This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
OR
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 104-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 101 - INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/School Core: - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: - QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 250 - INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION & HUMAN RIGHTS (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 202 - SOCIAL INEQUALITY (Gen Ed: - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: SOCI 215 - SOCIOLOGY OF RACE RELATIONS (HRS 4)
- School Core: SOSC 235 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 332 - SOCIAL THEORY (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH SS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES & HUMAN SERVICES
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 304 - GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIETY WI (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 307 - SOCIAL RESEARCH WITH COMPUTERS WI (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 245 - CRIMINOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: SOCI 308 - DATA ANALYSIS IN SOCIOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Major: One course from SOCI 248 - CRIME AND MEDIA, SOCI 255 - HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOCI 315 - SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE (WI), SOCI 345 - RACE, CRIME AND JUSTICE, and SOCI 390 - TOPICS: (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 302 - WOMEN AND GLOBAL POVERTY or SOCI 361 - GENDER, WORK, AND FAMILY (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- School Core: One course from Sustainability, Society and Civic Mindedness (Intro course outside of major): EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION, OR ENST 209 - WORLD SUSTAINABILITY, OR LAWS 131 - LAW & SOCIETY OR PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: SOCI 410 - CAPSTONE PROJECT IN SOCIOLOGY** (WI) (HRS 4)
- Major: SOCI 317 - SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITY: FIELDWORK** (HRS 4)
- Major: One course from SOCI 248 - CRIME AND MEDIA, SOCI 255 - HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOCI 315 - SOCIOLOGY OF DEVIANCE (WI), SOCI 345 - RACE, CRIME AND JUSTICE, SOCI 390 - TOPICS: (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits GPA: 2.0
* Only offered in the Fall Semester ** Only offered in the Spring Semester
WI: Writing Intensive courses needed prior to graduation
General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
- - HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (Recommended:SOCI 202 - SOCIAL INEQUALITY)
(+W): Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
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