Implementation Date: 2011
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FOR CONCENTRATIONS:
A major in Sociology leading to the B.A. degree consists of: (1) a minimum of 32 semester hours of sociology courses; including (2) a core curriculum of SOCY 110 1, 3153 or 3154, 4155, and 4156; with a grade of "c" or better for each core course; (3) at least 23 hours at the 3000 level or above; (4) at least three hours designated W in the major; and (5) a minimum of 18 semester hours of related work or a minor.
Students can, if desired complete a concentration in one of three substantive areas as part of the B.A. degree. The three areas are Sociological Social Psychology; Social Problems and Policy; and Organizations, Occupations, and Work. Each concentration will require a total of four (4) courses, in which one is a required course for the specific concentration and the other three courses are selected from an approved list of electives for the specific concentration. A grade of "c" or higher must be earned in the required course and a OP A of 2.5 must be earned in the concentration. These courses will not add to the total number of hours required for the major, but will count toward the elective hours already required for the major.
The Sociological Social Psychology Concentration will require SOCY 2161 as a pre-requisite or co-requisite with three (3) electives from the following: SOCY 2112; SOCY 3261; SOCY 3267; SOCY 4150; SOCY 4263(W, 0); SOCY 4265 (W); and other courses with advisor approval.
The Social Problems and Policy Concentration will require SOCY 2171 as a pre-requisite or co-requisite with three (3) electives from the following: SOCY 2100; SOCY 3143; SOCY 3173; SOCY 3250/3251(0); SOCY 4111; SOCY 4125; SOCY 4130; SOCY 4168; SOCY 4172/4173(W); SOCY 4480; and other courses with advisor approval.
The Organizations Concentration will require a SOCY 2115 as a prerequisite or co-requisite with three (3) electives from the following: SOCY 4111; SOCY 4112; SOCY 4115; and other courses with advisor approval.
FOR COURSES:
SOCY 2115. Introduction to Organizations. (3) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or permission of the instructor. The ubiquity of formal organizations is a distinctively modem phenomenon. Today, organizations not only dictate activities at the workplace, but also exert profound impacts on nearly all aspects of modem life. As one of the most vibrant and fast growing branches of the discipline, organizational sociology provides the conceptual tools to understand a variety of organizational processes. In this course, you will be introduced to some of the basic concepts and topics in organizational sociology. Special emphases will be placed on the social impacts of organizations.
SOCY 2161. Sociological Social Psychology. (3) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or permission of instructor. How the actual, imagined or implied presence of other people influences a person's thoughts, feelings and behavior. Socialization, self and identity, attitudes, social perception, language, and group processes.
SOCY 4265. Sociology of Law. (3) (W) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or permission of instructor. The social structure and process of deviant behavior-why and how society and social relations work, especially when violations of major rules take place. How societal definitions create and perpetuate deviance.
SOCY 4115. Organizational Sociology. (3) Prerequisite: SOCY 1101 or permission of instructor. The sociological analysis of formal organizations. Organizational structures, practices, internal processes, and their relationships with the external environment. Organizations as rational instruments designed to achieve predetermined goals, as human groups where spontaneous social interactions take place, and as organisms situated in broader social, cultural, and economic contexts.