{"id":3552,"date":"2016-08-18T10:09:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T10:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/?page_id=3552"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:13:03","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/b-a-sociology\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"B.A. in Sociology Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bachelor of Arts in Sociology<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"sociology-ba\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-sociology-ba\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-5323\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5323\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/b-a-sociology\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5332\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5332\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/b-a-sociology\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5338\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5338\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/b-a-sociology\/experiential-learning\/\">Experiential Learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-5362\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-5362\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/b-a-sociology\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the Bachelor of Arts curriculum are required to complete a minimum of 30 credits in sociology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Required Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Majors must take the following five courses (15 credits):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SOC 290&nbsp;<\/strong>Bridge to the Sociology Major: This course reinforces academic skills and approaches needed in upper-level courses and introduces major and career options (<strong>note: students who started prior to Fall 2024 are required to take SOC 100 instead of SOC 290<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 395<\/strong>&nbsp;History of Sociological Thought: This course provides students with some sense of the relationship between sociological discourse and other intellectual developments in both non-Western and Western societies (formerly SOC 401)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 301<\/strong>&nbsp;Sociological Research Methods: This course is a sustained examination of sociological research techniques with an emphasis on critical reasoning and the evaluation of sociological research (formerly SOC 440)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 360<\/strong>&nbsp;Quantitative Methods in Sociology: This course builds on the material learned in SOC 301 and further develops statistics and data analysis skills. (formerly SOC 460)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 495<\/strong>&nbsp;Capstone in Sociology: As a capstone course, the senior seminar focuses on a single topic to give students an in-depth appreciation of how sociologists examine the world and how sociological analysis can shed light on contemporary problems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/advising\/advising-by-major\/\" title=\"\">curriculum sheets<\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/b-a-sociology\/course-descriptions-soc\/\" title=\"\">course descriptions<\/a>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/b-a-sociology\/learning-outcomes-in-sociology\/\" title=\"\">learning outcomes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sociology Electives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A minimum of five additional courses must be taken from the sociology offerings (15 credits, with at least 6 credits at the 100\/200 level and 6 credits at the 300\/400 level):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SOC 100<\/strong> Introduction to the Sociological Perspective<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 20px\">SOC 200<\/strong>&nbsp;Topics in Sociology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 204<\/strong> Social Psychology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 212<\/strong> Sociology of the Family<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 224<\/strong> Health, Illness, and Medical Care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/CCJ 230<\/strong> Crime and Delinquency<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/AAF 240<\/strong> Race and Ethnic Relations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 242<\/strong> Sex and Gender<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 303<\/strong> Immersion in Juvenile Social and Legal Justice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/APG\/GWS 308<\/strong> Sustainable Agriculture and Food Cultures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 333 <\/strong>Social Movements and Change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/AAF 336<\/strong> Social Inequality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/MAF 340<\/strong> Environmental Sociology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 350<\/strong> Work and Family Life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/APG 377<\/strong> Undergraduate Teaching Experience in Anthro\/Soc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 400<\/strong> Advanced Topics in Sociology (formerly SOC 300)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 413<\/strong> Gender Inequality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/APG 415<\/strong> Migration in the Americas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 420<\/strong> Family Violence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/AAF 428<\/strong> Institutional Racism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/PSY 430<\/strong> Intimate Relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 431<\/strong> Families and Aging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/LRS 432<\/strong> Work, Employment, and Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/HDF 437<\/strong> Law and Families in the United States<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 438<\/strong> Aging In Society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 452<\/strong> Class and Power<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC\/APG\/GWS 475G&nbsp;<\/strong>Global Perspectives on Reproduction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 477<\/strong> Field Experience in Sociology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SOC 498\/499<\/strong> Independent Study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bachelor of Arts in Sociology Curriculum Students in the Bachelor of Arts curriculum are required to complete a minimum of 30 credits in sociology. Required Courses Majors must take the following five courses (15 credits): Sociology Electives A minimum of five additional courses must be taken from the sociology offerings (15 credits, with at least [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":958,"featured_media":0,"parent":2449,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3552"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6924,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3552\/revisions\/6924"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}