Minor & Major Requirements

Sociology Major

Bachelor of Arts (BA). Students wishing to obtain a BA degree in Sociology are required to take fourteen courses in the Department, including six required Sociology courses, four Sociology electives at the 200-level, two Sociology electives at the 300/400-level, one Sociology elective at the 500-level, and an experiential education course or internship. BA in Sociology students must also fulfill the university's core curriculum requirements, including a foreign language.

Bachelor of Sciences (BS). Students wishing to obtain a BS degree in Sociology are required to take seventeen courses in the Department, including six required Sociology courses, four Sociology electives at the 200-level, four Sociology electives at the 300/400-level, two Sociology electives at the 500-level, and an experiential education course or internship. BS in Sociology students must also fulfill the university's core curriculum requirement.

Required Sociology Courses
SOCL 1101 Introduction to Sociology
ANTH 1101 Peoples and Cultures
SOCL 2300 Social Theory
SOCL 2320 Statistical Analysis
SOCL 2321 Research Methods
SOCL 4600 Senior Seminar in Sociology
2000 Level Sociology Electives (4 of the following for BA and BS)
SOCL 1200 Sociology of Alcoholism
SOCL 1205 Law and Social Justice
SOCL 1210 Class, Power, and Social Change
SOCL 1220 Sociology of Boston
SOCL 1221 Doing Sociology
SOCL 1225 Aging in Society
SOCL 1228 Social Problems
SOCL 1235 Social Psychology
SOCL 1240 Sociology of Prejudice and Violence
SOCL 1241 Sociology of Violence
SOCL 1245 Sociology of Poverty
SOCL 1246 Environment and Society
SOCL 1247 Urban Social Problems
SOCL 1255 Sociology of the Family
SOCL 1256 Violence in the Family
SOCL 1259 Women in Jewish Culture
SOCL 1260 Gender in a Changing Society
SOCL 1268 Social Movements of the 1960s
SOCL 1270 Race and Ethnic Relations
SOCL 1272 Social Roles in the Business World
SOCL 1273 Women Working
SOCL 1275 Social Stratification
SOCL 1276 Sociology of Occupations and Professions
SOCL 1280 Sociology of Work
SOCL 1285 Deviant Behavior and Social Control
SOCL 1287 Sociology of Religion
SOCL 1290 Juvenile Delinquency
SOCL 1295 Drugs and Society
3000 and 4000 Level Sociology Electives (2 of the following for BA, 4 of the following for BS)
SOCL 2323 Ethnographic Methods
SOCL 2324 Human Services Research and Evaluation
SOCL 3401 Social Policy and Social Intervention
SOCL 3402 Feminist Perspectives in Society
SOCL 3403 American Society
SOCL 3406 Class, Crime, and the Legal System
SOCL 3415 Society and Culture in Russia
SOCL 3418 Greater Boston Urban Planning Seminar
SOCL 3437 Children and Youth in Contemporary Society
SOCL 3440 Sociology of Human Service Organizations
SOCL 3442 Sociolinguistics
SOCL 3460 Sociology of Latina/o Society
SOCL 3470 Social Conflict and Community Service
SOCL 3480 Comparative Political Economy
SOCL 3485 Environment, Technology, and Society
SOCL 3487 Applied Sociology: Practice and Theory
5000 Level Sociology Electives (1 of the following for BA, 2 of the following for BS)
SOCL 4515 Public Policy Seminar
SOCL 4516 Seminar in Urban Sociology
SOCL 4517 Social Dimensions and Political Debates on Globalization
SOCL 4518 Law and Social Issues
SOCL 4519 Seminar in Social Psychology
SOCL 4520 Race, Class, and Gender
SOCL 4525 American Demographics
SOCL 4528 Computers in Society
SOCL 4530 Seminar on the Family
SOCL 4535 European Union Social and Political

Sociology Minor

Students wishing to obtain a minor in Sociology are required to take the following five courses:

SOCL 1101 Introduction to Sociology
SOCL 2300 or SOCL 2321 Social Theory or Research Methods
SOCL 12XX 1200-Level Sociology Elective
SOCL 12XX 1200-Level Sociology Elective
SOCL 34XX or SOCL 45XXX 4000-Level Sociology Elective or 5000-Level Sociology Elective