Major Requirements (34 Hours)

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Required
SOC 153	Sociological Imaginations	3
SOC 273	Introduction to Crime and Society	3
SOC 319	Social Theories	3
SOC 371	Sociological Statistics Lab	1
SOC 372	Sociological Statistics	3
SOC 384	Sociological Research Methods	3
SOC 495	Senior Seminar	3
Category 1: Criminology
Select three of the following courses:		9
SOC 330	Gender and Law
SOC 340	Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 374	Police, Courts, & Corrections
SOC 375	Comparative Criminology
SOC 499	Sociology Internship
Category 2: Social Relationships in Criminology: Structures of Power and Oppression
Select one of the following courses:		3
SOC 203	Social Problems
SOC 220	Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
SOC 222	Contested Masculinities
SOC 255	Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the United States
SOC 345	Sociology of Poverty
SOC 350	Global and Diverse Childhoods
SOC 360	Social Stratification: Class, Gender, Race
Category 3: Sociology or Criminology elective
Select one of the following courses:		3
SOC 220	Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Studies
SOC 222	Contested Masculinities
SOC 255	Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the United States
SOC 257	Sociology of Families
SOC 273	Introduction to Crime and Society
SOC 306	Consumer Society
SOC 320	Social Inequalities in Education
SOC 330	Gender and Law
SOC 340	Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 345	Sociology of Poverty
SOC 350	Global and Diverse Childhoods
SOC 360	Social Stratification: Class, Gender, Race
SOC 374	Police, Courts, & Corrections
SOC 375	Comparative Criminology
SOC 382	Sociology of Popular Culture
SOC 390	Special Topics in Sociology
SOC 485	Research Tutorial
SOC 497	Advanced Independent Study in Sociology
SOC 499	Sociology Internship
Total Credits		34

Advanced Writing Proficiency

To fulfill the College’s Advanced Writing Proficiency requirement, each student completing the senior seminar course submits her written senior comprehensive project for evaluation.

Senior Comprehensive

For the Senior Comprehensive, each student completes an original research study or theoretical analysis of a sociological topic and presents her work to the Sociology faculty. Successful completion of SOC 495 Senior Seminar and the Senior Comprehensive project satisfies the senior comprehensive requirement.

Student Learning Outcomes

• Students are able to demonstrate knowledge of the major concepts, theoretical perspectives, and findings within criminology.
• Students are able to articulate the impact of inequality on crime, victimhood, and the criminal justice system.
• Students are able to locate, interpret, analyze, and/or produce empirical data about crime and/or its impact.