The Sociology Department offers three optional concentrations for majors:
- Crime and Criminal Justice
- Business and Society
- The Social Determinants of Health and Well-Being
Students who complete a concentration will be awarded a certificate by the department and have the concentration included on their college transcript. Requirements for the concentrations are described below. A minimum of thirty-one credits is required for each program.
BA in Sociology with a Concentration in Crime and Criminal Justice
The student must complete the requirements for the major in sociology including 12 hours in the concentration:
Required courses for the major:
One 100 level sociology course
Sociology 270 – Sociological Theory
Sociology 271 – Social Statistics
Sociology 272 – Research Methods in Sociology
The concentration requires any four (4) of the following courses:
Sociology 338 – Courts and Criminal Procedures in the Era of Mass Incarceration
Sociology 339 – Family Violence
Sociology 340 – Corrections
Sociology 341 – Criminology
Sociology 342 – Juvenile Delinquency
Sociology 343 – Sociology of Law
Sociology 345 – Advanced Topics Seminar in Criminology
Sociology 346 – Sociology of Guns
Sociology 352 – White-collar Crime
Sociology 364 – Power, Politics, and Protest
Sociology 384 – Special Topics Seminar in Crime and Criminal Justice
BA in Sociology with a Concentration in Business and Society
The student must complete the requirements for the major in sociology including 12 hours in the concentration:
One 100 level sociology course
Sociology 270 – Sociological Theory
Sociology 271 – Social Statistics
Sociology 272 – Research Methods in Sociology
The concentration requires any four (4) of the following courses:
Sociology 303 – Business and Society
Sociology 316 – Conflict Management in Organizations
Sociology 347 – Society, Culture, and Sport
Sociology 351 – Management and Organizations
Sociology 352 – White-Collar Crime
Sociology 362 – Work, Conflict and Change
Sociology 363 – Global Capitalism
Sociology 365 – Technology, Culture and Change
Sociology 366 – The Sociological Analysis of Film
Sociology 385 – Special Topics Seminar in Business and Society
BA in Sociology with a Concentration in the Social Determinants of Health and Well-Being
The student must complete the requirements for the major in sociology including 12 hours in the concentration:
Minimum of one of the following core sociology health courses::
Sociology 329 – Health Inequalities
Sociology 335 – Sociology of Health and Illness
Sociology 336 –Money, Markets and Medicine
Sociology 383 – Special Topics Seminar in Medicine & Health Care
Additional sociology health course:
Sociology 309 – Sexuality and Society
Sociology 327 – Sociology of Emotion
Sociology 328 – The Sociology of Food
Sociology 330 – Gender, Social Relationships, and Well-Being
Sociology 331 – Social and Legal Contexts of Medicine
Sociology 339 – Family Violence
Sociology 346 – Sociology of Guns
Sociology 368 – Death and Dying (1.5 credits)
Approved non- sociology courses*
Anthropology 360 – Anthropology of Global Health
Anthropology 362 – Medical Anthropology
*Pending approval by core faculty in the conentration or the Chair of the Department, students may have the option of counting a health-related course in another social science department not on the list towards the 12-hours once they have provided a syllabus of the course.
Students must petition the department for substitutions. A minimum of 31 hours is required for each program. Students who complete the requirements for a concentration are awarded a certificate by the department and have the concentration included on their college transcript.