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Be prepared to be an engaged citizen who can speak confidently across a range of contemporary social issues with a minor in Sociology. Learn to think deeply about current social problems, issues of social difference, structures of social institutions and more generally about inequality and power in society. This minor will introduce you to a variety of sociological concepts, frameworks, and theories that address individuals, groups, organizations, institutions and societies, leaving you prepared to think critically about society and the social worlds we inhabit.
- TAMST 440 Gender and American Childhood
- TCRIM 155 Media, Crime and Justice
- TCRIM 225 Diversity and Social Justice in Criminology
- TCRIM 271 Introduction to the Sociology of Deviance and Social Control
- TCRIM 362 Criminological Theory
- TEGL 266 Introduction to Labor Studies
- TEGL 435 Migration in the Modern World: Migrants, Immigrants and Refugees
- TSOC 265 Race and Ethnicity in the United States
- TSOC 270 Introduction to Asian American: Sociological and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
- TSOC 335 Social Class and Inequality
- TSOC 346 The History of Childhood and the Family in the United States
- TSOC 365 Advanced Sociological Theories of Race and Ethnicity
- TSOC 369 Diversity in Adulthood
- TSOC 432 Schooling in the United States
- TSOC 433 Household and Family in Comparative Perspective
- TSOC 436 History of Social Welfare Policy in the United States
- TSOC 437 Immigration Today
- TSOC 439 Fieldwork and Interviewing in Communities
- TSOC 446 Family Relationships and Diversity Family Forms in the United States
- TSOC 447 AIDS and American Society
- TSOC 455 The Sociology of GenderTSOC 456 Rural Societies and Development
- TSOC 460 Demographic Methods: Analyzing Race, Class and Gender
- TSOC 465 Asian American Laborers in the United States: Citizenship, Immigrant Rights and the Welfare State
- TSOC 470 Qualitative Research: Inquiry and Methods
- TUDE 310 Social Production of Space
- TURB 312 Race and Poverty in the United States
- TURB 340 Urban Social Change
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To declare a Sociology minor, you must have earned a minimum of 45 credits and declared a major. Declare the minor by completing the Request to Declare/Change a Major or Minor form and submitting it to the Office of the Registrar.
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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
For a Sociology minor, you must complete 25 credits. At least 15 credits must be from upper-division (300–400 level) courses; no more than 10 credits (or 40 percent) of courses can be counted toward both the Sociology minor and another major or minor. All courses in the minor must be completed with a cumulative 2.0 GPA.
