BA
Degree Requirements
Students
must complete 120 academic hours, with a minimum of
"C" average to graduate with a Bachelor's Degree.
For a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology students
must satisfy three sets of requirements:
Sociology Department
Requirements
Sociology
requirements include a minimum of 53 credit hours
of sociology, that include a breadth and depth
requirement in the discipline, MATH111 (or higher),
and supporting course-work (to be selected from
an appropriate list).
An
internship is recommended but does not fulfill major
requirements
College
of Behavioral and Social Science Requirements
The College requires that 15 of the final 30
credits be taken in upper-level coursework.
University
Requirements
The CORE Liberal
Arts and Sciences Studies Program has been the required
general education program at UMCP since Fall 1990.
The CORE Program must be completed by all students
entering UMCP after May 1990 who have earned eight
or fewer credits from UMCP or any other college.
Students who enter UMCP with nine or more credits
before Fall 1990 from UMCP or any other college
may complete general education requirements under
the University Studies Program (USP).
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Fundamental
Studies: Nine (9) credits
required.
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Freshman
composition --
3 credits
Exemptions:
a. Students with SAT verbal score of 670 or above
b. Students with AP English score of 4 or 5
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Advanced
writing -- 3 credits
(taken after completion of 60 credit hours).
Exemptions: Students with an A in ENGL101
(not ENGL101A or ENGL101X) except for students majoring
in Engineering. (NOTE: No exemption granted for
achievement on SAT verbal exam.)
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Mathematics
-- 3 credits
Exemptions:
a. Students with an SAT math score
600 or above or College Board Achievement Test in
Mathematics, Level I or II, score of 600 or above
b. Students with AP score of 3 or above
in Calculus AB or AC
c. Students scoring 60 or above on
CLEP Subject Examination in Mathematics
Distributive
Studies:
Twenty-eight (28) credits required.
The list of approved CORE courses appears in the Schedule of
Classes.
1. Humanities and the Arts -- 9 credits, 3 courses
a. one (1) literature
b. one (1) history and/or theory
of arts
c. one (1) additional humanities
and arts
2. Mathematics and the Sciences -- 10 credits,
3 courses
a. physical science (up to two)
b. life science (up to two)
c. mathematics or formal reasoning
(no more than one)
(NOTE: No more than 2 courses from
a. or b.; no more than 1 course from c.
One course must include or be accompanied
by a laboratory.)
3. Social Science -- 9 credits, 3 courses
a. one (1) social or political history
b. two (2) behavioral and social
science
Diversity
-- 1 course required
These courses focus
primarily on:
1. the status, treatment, or accomplishments
of women, minority groups, and subcultures;
2. non-Western culture, or
3. diversity issues as they relate
to 1. and/or 2.
Advanced
Studies
Two 300- or 400- level
courses (to be taken after 60 credits) are required.
These courses must be taken outside the major and may
not include courses used to fulfill the supporting area.
Professional Writing (ENGL391-395), Internships, Practica
and other skills courses may not be used to fulfill
this requirement.
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Students entering the major after Summer 1999 must complete
53 hours of Departmental requirements.
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None
of the major requirements may be taken Pass/Fail.
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Thirty-eight
(38) of these credit hours are in sociology course-work.
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Twelve
(12) credit hours are to be taken in outside of
the major in a supporting area related to sociology
concentration the student has chosen.
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All
majors are required to complete MATH111 (MATH220,
MATH140, or STAT100 can be substituted for this).
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Students
must obtain a grade of `C' or better in all coursework
intended to meet requirements for the major.
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Students
majoring in Sociology must choose a concentration
from one of the following four broad areas:
Social
Stratification:
The
study of social stratification focuses on the causes,
correlates, and consequences of the unequal distribution
of power, property, and prestige.
Students who choose this concentration are required
to take Social Stratification and Inequality (SOCY441)
and two additional courses from the following list:
SOCY325 Sociology
of Gender
SOCY422 Social
Change in Latin America
SOCY424 Sociology
of Race Relations
SOCY428 Research
in Inequality
SOCY442
Family
and Social Class
SOCY462 Women
in the Military
SOCY467 Sociology
of Education
SOCY498B Selected
Topics: Poverty in America
SOCY498G Selected
Topics: Sociology of Homelessness
Supporting courses for Social
Stratification
Social
Psychology
Social
psychology is the study of people’s thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors in social and cultural contexts.
Social psychologists study how individuals are affected
by the societies and cultures in which they live and
the groups to which they belong; how individuals
shape their societies and cultures; how individuals
develop identities and make sense of their interactions
with others; and the processes that play out when individuals
interact within and across groups.
Students who choose this concentration are required
to take Sociological Social Psychology (SOCY230) and
two additional courses from the following list:
SOCY430
Social
Structure and Identity
SOCY440
Sociology
of the Self Concept
SOCY447
Lab
Practicum in Group Processes Research
SOCY448
Research
in Social Psychology
SOCY450
Measurement
of Time, Work, and Leisure
Supporting courses for Social
Psychology
Family
and Demography
Demography
is the study of births, deaths, migration, and family
formation/dissolution. Populations differ markedly
with respect to the rates at which they engage in these
four basic processes. Demographers study this
variation across countries and over time. They
also investigate, for example, how birth rates vary
within countries according to socioeconomic characteristics
such as education and race. The study of demography
also emphasizes both how individual decisions add up
to group rates and how social and demographic contexts
impinge on individual decisions. Family as a social
institution functions as one of the most important contexts
in which demographic activities are experienced.
