 470 Medical Sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 475 Sociology of Education . . . . . . . . . . .3

SOC 490 Special Topics in Sociology . . . . . . . .3

TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18-19