Degrees and Minors

Bachelor of Science in Sociology

• UF 100 Foundations of Intellectual Life (3 credits)
• UF 200 Foundations of Ethics and Diversity (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 101 Writing and Rhetoric I (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 102 Writing and Rhetoric II (3 credits)
• FC Foundations of Oral Communication (3 credits)
• FM Foundations of Mathematics course (3-4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course with lab (4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course in a second field (3-4 credits)
• FA Foundations of Arts course (3 credits)
• FH Foundations of Humanities course (3-4 credits)
• FS SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)
• FS Foundations of Social Sciences course in a second field (3 credits)
• SOC 301 Sociology Theory I (3 credits)
• SOC 302 Sociology Theory II (3 credits)
• SOC 310 Elementary Social Statistics (3 credits)
• SOC 311 Social Research (3 credits)
• SOC 493 Internship or SOC 496 Independent Study (3 credits)
• FF SOC 498 Senior Seminar (3 credits)
• Upper-division sociology electives (15 credits)
• Upper-division electives to total 40 credits (7 credits)
• Electives to total 120 credits (40-43 credits)
• Total (120 credits)

Bachelor of Science in Ethnic Studies

• UF 100 Foundations of Intellectual Life (3 credits)
• UF 200 Foundations of Ethics and Diversity (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 101 Writing and Rhetoric I (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 102 Writing and Rhetoric II (3 credits)
• FC Foundations of Oral Communication (3 credits)
• FM Foundations of Mathematics course (3-4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course with lab (4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course in a second field (3-4 credits)
• FA Foundations of Arts course (3 credits)
• FH Foundations of Humanities course (3-4 credits)
• FS SOC 230 Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3 credits)
• FS Foundations of Social Sciences course in a second field (3 credits)
• SOC 305 Race and Cultural Minorities (3 credits)
• FF SOC 498 Senior Seminar (3 credits)
• BASQ-STD/SOC 493 Internship Ethnic Organization/Ethnic Issues Organization (3 credits)
• Methods course:
  GENDER 302 Research Methods and Perspectives
  SOC 311 Social Research Methods (3 credits)
• Content Areas (at least one (1) course from each of the
  three (3) following categories, totaling a minimum of 7
  courses): History; Arts, Language, Literature and Culture; Social Science and Global Issues. Contact department for course listings. (17-25 credits)
• Upper-division electives to total 40 credits (3-25 credits)
• Electives to total 120 credits (28-40 credits)
• Total (120 credits)

Bachelor of Science in Social Science

• UF 100 Foundations of Intellectual Life (3 credits)
• UF 200 Foundations of Ethics and Diversity (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 101 Writing and Rhetoric I (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 102 Writing and Rhetoric II (3 credits)
• FC Foundations of Oral Communication (3 credits)
• FM Foundations of Mathematics course (3-4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course with lab (4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course in a second field (3-4 credits)
• FA Foundations of Arts course (3 credits)
• FH Foundations of Humanities course (3-4 credits)
• FS SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)
• FS Foundations of Social Sciences course in a second field (3 credits)
• SOC 201 Theories of Society (3 credits)
• SOC 493 Internship or SOC 496 Independent Study (3 credits)
• FF SOC 498 Senior Seminar (3 credits)
• Methods course: (3 credits)

GENDER 302 Research Methods and Perspectives
POLS 398 Advanced Political Science Methods
PSYC 321 Research Methods
SOC 311 Social Research
SOC 412 Qualitative Social Research Methods

• Statistics course: (3 credits)
  POLS 298 Introduction to Political Inquiry
  PSYC 295 Statistical Methods
  SOC 310 Elementary Social Statistics
• Upper-division first social science field* (9 credits)
• Upper-division second social science field*
  *Select from the following for first and second fields of
  study: anthropology, communication, criminal justice,
  economics, environmental studies, gender studies, global
  studies, history, political science, psychology, sociology
  and urban studies. Only three (3) credit hours in each field
  may be workshops, special topics, independent study
  courses, or internships. (9 credits)
• Upper-division electives to total 40 credits (10-13 credits)
• Electives to total 120 credits (34-40 credits)
• Total (120 credits)

