Sociology and Human Services Major

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY AND HUMAN SERVICES:

Liberal Arts Core - Credits: 33

See Liberal Arts Core for course choices

First-Year Launch Course	FLC	FLC 100 (Credits:1)

Communication	CO1/CO2	COMP 150 ^p and any one approved
	or	CO2^pcourse (Credits: 6)
	CO2/CO3	Any one approved CO2^p course and any one approved
		CO3^pcourse (Credits: 6)

Mathematics	MA1	MATH 105 ^p (Credits: 3)

Arts & Humanities	AH	Any one approved AH course (Credits: 3)

Arts & Humanities	AH	One additional approved AH course (Credits: 3)

History	HI	Any one approved HI course (Credits: 3)

Social & Behavioral Sciences	SS	Any one approved SS course (Credits: 3)

AH/HI/SS^b	AH or HI or SS	One additional approved AH^b or HI^b or SS^b course (Credits: 3)

Natural & Physical Sciences	SC1	Any one approved SC1 course (Credits: 4)
	SC1 or SC2	Any one approved SC1 or SC2 course (Credits: 3-4)

Major Requirements: Credits: 44

Core Courses:

SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3
SOC 200 - Social Change Credits: 3
SOC 230 - Resiliency and Society Credits: 3 ^a
OR SOC 425 - Imagination and Society Credits: 3^a
SOC 300 - Theories of Social and Personal Life Credits: 3
SOC 315 - Field Methods Credits: 3 ^e
SOC 316 - Human Services Credits: 3 ^e
SOC 320 - Community Internship Credits: 1-16 ^e - minimum six (6) credits required
SOC 495 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3 ^e

Major Electives:

Complete five (5) courses from the following.

BL 100 - Introduction to Borders and Languages Credits: 3
BL 101 - Music and Borderlands: Beginning Spanish Credits: 3
BL 102 - Survival Spanish Credits: 2
BL 103 - Conversational Spanish Credits: 2
BL 201 - Spanish for the Professions Credits: 3
BL 202 - The Wild Tongue: Intermediate Spanish Credits: 3
BL 220 - The Immigrant Experience Credits: 3
BL 250 - Latinx Culture Credits: 3
BL 313 - Narco Culture Credits: 3
BL 322 - Biopolitics: Bodies on the Border Credits: 3
BL 325 - Special Topics: Borderlands Credits: 3
BL 376 - Lenguaje y Fronteras Credits: 3
BL 381 - Gender in Children’s and YA Latinx Literature Credits: 3
OR GSS 381 - Gender in Children’s and YA Latinx Literature Credits: 3
BL 395 - Ensenanza y Fronteras Credits: 3
BL 401 - Words and Soul: Advanced Spanish Topics Credits: 3
BL 434 - Trauma, Borders, and Monsters Credits: 3
CRIM 361 - Deviance Credits: 3
CRIM 363 - Crime and Youth Credits: 3
CRIM 364 - Crime and Punishment Credits: 3
CRIM 365 - Crime and Justice Credits: 3
CRIM 366 - Special Topics: Criminology Credits: 3
CRIM 375 - Terrorism and Security Credits: 3
CRIM 380 - Immigration Law and Professional Spanish Credits: 3
NAIS 280 - Contemporary Issues of Native Nations Credits: 3
SOC 210 - Ethnography and Writing Credits: 3 ^p
SOC 230 - Resiliency and Society Credits: 3 ^a
SOC 250 - Social Issues - Native Society Credits: 3
SOC 275 - Families and Marriage Credits: 3
SOC 279 - Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class Credits: 3
OR GSS 279 - Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class Credits: 3
SOC 310 - Ecology and Society Credits: 3
SOC 311 - Ecology and Society Field School Credits: 5 ^s
SOC 321 - Special Topics in Sociology Credits: 3
SOC 323 - Sociology of Aging Credits: 3
SOC 330 - Mind, Self and Society Credits: 3
SOC 331 - Environmental Sociology Credits: 3
SOC 340 - Religion and Social Life Credits: 3
SOC 345 - Art and Society Credits: 3
SOC 350 - Social Construction of Sexuality Credits: 3
OR GSS 350 - Social Construction of Sexuality Credits: 3
SOC 352 - Latin America: Ravaged Utopia? Credits: 3
SOC 353 - Medical Sociology Credits: 3
SOC 375 - Sociology of Education Credits: 3
SOC 376 - Language and Social Behavior Credits: 3
SOC 377 - Animals and Society Credits: 3
SOC 383 - Gender and Society Credits: 3
OR GSS 383 - Gender and Society Credits: 3
SOC 384 - Special Topics: Sustainability Credits: 3
SOC 385 - Soil and Society Credits: 3
SOC 400 - Native American Law and Politics Credits: 3
SOC 425 - Imagination and Society Credits: 3 ^a

Upper Division Requirement - Credits: 36

Among the total required courses, at least 36 credits must be upper division (300- and 400-level) courses. This major will require additional courses to meet the upper division requirement.

Free Electives - Credits: Variable

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

^aCourses used to meet the core requirements cannot also be used to meet the Elective requirement.

^b A minimum of 15 credits of coursework must be completed in the combined areas of AH/HI/SS.

^eThese courses are part of the Sociology Block program.

^p This course has a prerequisite. You must complete the prerequisite course(s) before enrolling in this course. Sometimes you are given a choice or a list of prerequisites to complete.

^s This course is only offered in the summer.

Note: Among the total credits required for graduation, at least 36 credits must be upper division (300- and 400-level) courses.

Note: Students completing the Liberal Arts Core in fewer than 33 credits will have additional free electives.

Note: Students who have met a prerequisite or required course through transfer, examinations, or assessment of prior learning will have additional free electives.