Major in Sociology

MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY Students who started at CSUN in Fall 2018 or earlier: If you are a student who falls into this category, we are encouraging you to switch to the new major requirements to streamline your path to graduation (however you are not required to do so). To switch over to the new major requirements, please call (818) 677-2658 to make an appointment to meet with an academic advisor. Students who started at CSUN in Spring 2019 or later: You are required to go by the new major requirements. Old Major Requirements New Major Requirements Lower Division Required Courses (10 units) Lower Division Required Courses (7 units) MATH 140 Introductory Statistics (4) MATH 140 Introductory Statistics (4) SOC 150 Introductory Sociology (3) SOC 150 Introductory Sociology (3) SOC 202 Sociological Analysis (3) Upper Division Requirements (16 units) Option I (General Sociology) SOC 424/L Statistical Techniques in Social Research and Lab (3/1) Upper Division Requirements Electives SOC 430 Theory I - Classical Sociological Theory (4) SOC 364/L Social Statistics and Lab (3/1) Select 20 uni ts of upper division sociology courses SOC 468 Theory II - Contemporary Sociological Theory (4) SOC 368/S Sociological Theory I and Research Seminar (3/2) SOC 497/L Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods and Lab (3/1) SOC 468/S Sociological Theory II and Research Seminar (3/2) SOC 497/L Methods of Social Research & Lab (3/1) Electives (21 units) Select 21 units of electives from 200-400 level sociology courses. No more than 3 elective units can be taken at the 200 level. Students who would like to complete a concentration: Take 9 of the 21 units in one of the concentrations below. Students who do not want to complete a concentration: Option III (Social Welfare & Social Justice) Take 21 units of electives from 200-400 level sociology courses. Upper Division Requirements SOC 440 Sociology of Aging (3) or SOC 459 Child SOC 345 Social Psychology (3) Welfare (3) or SOC 484 Community Organizing (3) Concentrations SOC 356 Social Welfare Institutions (3) SOC 492 Human Behavior in the Social Environ (3) SOC 357 Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice (3) SOC 493 Diversity and Social Justice (3) a. Social Welfare & Social Justice (9 units) b. Inequality & Diversity (9 units) SOC 368/S Sociological Theory I and Research Seminar (3/2) or SOC 490S/F Supervised Fieldwork (2 semesters) (3) SOC 357 Anti-Oppressive Social Work Pract (3) SOC 401 Class, Status and Power (3) SOC 468/S Sociological Theory II and Research Seminar (3/2) SOC 497/L Methods of Social Research & Lab (3/1) SOC 490S/F Sup Field Sem and Fieldwork (1/2) Plus two courses from the following: SOC 426 Social Legislation & Social Policy (3) Plus one course from the following: SOC 307 Ethnic Diversity in America (3) SOC 356 Social Welfare Institutions (3) SOC 324 Sociology of Sex and Gender (3) SOC 420CSL MOSAIC (3) SOC 335 Jewish Identity in the U.S. (3) Option IV (Work & Society) Electives SOC 426 Social Legislation and Social Policy (3) SOC 452 Sociology of LGBT Communities (3) Upper Division Requirements Diversity in the Workplace (3 units) choose from SOC 484 Progressive Community Organizing (3) SOC 461 Sociology of Immigration (3) SOC 340 Sociology of Work (3) the following: SOC 307, SOC 324, SOC 325, SOC SOC 490S/F Sup Field Sem and Fieldwork (1/2) SOC 345 Social Psychology (3) 390, CHS 365, PAS 201 SOC 492 Human Behav in the Social Environ (3) SOC 364/L Social Statistics and Lab (3/1) SOC 493 Diversity and Social Justice (3) SOC 368/S Sociological Theory I and Research Seminar (3/2) Labor & Social Policy (3 units) choose from the SOC 400 Organizational Theory (3) following: SOC 312, SOC 356, SOC 370 Political SOC 497/L Methods of Social Research & Lab (3/1) Sociology, SOC 401, SOC 426, EOH 465, POLS c. Social Movements & Political Sociology (9 units) SOC 482SOC Work & Society Practicum (3) 361, POLS 421 SOC 370 Political Sociology (3) or SOC 476 Social Movements (3) Group Dynamics & Communication (3 units) Plus two courses from the following: choose from the following: SOC 481, SOC 492, SOC 370 Political Sociology (3) EPC 451, COMS 451, COMS 453, PSYCH 356, SOC 433 Sociology of Globalization (3) or PSYCH 383. POLS 480 The Politics of Globalization (3) SOC 476 Social Movements (3) Note: SOC 424/L can be substituted for SOC 364/L, SOC 430 can be substituted for SOC 368/S SOC 484 Progressive Community Organizing (3) .

Load more