Concentrations

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.

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