Degree Requirements 2007-2008 Catalog Year

The Sociology BA consists of 120 credit hours including 30 credit hours of coursework in the major.

Common Prerequisite:

Two lower level courses with the prefixes of SYA, SYD, SYG, SYO, or SYP     6 Credits

Required Courses in the Major (21 hours)

• SYA 3010 Sociological Theory
• SYA 3300 Social Research
• SYA 4654 Program Development
• SYA 4935 Sociology Capstone
• SYA 4940 Sociology Internship
• SYO 3360 Social Organization of Work
    or
   SYO 3120 The Family
• SYO 3530 Social Stratification

Restricted Electives in the Major (9 hours)

Select 3 hours from the following:

• SYD 3410 Urban Sociology (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 4603 Community Development (3)
• SYD 4910 Directed Independent Study (3)

Select 3 hours from 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)

If this course was used to fulfill a requirement in the required courses for the major, it may not also be used to fulfill a restricted elective.

Select 3 hours from the following:

• SYP 4640 Sociology of Leisure (3)
• SYP 4731 Aging, Self and Society (3)
• SYP 4741 Social Organization of Death and Dying (3) 

Interdisciplinary Core (9 hours)

• IDS 3300  Foundations of Civic Engagement (3)
• IDS 3301  Issues in Culture and Society (3)
• IDS 3303  Issues in Science and Technology (3) 

University Requirements

• IDS 3920  University Colloquium (3)