Lala Carr Steelman, Chair

Overview

The department offers two undergraduate majors. Students may elect programs leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology or to the Bachelor of Science degree in sociology. Students may also attempt to graduate with honors in sociology if they have a 3.50 overall average and a 3.50 in sociology. Under that program students are required to conduct, write, and defend a research project.

Sociology

Programs

Undergraduate Major

• •  Sociology, B.A.
• •  Sociology, B.S.

Undergraduate Minor

• •  Sociology Minor

Courses

Sociology

• •  SOCY 101 - Introductory Sociology
• •  SOCY 102 - Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology
• •  SOCY 220 - Elementary Statistics for Sociologists
• •  SOCY 300 - Social Structures
• •  SOCY 301 - Sociology of Sex Roles
• •  SOCY 304 - Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
• •  SOCY 305 - Sociology of the Family
• •  SOCY 307 - Sociology of Religion
• •  SOCY 308 - Community Organization
• •  SOCY 309 - An Introduction to Social Inequality
• •  SOCY 310 - Social Demography
• •  SOCY 311 - Ecology of Human Social Systems
• •  SOCY 312 - Bureaucracy and Modern Society
• •  SOCY 313 - Sociology of Aging
• •  SOCY 315 - World Population: Problems and Policies
• •  SOCY 320 - Individual and Society
• •  SOCY 322 - Sociology of Suicide
• •  SOCY 323 - Sociology of Deviant Behavior
• •  SOCY 325 - Sociology of Childhood
• •  SOCY 326 - Sociology of Adolescence
• •  SOCY 330 - Sociology of the Paranormal
• •  SOCY 340 - Introduction to Social Problems
• •  SOCY 341 - Sociology of Death and Dying
• •  SOCY 345 - Utopian Societies
• •  SOCY 350 - Sociology of Delinquent Youth Behavior
• •  SOCY 351 - Urban Sociology
• •  SOCY 352 - The Sociology of Literature
• •  SOCY 353 - Sociology of Crime
• •  SOCY 354 - Collective Behavior
• •  SOCY 355 - Minority Group Relations
• •  SOCY 357 - Sociology of Education
• •  SOCY 360 - Sociology of Medicine and Health
• •  SOCY 362 - Sociology of Disability
• •  SOCY 365 - Sociology of Leisure
• •  SOCY 368 - Society Through the Lens
• •  SOCY 370 - Sociology of Sport
• •  SOCY 375 - Public Opinion and Changing American Institutions
• •  SOCY 398 - Topics in Sociology
• •  SOCY 399 - Independent Study
• •  SOCY 460 - Sociology of Mental Health
• •  SOCY 498 - Research Seminar
• •  SOCY 500 - Social Networks
• •  SOCY 501 - Cities and Politics
• •  SOCY 502 - Political Sociology
• •  SOCY 503 - Family and Social Stratification
• •  SOCY 504 - Social Stratification
• •  SOCY 505 - Social Structures in Communities
• •  SOCY 506 - Social Organizations
• •  SOCY 507 - Sociology of Social Control
• •  SOCY 508 - Freedom and Determination
• •  SOCY 509 - Advanced Social Structures
• •  SOCY 510 - Human Fertility
• •  SOCY 511 - Human Mortality
• •  SOCY 512 - Internal and International Migration
• •  SOCY 513 - Demographic Aspects of the Life Cycle
• •  SOCY 514 - Urbanization
• •  SOCY 520 - Social Behaviorism
• •  SOCY 521 - Small Group Analysis
• •  SOCY 522 - Power and Authority Structures in Groups
• •  SOCY 523 - Social Processes of Deviance Control
• •  SOCY 524 - Interpersonal Behavior in Families
• •  SOCY 525 - Selves and Social Transaction
• •  SOCY 526 - Social Attitudes
• •  SOCY 540 - Sociology of Law
• •  SOCY 550 - Sociology of Science
• •  SOCY 557 - Sociology of Education and Inequality
• •  SOCY 560 - Sociological Theory
• •  SOCY 561 - Sociological Research Methods
• •  SOCY 598 - Selected Topics
• •  SOCY 698 - Selected Topics