Program: Sociology and Human Services Major - Fort Lewis College

Apr 05, 2025

2022-2023 Catalog of Courses

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: 34-38

Core Courses:

SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Credits: 3 ^d
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

Block Program Requirements:

The following courses must be taken during the same semester to satisfy the Block Program Requirements:
(At least six (6) credits of SOC 320 must be completed)

SOC 315 - Field Methods Credits: 3 ^e
SOC 316 - Human Services Credits: 3 ^e
SOC 320 - Community Internship Credits: 1-16 ^e
-minimum of six (6) credits required
SOC 495 - Senior Seminar Credits: 3 ^e

Major Electives:

Complete four (4) courses from the following.

BL 100 - Introduction to Borders and Languages Credits: 3
BL 101 - Music and Borderlands: Beginning Spanish Credits: 3 ^d
BL 102 - Survival Spanish Credits: 2
BL 103 - Conversational Spanish Credits: 2
BL 201 - Spanish for the Professions Credits: 3 ^d
BL 202 - The Wild Tongue: Intermediate Spanish Credits: 3 ^d
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 ^d
SOC 210 - Ethnography and Writing Credits: 3
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 ^d
OR GSS 279 - Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class Credits: 3^d
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

Free Electives - Credits: Variable

Chosen in conjunction with your academic advisor to assure that the total graduation credit requirement for this program is met.

Note: Students completing the Liberal Arts Core in fewer than 33 credits or who have met a prerequisite or required course through transfer, examinations, or assessment of prior learning will have additional free electives.

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 may require additional courses to meet the upper division requirement.

Course Information

Prior to course registration, students should review all courses for prerequisites, minimum prerequisite grade requirements and minimum class standing.

^dThis course fulfills both a Major Program Core requirement and a Liberal Arts Core requirement. It may also be used to fulfill a Major Program elective. To complete the degree in the specified total credits for graduation, students must use this course to fulfill the major requirements. If the course is noted as an elective option, it may be used to satisfy a Major Program elective requirement and a Liberal Arts Core requirement. Credits for this course are counted in the Liberal Arts Core section of the curriculum listing but are not counted in the Major Requirements total.

Additional Program Notes

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

^eThese courses are part of the Sociology Block program.

^s This course is only offered in the summer.

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

All curricular requirements for the Liberal Arts Core and at least one major must be met. Many students choose to use free electives to complete the requirements for a certificate, minor or teacher licensure.

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

Students must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00 and a minimum grade point average of 2.00 for those courses accepted to meet the requirements for the major, a certificate or minor.

A minimum of 30 credits must be completed at Fort Lewis College. College-sponsored off-campus academic experiences are considered “in residence.”