Lala Carr Steelman, Chair

Overview

The department offers two undergraduate majors. Students may elect programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology or to the Bachelor of Science degree in sociology. Students may also attempt to graduate with honors in sociology if they have a 3.50 overall average and a 3.50 in sociology. Under that program students are required to conduct, write, and defend a research project.

Sociology

Programs

Undergraduate Major

• •  Sociology, B.A.
• •  Sociology, B.S.

Undergraduate Minor

• •  Sociology Minor

Courses

Sociology

• •  SOCY 101 - Introductory Sociology
• •  SOCY 305 - Sociology of the Family
• •  SOCY 309 - An Introduction to Social Inequality
• •  SOCY 312 - Bureaucracy and Modern Society
• •  SOCY 323 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior
• •  SOCY 340 - Introduction to Social Problems
• •  SOCY 350 - Sociology of Delinquent Youth Behavior
• •  SOCY 351 - Urban Sociology
• •  SOCY 353 - Sociology of Crime
• •  SOCY 355 - Minority Group Relations