Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Sociology, BA


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This major requires a minor or certificate

Total number of hours required in this degree:
120 semester hours

Total number of hours required (not including prerequisite courses from other disciplines):
36 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in this major:
18 semester hours

Accelerated Bachelors to Masters Program

Students admitted to the Accelerated Bachelors to Masters in Sociology Program may take up to 12 graduate credit hours in lieu of the three sociology electives and one general elective.

Students admitted to the Accelerated Bachelors to Masters Certificate Programs may take up to 12 graduate credit hours in lieu of the three sociology electives and one general elective.

Suitable Classes for ABM students

  • SOCI 6348 Sociology of Medicine
  • SOCI 6315 Qualitative Methods 
  • SOCI 6316 Quantitative Methods
  • SOCI 6325 Demography
  • SOCI 6333 Social Determinants of Health
  • SOCI 6350 Health in Marginalized Populations

Suggested Sequence of Courses for BA in Sociology


MATHEMATICS 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

NATURAL SCIENCE 4 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 16 hrs


Spring - Year One


ORAL COMMUNICATION 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

FINE ARTS 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 15 hrs


Fall - Year Two


LITERATURE 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 14 hrs


Spring - Year Two


  • Additional 11 credit hrs*

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 3-4 hrs


General Education Requirements  

PHILOSOPHY 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 17-18 hrs


Fall - Year Three


Total: 15 hrs


Spring - Year Three


  • 3 hrs
  • SOCI Elective 3 credit hrs
  • or take 3 credit hours of suitable ABM graduate sociology courses

  • Additional 3 credit hrs*
  • Additional 3 credit hrs*
  • Additional 3 credit hrs*

Total: 15 hrs


Fall - Year Four


  • 3 hrs
  • SOCI elective 3 credit hrs
  • or take 3 credit hours of suitable ABM graduate sociology courses

  • Additional 3 credit hrs*
  • SOCI elective 3 credit hrs
  • or take 3 credit hours of suitable ABM graduate sociology courses

Total: 12 hrs


Spring - Year Four


Total: 15 hrs


Note(s):


The following components are required in all degrees:

General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours - 120

institutional semester hours - 45

overall advanced hours - 18

institutional advanced hours - 24

Foreign language requirement, if any:
None

Acceptable minor fields:
Any OLLU approved minor or certificate

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