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 Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Sociology Required Courses | ||
| 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 |
| Electives | ||
| Two courses can be taken at the 2000 level and three other courses at the 3000 level or higher. | 20 | |
| Capstone | ||
| Students are expected to complete the following course in spring of their senior year. | ||
| SOCL 4600 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
Religious Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Foundational Course | ||
| PHIL 1110 | Introduction to Religious Studies | 4 |
| Lived Religion Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following courses that is not used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
| Selling Spirituality | ||
| The Meaning of Death | ||
| Apocalypticism in Film | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates | ||
| Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis | ||
| Music and Religion | ||
| Cults and Sects | ||
| Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Religion, Race, and Politics | ||
| Comparative Religion Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following courses that is not used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
| Introduction to World Religions | ||
| Comparative Ethics | ||
| The Meaning of Death | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond | ||
| Chinese Philosophy and Religion | ||
| Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis | ||
| Japanese Buddhism | ||
| Electives | ||
| Complete five of the following courses that have not been used to satisfy another requirement in the combined major. At least one must be at the 2000 level or above and at least one must be at the 3000 level or above: | 20 | |
| Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion | ||
| Introduction to World Religions | ||
| Understanding the Bible | ||
| Comparative Ethics | ||
| Selling Spirituality | ||
| The Meaning of Death | ||
| Apocalypticism in Film | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Hinduism, Buddhism, and Beyond | ||
| Islam: Rituals, Traditions, and Debates | ||
| Jewish Religion and Culture | ||
| Chinese Philosophy and Religion | ||
| The Problem of Evil in Film | ||
| Science Fiction and Film: Moral Dilemmas and Ethical Analysis | ||
| Music and Religion | ||
| Cults and Sects | ||
| Japanese Buddhism | ||
| Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Religion, Race, and Politics | ||
| Seminar in Religion | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Complete the following course that is not used to satisfy another requirement: | ||
| PHIL 4903 | Seminar in Religion | 4 |
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| One integrative course is required for each discipline. Courses taken as electives above may not be used as integrative courses. | ||
| ANTH 2315 | Religion and Modernity | 4 |
| PHIL 3100 | The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | 4 |
Major Credit Requirement
Complete 84 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 Summer Second Half/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 1000 or PHIL 1000 | 1 | SOCL 2320 or INSH 3102 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| PHIL 1110 | 4 | PHIL elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | SOCL elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL elective | 4 | Lived religion elective | 4 | ||||
| SOCL elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Comparative religion elective | 4 | SOCL 2321 or INSH 3101 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| PHIL elective | 4 | PHIL elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL elective | 4 | PHIL elective | 4 | ||||
| SOCL elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | SOCL 3300 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| Integrative course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 5000 elective | 4 | ||||||
| SOCL 5000 elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | PHIL seminar | 4 | ||||
| SOCL capstone | 4 | ||||||
| Integrative course | 4 | ||||||
| SOCL 5000 elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 129 | |||||||