Sociology, BS (Boston)

Sociology is the scientific study of society. It begins with the premise that individuals are affected by the social structures, institutions, and cultural milieus surrounding them. Sociology provides students with the conceptual tools to understand how various features of society, including inequalities based on race, class, and gender, affect its members. In so doing, sociology also provides conceptual tools that can be used to foster social change and the empowerment of historically marginalized groups.  

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.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

Sociology Major Requirements

Course List

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
ANTH 2305	Global Markets and Local Culture	4
Qualitative Methods Requirement
Complete one of the following:		4
ANTH 3410	Ethnographic Field Experience
SOCL 2323	Ethnographic Methods
Additional Required Methodological Training
Complete one of the following:		4
COMM 2105	Social Networks
DS 3000	Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
HINF 5301	Evaluating Health Technologies
INSH 2102	Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
SOCL 3487	Applied Sociology: Practice and Theory
Senior Seminar
Complete one of the following:		4
ANTH 4100	Making Anthropology and Sociology Public
SOCL 4600	Senior Seminar

Required Sociology Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Students must complete seven elective courses in the SOCL major not used to satisfy other requirements, at least four of which must be at the 3000-level or higher.		28

Sociology Major Grade Requirement

A GPA average of 2.000 across all major courses is required.

Sociology Major Credit Requirement

Complete 64 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