Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Bachelor of Arts--Sociology/General Sociology Track (@)

Liberal Studies: As outlined in Liberal Studies section         53-55
with the following specifications:
Mathematics: MATH 217 recommended
Social Science: SOC 151 
Liberal Studies electives:  no courses with SOC prefix

College:						        0-6
Foreign Language Intermediate Level (1)

Major:						                30
Required courses:
SOC 151    Principles of Sociology                      *sh (2)
SOC 320    Sociological Theory                          3sh
SOC 380    Social Research Methods                      3sh

One of the following courses:
SOC 361    Social Stratification                        3sh
SOC 362    Racial and Ethnic Minorities	                3sh
SOC 363    Sociology of Sex and Gender	                3sh

At least one different course from four 
of the following substantive areas:		       12sh

Social Inequality and Social Change
SOC 303    Social and Cultural Change	                3sh
SOC 337    World Societies and World Systems	        3sh
SOC 361    Social Stratification                        3sh
SOC 362    Racial and Ethnic Minorities	                3sh
SOC 363    Sociology of Sex and Gender	                3sh
SOC 448    Social Policy	                        3sh
SOC 458    Political Sociology		                3sh

Deviance and Social Problems
SOC 231    Contemporary Social Problems	                3sh
SOC 333    Deliquency and Youth	                        3sh
SOC 335    Alcohol and Drug Abuse                       3sh
SOC 427    Spouse Abuse		                        3sh
SOC 428    Child Abuse		                        3sh
SOC 452    Disability and Society			3sh

Individual and Society
SOC 251    Sociology of Human Sexuality	                3sh
SOC 345    Interpersonal Dynamics                       3sh
SOC 357    Sociology of Aging		                3sh

Social Organization and Institutions
SOC 286    Marriage, Kinship, and the Family	        3sh
SOC 336    Sociology of the Family                      3sh
SOC 339    The Community (inactive)	                3sh
SOC 340    Sociology of Industry                        3sh
SOC 341    Sociology of Education                       3sh
SOC 342    Social and Cultural Aspects of 
           Health and Medicine	                        3sh
SOC 348    Sociology of Work		                3sh
SOC 352    Sociology of Religion                        3sh
SOC 421    Sociology of Mass Media                      3sh
SOC 458    Political Sociology		                3sh

Comparative Sociology
SOC 233    Language and Culture	                        3sh
SOC 271    Cultural Area Studies: Africa                3sh
SOC 272    Cultural Area Studies: China	                3sh
SOC 273    Cultural Area Studies: Southeast Asia        3sh
SOC 286    Marriage, Kinship, and the Family	        3sh
SOC 303    Social and Cultural Change	                3sh
SOC 314    Native Americans		                3sh
SOC 337    World Societies and World Systems	        3sh
SOC 342    Social and Cultural Aspects of 
           Health and Medicine	                        3sh

Free Sociology Electives: (3)			        9sh

Other Requirements:				                0

Free Electives:					                33-41

Total Degree Requirements: 124
(@) Program revisions pending IUP Council of Trustees approval.
(1) Intermediate-level Foreign Language may be included in Liberal Studies electives.
(2) Semester hours counted in Liberal Studies, not in the major.
(3) Internships in Sociology (SOC 493) will not count as part of the required Free Sociology electives and must count as credits beyond the 30sh required for the major (out of Free Electives). The student must write a one-page justification explaining the selection of his/her 9sh of Free Sociology electives as it relates to the internship experience.
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