Students choosing the Family and Demography concentration
are required to take Social Demography (SOCY410) and
two additional courses from the following list:
SOCY411
Demographic
Techniques
SOCY412 Family
Demography
SOCY442 Family
and Social Class
SOCY443 Family
and Society
SOCY444 Sociology
of Children
SOCY448
Research
in Family and Demography
Supporting courses for Family
Demography
Social
Organizations
Because
organizations and institutions are central to social
life, sociologists must master the principles of organizations
and institutions to think sociological about their world.
Institutions are normative systems built around important
functions in society like the family and reproduction;
education and the training of children for adult roles;
and the military and the defense of society.
Students choosing the Organizations
and Institutions concentration are required to take
Principles of Organization (SOCY431) and two additional
courses from the following list:
SOCY305
Scarcity and Modern Society
SOCY425 Gender
and Society
SOCY438 Research
in Org. & Inst
SOCY442 Family
and Social Class
SOCY443 Family
and Society
SOCY460 Sociology
of Work
SOCY462 Women
in the Military
SOCY464 Military
Sociology
SOCY465 Sociology
of War
SOCY467 Sociology
of Education
Supporting courses for Social
Organizations
The Sociology curriculum
(53 hours) is divided into:
a.
Required courses for all Sociology majors
b.
Breadth requirement
c.
Depth requirement
d. Intermediate
research methods course;
e.
Sociology elective courses
f.
Supporting course sequence
g.
MATH111
a.
Required Core Sociology Courses Are:
SOCY
100: Introduction to Sociology (prerequisites for all
other SOCY courses)
SOCY
201 Statistics (Math 111 or higher is required as a
prerequisite)
SOCY
202 Research Methods (to be taken in sequence after
SOCY 201)
SOCY
203 Theory (to be taken anytime after SOCY 100)
The
first four of these courses should be completed by the
end of the sophomore year or as soon as possible in
the case of a transfer student.
MATH
requirement:
Sociology
majors are required to have completed MATH111 or higher
prior to enrolling in SOCY201:Statistics.
This is a departmental requirement as well as a pre-requisite
for SOCY201. (The following Math courses
cannot be used to meet this requirement:
MATH113, MATH115, MATH210, and MATH211 – Math
for Elementary Education majors).
b. Breadth requirement:
Sociology
majors are required to complete a minimum of one course
in three of the four concentration areas (Family/Demography,
Organizations/Institutions, Social Psychology, and Stratification).
c, Depth requirement:
Sociology
majors are required to complete a minimum of three courses
in one of the concentration areas. These three
courses must include the designated required course(*)
for that area.
d. Intermediate
Research Methods
Following
completion of SOCY202:Research Methods, majors are required
to select an additional Intermediate research methods
course from the following list: SOCY401. SOCY402,
SOCY411, SOCY412, SOCY418, SOCY428, SOCY431, SOCY438,
SOCY447, SOCY448, SOCY450
e. Sociology Electives:
Because
of the possibility of overlapping Breadth, Depth, and
Methods requirements, the number of Sociology
electives will vary from three to twelve (3-12) credits.
Sociology majors are required to complete a minimum
of 38 credits of Sociology coursework. Students
who have fulfilled the specific requirements but who
have less than 38 credits of Sociology will need Sociology
elective credit.
f. Supporting Courses:
Students
are required to complete a supporting sequence outside
of Sociology that complements their area of concentration.
These courses are to be selected from an approved list.
The courses must be from the same area but need not
be from the same discipline. Two of the courses
must be taken at the 400-level. Students
completing a double major or double degree will be considered
to have completed this requirement.
EXPERIENTIAL COURSE-WORK
The
Sociology Department offers students two choices of
independent study courses that provide practical as
well as substantive experience with sociological problems.
Both courses require a basic foundation in sociology
course-work. In order to register for either of these
courses a student must have a minimum of 12 credits
in Sociology (preferably in the "core" courses
of SOCY 100, 201, 202, and 203). Both of these opportunities
are optional but encouraged. Credit earned in both cases
will be used as general elective credits and applied
toward the total credits necessary for graduation.
Sociology
386, 3-6 credits--Internship
SOCY
386 gives each student the opportunity to learn as you
work in an internship or volunteer position. Information
on internship and volunteer positions is currently available
through the Experiential Learning Office located in
Hornbake Library, the Sociology listserv and the Undergraduate
Bulletin Board
Sociology
399 1-6 credits-Independent Study in Sociology
Independent
study is directed primarily toward sociology majors
who are interested in pursuing a topic beyond
the material available in regularly scheduled classes
or who want to improve their research skills.
Students, with the consent of a specific instructor,
may develop a research project (either library research
or survey research) and pursue this special interest
under faculty supervision. Students may also,
with the agreement of the faculty member, choose to
work on an individual faculty member’s research
project.
Both
internship credit and Independent Study are by permission
only and must be arranged prior to the start of the
semester in which the student plans on enrolling in
this coursework.
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