• Submit a FGCU Undergraduate Admission Application and satisfy all applicable university admission requirements.
• Complete common prerequisites with a grade of C or better.
• Attend an orientation session.
• Sign an Advising Contract.

1. FGCU General Education Program (GEP) (36 hrs)
   Refer to the General Education Program for more information.
   
   
   1. Communication (6 hrs) 
      1. ENC 1101
      2. ENC 1102
   2. Mathematics (6 hrs) 
      1. STA 2023
   3. Humanities (9 hrs) 
      1. HUM 2510
   4. Social Sciences (6-9 hrs) 
      1. SYG 2000 (3) recommended
      2. SYG 2010 (3) recommended
   5. Natural Sciences (6-9 hrs)
      
      Note: At least one Natural Sciences course must include a laboratory or field component. Courses meeting this requirement contain a “C” or “L” in their course numbers.


2. Common Prerequisites
   
   Any 6 hours of lower level courses with the prefix of SYA, SYD, SYG, SYO or SYP (GEP).



3. Required Courses in the Major (24 hrs)
   
   
   • IDS 3300 Foundations of Civic Engagement (3)
   • IDS 3301 Issues in Culture and Society (3)
   • IDS 3303 Issues in Science and Technology (3)
   • SYA 3010 Sociological Theory (3)
   • SYA 3300 Social Research (3)
   • SYA 4654 Program Development (3)
   • SYA 4935 Sociology Capstone (3)
   • SYO 3530 Social Stratification (3)


4. Electives in the Major (15 hrs) 
   
   Select one of the following:
   • SYO 3360  Social Organization of Work
   • SYO 3120  The Family (3)
   
   Select one of the following:
   • SYA 3910 Directed Independent Study (3)
   • SYD 3410 Urban Sociology (3)
   • SYD 4603 Community Development (3)
   • SYD 3625 South Florida Sociocultural Systems (3)
   • SYD 3630 Latin American Social Structures (3)
   • SYD 3631  Caribbean Social Structures (3)
   • SYD 3730  African-American Experience (3)
   • SYD 3770  Race & Culture (3)
   • SYD 3800  Sociology of Sex & Gender (3)
   • SYD 4020  Global Population (3)
   • SYD 4910  Directed Independent Study (3)
   
   Select one of the following:
   • SYO 3360  Social Organization of Work (3)*
   • SYO 3120  The Family (3)*
   • SYO 3200  Sociology of Religion (3)
   • SYO 3400  Medical Sociology (3)
   
   Select one of the following:
   • SYP 4640 Sociology of Leisure (3)
   • SYP 4731 Aging, Self and Society (3)
   • SYP 4741  Social Organization of Death and Dying (3)
   
   Select one of the following:
   • SYA 4949 Sociology Internship (3)
   • Any 3000-4000 level course with the prefix of SYA, SYD, SYG, SYO, SYP
   
   *Courses used to satisfy one elective category cannot be used to satisfy another elective category.



5. University Requirements (3 hrs)
   
   
   • IDS 3920 University Colloquium (3)


6. Additional Electives (variable)

• A minimum of 120 credit hours.
• A minimum of 48 of the 120 hours must be at the upper division (3000 and higher) level.
• A cumulative GPA of 2.0 for all coursework attempted at FGCU.
• A minimum grade of C for each course used to satisfy the following categories:  common prerequisites, required courses in the major, and electives in the major.
• Satisfaction of CLAST, Gordon Rule writing and computation, and foreign language entrance requirements.
• Satisfaction of the Service Learning requirement. See www.fgcu.edu/connect/
• Thirty of the last sixty credits must be completed at FGCU.
• Completion of the summer course enrollment requirement.
• Submit an application to graduate to CAS Advising by the deadline listed in the FGCU Academic Calendar.

The following substitutions are acceptable for common prerequisites and must be completed with a grade of C or better.

• SYG 2000 and SYG 2010:  may substitute any 6 hours of lower level courses with the prefixes of SYA, SYD, SYG, SYO, or SYP