University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences

Undergraduate Program

Major

Sociology Major Requirements


The Departmment of Sociology Major and Minor requirements changed, effective for Fall 2005. Students who declared Sociology as a major or minor prior to Fall 2005 may follow either set of program requirements listed below. Students who declared the major or minor in Fall 2005 or later MUST follow the program requirements in the right-hand column.

Declared  Prior to Fall 2005 Declared Fall 05 or later

Pre-major (6 hours):


SOC 101 or CLD 102……………3


Plus one of the following: 


SOC 152
SOC 235
SOC 249 
SOC 260 
SOC 299………………..………..3 
(or transfer credit)


Major (42 hours): 


Core (12 hours) 
  


SOC 302 Sociological Research
Methods I
SOC 303 Sociological Research
Methods II
SOC 304 Classical Sociological Theory
SOC 305 Contemporary Social Theory


Sociology Coursework (15 hours)


300+ level Sociology Courses………………….15


Related but Outside of Sociology
(15 hours)


Choose 15 hours outside Sociology at the 300+ level. 200+ level courses used to satisfy USP and College requirements can also be counted here. These courses must be chosen from the list of approved courses or approved of by the Sociology Undergraduate Advisor……………….…15

Pre-major (6 hours):


SOC 101 or CLD 102…….3


Plus one of the following:


SOC 235
SOC 299……..……………3
(or transfer credit )


Major (42 hours)


Core (12 hours)


SOC 302 Soc Res Methods
SOC 303 Quantitative Soc Analysis
SOC 304 Classical Soc Theory
SOC 305 Contemp Soc Theory


Sociology Coursework 
(15 hrs)


15 hours of 300+ level Soc Courses, at least 6 of which are at the 400+ level…………15


Related to Soc (15 hours)


Choose 15 hours outside SOC at the 300+ level. Maximum of 3 hours of 200+ level courses used to satisfy USP and college requirements can be counted here. These courses must be chosen from the list of approved courses or approved of by the Sociology Advisor………........15


 
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