Department of Communication and Sociology
Sociology Major, B.A. Degree
Sociology: Major, B.A. Degree - Four-year Plan of Study
Student Learning Outcomes – The graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology will use the knowledge and skills obtained in the program to:
- Develop an awareness of personal assumptions, as well as basic American assumptions in analyzing positions on social issues.
- Discern the basic components of culture including group diversity, socialization, identity, and cultural symbols.
- Delineate the basic process and consequences of stratification across social categories including ethnicity, race, social class, gender, and societies.
- Recognize how social institutions operate organizationally within society and how they vary over time and space.
- Create reasonable linkages between empirical evidence and theory utilizing both inductive and deductive forms of logic.
- Develop effective ways of communicating in professional contexts.
- Understand basic research procedures in accord with the scholarly practices of the discipline of Sociology including the utilization of research journals and their documentation, construction of a research document to report findings, and the proper citation of sources.
- Critically evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of competing theoretical views and everyday frameworks of understanding, recognizing the complexity and uncertainty that are always present.
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| MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | 27 |
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SOC 1800 General Sociology (3) |
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| GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (In the major, SOC 1800 fulfills 3 s.h. of Div. II B; the Modern Language Requirements fulfills 3 s.h. of Div. II C.) |
42 |
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| MODERN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS | 3-9 |
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| FREE ELECTIVES | 42-48 |
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| MINIMUM TOTAL | 120 |
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For more information, please see the current catalog for a complete statement of academic policies, leveling, and prerequisites or to schedule an appointment, please contact Dr. Mary E. Kelly, Program Coordinator, at 660-543-8509 or via e-mail.
