Sociology

Sociology
BS
Hours48 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

The Sociology Department requires a minimum of 24 hours of sociology major courses to be taken in residence at BYU for this degree program. These hours may also go toward BYU's 30-hour residency requirement for graduation.
requirement 1 Complete 1 course
Introductory courses (to be completed preferably in sophomore year or earlier):
requirement 2 Complete 4 courses
Core courses:
Note: Students must declare a sociology major before registering for Soc 307; students must complete these four courses with a C- or better grade.
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
Diversity courses:
SOC 322 - Class Inequality 3.0
SOC 323 - (Not currently offered)
SOC 367 - Sociology of Gender 3.0
WS 222 - (Not currently offered)
requirement 4 Complete 1 course
Advanced methods courses:
requirement 5 Complete 1 option
Complete one of the following options in order to fulfill the GE Advanced Written and Oral Communication requirement:
option 5.1 Complete 2 courses
option 5.2 Complete 1 course
requirement 6 Complete 1 option
Complete one of the following capstone options:
requirement 7 Complete 18.0 hours from the following option(s)
Complete 18 credit hours of 300-level or above Sociology courses. (No double counting within the major is allowed.)
option 7.1 Complete 18.0 hours from the following course(s)
SOC 300 - Methods of Research in Sociology 3.0
SOC 301 - Applied Social Research Methods 3.0
SOC 302 - Research Proposal for Evaluation Research 3.0
SOC 307 - Data Analysis, Presentation, and Management 3.0
SOC 310 - Social Inquiry 3.0
SOC 311 - Contemporary Sociological Theory 3.0
SOC 318 - (Soc-SFL 333) Adolescent Development in the Family and Other Social Contexts 3.0
SOC 321 - Sociology of Innovation 3.0
SOC 322 - Class Inequality 3.0
SOC 323 - Racial and Minority-Group Relations 3.0
SOC 325 - Introduction to the Sociology of Religion 3.0
SOC 326 - Sociology of Education 3.0
SOC 327 - Sociology of the LDS Church and Its People 3.0
SOC 328 - Sociology of Sport 3.0
SOC 329 - Medical Sociology 3.0
SOC 330 - Cultural Sociology 3.0
SOC 333 - (Soc-Nurs) End-of-Life Care 3.0
SOC 339 - Social Organization and Change 3.0
SOC 340 - Sociology of International Development 3.0
SOC 345 - World Populations 3.0
SOC 350 - (Soc-Psych) Introduction to Social Psychology 3.0
SOC 360 - Introduction to Family Sociology 3.0
SOC 361 - Theoretical Foundations of Marriage and Family 3.0
SOC 365 - Sociology of Aging 3.0
SOC 367 - Sociology of Gender 3.0
SOC 370 - The Sociology of Urban Life 3.0
SOC 380 - Deviant Behavior and Social Control 3.0
SOC 383 - Juvenile Delinquency 3.0
SOC 390R - Special Topics in Contemporary Sociology 3.0v
SOC 399R - Academic Internship 6.0v
SOC 404 - Qualitative Research Methods 3.0
SOC 405 - Multiple Regression Analysis and Social Science Computing 3.0
SOC 495R - Directed Reading in Sociology 6.0v
SOC 497R - Directed Research in Sociology 6.0v
SOC 524 - Advanced Political Sociology 3.0
SOC 525 - Sociology of Religion 3.0
SOC 527 - Sociology of the LDS Church and Its People 3.0
SOC 528 - Sociology of Rural Communities 3.0
SOC 565 - The Individual and Family in Later Years 3.0
SOC 590R - Special Topics in Sociology 3.0v
SOC 595R - Directed Readings 3.0v
SOC 598R - Pro-Seminar 1.0
Students are strongly encouraged to participate in one or two semesters (up to 9 credit hours) of professional experience including academic internships (on-campus, domestic, or international) and research with a faculty member (Soc 497R). Students may apply up to a total of 9 professional experience credit hours toward the sociology elective requirement. Suggested courses include Bus M 494R (On-Campus Experiential Projects), IAS 397R (Topics in IAS), IAS 399R (Academic Internship: International), Poli 399R (Academic Internship), Soc 399R (Academic Internship), Soc 497R (Directed Research in Sociology).
Program Outcomes

Sociological Perspective

Graduates will demonstrate they can apply a sociological perspective (i.e., recognize the influence of social structure) to individual-level or collective phenomena.

Understanding Diversity

Graduates will understand how race, class, or gender stratify (power, inequality, etc.) individual outcomes and shape social relations in a diverse society.

Research Methodologies

Graduates will apply the appropriate qualitative or quantitative research method to address a social problem (issue, phenomena, etc.)