Undergraduate Information

Sociology Course Sequence by Semester

Fall Semesters

• Two sections of 2101 Classical Social Theory
• Two sections of 2111 Research Methods I
• One section of 2102 Contemporary Social Theory
• One section of 2112 Research Methods II
• Two sections of 5201W Senior Seminar

Spring Semesters

• One section of 2101 Classical Social Theory
• One section of 2111 Research Methods I
• Two sections of 2102 Contemporary Social Theory
• Two sections of 2112 Research Methods II
• One section of 5201W Senior Seminar

3-Year Course Offering for Sociology Majors

The 3-Year Course Offering is subject to change, depending on enrollment and staffing. Additional electives as needed.

2024-25

2025–26

2026–27

Offered Every Semester

• SOCY 1101 Introduction to Sociology
• SOCY 1200 Sociology of Sport
• SOCY 1201 Sociology of Hip Hop
• SOCY 2101 Classical Theory
• SOCY 2102 Contemporary Theory
• SOCY 2111 Research Methods 1
• SOCY 2112 Research Methods 2
• SOCY 2201 Sociology of the Environment
• SOCY 4900 Internship in Applied Sociology
• SOCY 4901 Internship in Applied Sociology
• SOCY 5101 Independent Research
• SOCY 5102 Independent Research
• SOCY 5201W Senior seminar
• SOCY 2600 Gender and Society (five of six semesters)
• SOCY 2601 Race and Ethnicity (five of six semesters)

Offered Once Per Year

• SOCY 2300 Urban Caribbean Diaspora
• SOCY 2400 The Family
• SOCY 2401 Sociology of Children
• SOCY 2502 Blacks in the American Criminal Justice System
• SOCY 2701 Sociology of Science and Technology
• SOCY 3202 Race, Class, and Environmental Justice
• SOCY 3204 Urban Sociology
• SOCY 3205 Globalization and Sustainability
• SOCY 3206 Sociology of Immigration
• SOCY 3207 Sociology of Education
• SOCY 3303 Contemporary Welfare Policy
• SOCY 3304 U.S. Drug Policy at Home and Abroad
• SOCY 3305 Sociology of Housing
• SOCY 3504 Criminology
• SOCY 3505 Soc of Public Health
• SOCY 3605 Social Movements
• SOCY 3607 Working 9-5? The Sociology of Work in the U.S.
• SOCY 3609 Balancing Acts: Work and Family

Offered Occasionally

• SOCY 2200 Urban Life and Culture
• SOCY 2700 Sociology of Religion
• SOCY 3203 Consumer Society and Culture
• SOCY 3446 Trans Theory and Politics
• SOCY 3503 Sociology of Law
• SOCY 3506 Mapping Social Data
• SOCY 3606 Political Sociology
• SOCY 3608 Workers United: Labor and Capital
• SOCY 3802 Visual Sociology
• SOCY 3902 Special Topics