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Curriculum in Sociology
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

 
FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology 3
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
Anthropology   3
Elective   3
*SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
LS 102 Introduction to Information Research 1
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††SOC 212 Social Problems 3
ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors                                         		 3
MathematicsG   3
Fine Arts4   3
Elective   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††SOC 2031 Reading and Writing for Sociology                           3
Speech
Communication6,G		                                   3
English
LiteratureG		   3
Foreign
Language2		   3
Mathematics or
Analytical
ReasoningG		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
Elective   3
Foreign
Language2		   3
††Sociology
Elective		                                                           3
Natural
Science3,G		   3
††Sociology
Elective1		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††SOC 305 Data Analysis and Statistics for the
Social Sciences                                                   		 3
HistoryG                        3
††Sociology
Elective1		   3
Natural
Science3,G		   3
Anthropology or
Geography or
Criminal Justice		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
Anthropology or
Geography or
Criminal Justice		   3
Geography                                               3
Natural
Science3,G		   3
††SOC 310 Methods of Social Research                                   3
Social
Science
Elective5,G		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
Elective   3
††Sociology
Elective1		   3
Social
Science
Elective5,G		   3
††SOC 411 Race and Ethnic Relations 3
††SOC 465 Social Change and Globalization                              3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††SOC 430 The Development of Social Theory                           3
††Sociology
Elective1		   3
Elective   3
Elective   3
††Sociology
300-400
Level
Elective1		   3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

*Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††Indicates courses required in major. A grade of "C" or better is required.
1Any Sociology course not already required in the curriculum.
2Nine hours in one foreign language.
3Nine hours, to include a 6- hour sequence of either biological or physical science, and the opposite for the other 3 hours.
4MUS 151, THEA 131, ART 105, ART 106, DNC 302, HONR 191.
5Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography, Political Science, or Psychology.
6COMM 210, 211, 211H, 213, 215, 270, 272.