Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Sociology Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Sociology | ||
| SOCL 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 2320 | Statistical Analysis in Sociology | 4 |
| or INSH 3102 | Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences | |
| SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 4 |
| or INSH 3101 | Research Methods in the Social Sciences | |
| SOCL 3300 | Social Theory | 4 |
| Cultural Anthropology | ||
| ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
| Additional required methodological training | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Ethnographic Field Experience | ||
| Social Networks | ||
| Foundations of Data Science | ||
| Evaluating Health Technologies | ||
| Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks | ||
| Ethnographic Methods | ||
| Applied Sociology: Practice and Theory | ||
| Senior Seminar | ||
| SOCL 4600 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
| or ANTH 4100 | Making Anthropology Public | |
Required Sociology Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Sociology Electives | ||
| Students must complete seven elective courses in the major, at least four of which must be at the 3000 level or higher. | 28 | |
Sociology Major Grade Requirement
A GPA of 2.000 across all major courses is required.
Sociology Major Credit Requirement
Complete 56 semester hours in the major.
Experiential Liberal Arts
All students in this College of Social Sciences and Humanities program are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer First Half
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 1000 | 1 | SOCL 1000+ level elective | 4 | General elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | Elective | 4 | General elective | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | SOCL 2321 or INSH 3101 | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language BA course | 4 | Foreign language BA course | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 1000+ level elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 1000+ level elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | General elective | 4 |
| SOCL 2320 or INSH 3102 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language BA course | 4 | ||||||
| ANTH 1101 | 4 | ||||||
| EESH 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 3000+ level elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | General elective | 4 |
| ENGW 3315 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 3300 | 4 | ||||||
| Advanced methods requirement | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Elective | 4 | SOCL 3000+ level elective | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 3000+ level elective | 4 | SOCL 4600 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 3000+ level elective | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||