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: 32-34

All Fort Lewis College degrees require the completion of the Liberal Arts Core (LAC). Liberal Arts Core requirements may be satisfied by major requirements. (aka. “double dipping”)

See Liberal Arts Core for course choices

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

Communication	2 courses	COMP 150 AND one CO2 course (Credits: 6)
		OR
		One CO2 course AND One CO3 course (Credits: 6)

Mathematics	1 course	One MA1 course (Credits: 3-4)

Arts & Humanities	2 courses	Two AH courses (Credits: 6)

History	1 course	One HI course (Credits: 3)

Social & Behavioral Sciences	1 course	One SS course (Credits: 3)

Additional AH/HI/SS	1 course	One additional AH or HI or SS course (Credits: 3)

Natural & Physical Sciences	2 courses	Two SC courses - one MUST include a lab (Credits: 7-8)

Major Requirements: Credits: 34-38

Note: The total major credit requirement listed above does not include credits from liberal arts core courses that may be used to satisfy major requirements.

Major Core:

SOC 100 - Social Issues [LAC-SS] 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

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 Choice:

Complete four (4) courses from the following.

BL 100 - Introduction to Borders and Languages Credits: 3
BL 101 - Music and Borderlands: Beginning Spanish [LAC-AH] Credits: 3
BL 102 - Survival Spanish Credits: 2
BL 103 - Conversational Spanish Credits: 2
BL 201 - Spanish for the Professions [LAC-AH] Credits: 3
BL 202 - The Wild Tongue: Intermediate Spanish [LAC-AH] 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 [LAC-SS] Credits: 3
SOC 210 - Ethnography and Writing [LAC-CO2] Credits: 3
SOC 230 - Resiliency and Society Credits: 3 ^a
SOC 275 - Families and Marriage Credits: 3
SOC 279 - Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class [LAC-SS] Credits: 3
OR GSS 279 - Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class [LAC-SS] 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 352 - Latin America: Ravaged Utopia? Credits: 3
SOC 353 - Medical Sociology Credits: 3
SOC 370 - Water Justice 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 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 choices.

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.

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.”