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SOCIOLOGY (UNDERGRADUATE)

Lower-Level Course Work (60 hours)
Students will ordinarily be expected to complete 60 hours of lower-level credit prior to coming to UHCL. Recommended lower-level course work for this degree includes:        

  • Texas Core Curriculum: 42 hr.
  • General Electives: Recommended 18 hr.      
    Courses include
    SOCI 1301 Introduction to Sociology
    SOCI 1306 Social Problems
    SOCI 2301 Marriage and Family
    SOCI 2319 Multicultural Studies
    PSYC 2301 General Psychology
    One additional Sociology course

Upper-Level Course Work (60 hours)
This degree requires at least 54 hours of upper-level credit. A minimum of 48 hours of upper-level credit must be completed with grades of "C" or better.  Grades of "C-" or below are not acceptable.

General Education Requirements
The following nine hours must be completed with grades of "C" or better. Grades of "C-" or below are not acceptable.   

  • Three semester hours in WRIT 3037 Advanced Writing       
  • Six semester hours selected from Basic Texts in the Western Tradition I and II and Basic Texts III: Non-Western Tradition: HUMN 3031, HUMN 3033 and HUMN 3035 or
Three semester hours in Basic Texts HUMN 3031, HUMN 3033 or HUMN 3035 and one of the following courses:
 

ARTS 3831

West Art: Prehist thru Middle Ages

ARTS 3832

 West Art: Ren to Contemp Art
 

LITR 3334

Mythology

PHIL 3331

 Ethics
 

PHIL 3433

Phil and Knowledge

PHIL 4134

 The Great Philosophers I
 

PHIL 4135

The Great Philosophers II

    
         
Six hours from the following overview courses in sociology:
  SOCI 3135 Sociological Thinking
  SOCI 4132 Social Structure: Class, Power and Status
  SOCI 4232 or Theories of Society
  SOCI 4832* Honors Theories of Society
         
Six hours selected from the following courses in anthropology and psychology (must take at least one course in each discipline):
  ANTH 3131 Contemporary Cultural Anthropology
  PSYC 3331 Theories of Personality
  PSYC 4131 Social Psychology
  PSYC 4531 Abnormal Psychology
         
Three (or, in the case of honors classes, four) hours of the following statistics courses in sociology:
  SOCI 4834* Statistics or    
  SOCI 4830*     Honors Statistics and SOCI 4810* Honors Statistics Lab
         
Three (or in the case of honors classes, four) hours of research methods courses in sociology:
  SOCI 4835* Research Methods or    
  SOCI 4831* Honors Research Methods and *SOCI 4811 Honors Research Methods Lab
         
Six hours on diversity from the following list of courses. At least three hours must be in Sociology:
  ANTH 3535 Peoples of Asia ANTH 3537 Peoples of Africa
  ANTH 4031 Studies in Cultural Diversity ANTH 4333 Peoples of Mex and Cntrl Amer
  ANTH 4431 Women in Society PSYC 4038 Intro to Women's Studies
  SOCI 4136 Women and the Law SOCI 4137 Race and the Law
  SOCI 4535 Minorities in America SOCI 4534 Race and Ethnic Relations
         
A minimum of 12 hours selected from the following core courses:
  SOCI 3132 Criminology SOCI 3335 Deviance
  SOCI 3531 Political Sociology SOCI 3532 Urban Sociology
  SOCI 4136 Women and the Law SOCI 4137 Race and the Law
  SOCI 4233 Religion in Society SOCI 4234 Organizations in Society
  SOCI 4238 Social Conflict and Mediation SOCI 4332 Sociology of Law
         
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Concentrations
Sociology students are also encouraged to structure their plans of study to reflect concentrations within the discipline. The following concentrations have been developed by the Sociology faculty to help students think about careers or future graduate education.
         
Honors Studies Concentration (all of the following must be completed)
  SOCI 4832* Honors Theories of Society    
  SOCI 4830* Honors Statistics    
  SOCI 4810* Honors Statistics Lab    
  SOCI 4831* Honors Research Methods and    
  SOCI 4811* Honors Research Methods Lab    
         
Urban Studies Concentration (must successfully complete three of the following courses):
  SOCI 3531 Political Sociology
  SOCI 3532 Urban Sociology
  SOCI 4132 Social Structure: Class, Power and Status
  SOCI 4534 Race and Ethnic Relations
  SOCI 4535 Minorities in America
         
Legal Studies Concentration (must successfully complete three of the following courses):
  SOCI 4136 Women and the Law    
  SOCI 4137 Race and the Law    
  SOCI 4238 Social Conflict and Mediation    
  SOCI 4332 Sociology of Law    
         
Work and Occupations Concentration (must successfully complete three of the following courses):
  SOCI 4131 Social Psychology    
  SOCI 4136 Women and the Law    
  SOCI 4137 Race and the Law    
  SOCI 4234 Organizations in Society    
  SOCI 4238 Social Conflict and Mediation    
         
Diiversity Concentration (must successfully complete three of the following courses):
  SOCI 3532 Urban Sociology    
  SOCI 4136 Women and the Law    
  SOCI 4137 Race and the Law    
  SOCI 4534 Race and Ethnic Relations    
  SOCI 4535 Minorities in America    
         
Criminology Concentration (must successfully complete three of the following courses):
  SOCI 3132 Criminology    
  SOCI 3335 Deviance    
  SOCI 3531 Political Sociology    
  SOCI 4332 Sociology of Law    
         
Women's Studies Concentration (must successfully complete three of the following courses):
  SOCI 4038 Introduction to Women's Studies
  SOCI 4136 Women and the Law or
  SOCI 4431 Women in Society
  WMST 4131 Latinas in the United States
  WMST 4132 Women of Color in the United States
  WMST 4337 Violence Against Women
         
*Pending Coordinating Board Approval    
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