Minor in Sociology

• SOC 101 Intro to Sociology (3 credits)
• SOC 301 Sociological Theory I (3 credits)
• SOC 311 Social Research (3 credits)
• Upper-division Sociology courses (9 credits)
• Sociology course (3 credits)
• Total (21 credits)

• Minor in Ethnic Studies
• HIST 349 History of Multicultural America (3 credits)
• SOC 230 Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3 credits)
• SOC 305 Race and Cultural Minorities (3 credits)
• Ethnic Studies electives chosen from at least two (2) of
  the three (3) content areas (12-14 credits)
  • • History
      ANTH 307, ANTH 312, ANTH 320, ARTHIST 359, BASQSTD 377, BASQ-STD 378, HIST 262, HIST 341, HIST 349
    • Literature and Culture
      BASQ-STD 335, BASQ-STD 353, COMM 351, ED-LLC 200,
      ED-LLC 305, ENGL 213, ENGL 216, ENGL 395, FORLNG
      310, FORLNG 320, FORLNG 321, FORLNG 360, GENDER
      200, GENDER 303, GENDER 480, SPANISH 202, SPANISH
      203, SPANISH 300, SPANISH 301, SPANISH 304, SPANISH
      377, SPANISH 385, SPANISH 403, SPANISH 404, SPANISH
      425, SPANISH 430, SPANISH 490, Modern Language: two
      (2) courses in a foreign language sequence
    • Social and Political Issues
      BASQ-STD 323, BASQ-STD 379, BASQ-STD 380, ED-LLC
      306, GENDER 301/SOC 471, GENDER 371/SOC 371,
      GENDER 380, POLS 423, SOC 306, SOC 307, SOC 332, SOC 333, SOC 421, SPANISH 475, SPANISH 476
    • Total (21-23 credits)

Minor in Labor Studies

• SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)
• SOC 361 Sociology of Work (3 credits)
• SOC 421 Social Inequality (3 credits)
• Courses chosen from:  (15 credits)
  COMM 361 Organizational Communication
  COMM 435 Collaboration and Facilitation
  DISPUT/COMM/SOC 390 Conflict Management
  ECON 315/GLOBAL 303 Global Economic Development
  ECON 325 Heterodox Political Economy
  ECON 327 Labor Economics
  GENDER 200 Introduction to Gender Studies
  GLOBAL 301 History of Globalization
  HIST 325 History of Socialism
  HIST 349 History of Multicultural America
  HIST 387 History of the Police in Europe and America
  HRM 330 Human Resource Law
  HRM 340 Employee and Labor Relations
  MEDIA 201 Introduction to Media
  NONPROF 340 Volunteer Management and the
  Nonprofit
  NONPROF 440 Funding for Nonprofits
  POLS 401 Political Parties and Interest Groups
  PR 201 Intro to Public Relations
  SOC 305 Racial and Cultural Minorities
  SOC 320 Radical Sociology
  SOC 380 Political Sociology
  SOC 403 Social Change
  SOC 425 Urban Sociology
  SOC 426 Rural Sociology
  URBAN 390 Urban Inequality
  493 Internship
• Total (24 credits)

Minor in Mexican-American Studies

• HIST 131 Latin American Civilizations (3 credits)
• SOC 230 Introduction to Ethnic Studies (3 credits)
• SOC 332 Introduction to Mexican-American Studies (3 credits)
• SOC 333 Contemporary Issues of Chicanas/Chicanos (3 credits)
• SOC 493 Internship (emphasis on Latino placements) (3 credits)
• Courses chosen from: (7-11 credits)
  • HIST 131 Latin American Civilizations
  • HIST 365 Borders and Borderlands in Latin America
  • HIST 366 The Caribbean in the American Century
  • HIST 367 Modern Latin America
  • ARTHIST 359 Pre-Columbian Art
  • ED-LLC 202 Mexican-American Tradition and Culture
  • ED-LLC 305 Spanish for the Bilingual Classroom
  • ED-LLC 306 Field Experience in the Bilingual or ENL
  •  Classroom
  • FORLNG 360 Topics in Hispanic Literature
  • HIST 262 Witnessing Latin America
  • POLS 423 Latin American Politics
  • SPANISH 202 Intermediate Spanish II
  • SPANISH 203 Intermediate Spanish for the Native or
  • Near-Native Speaker
  • SPANISH 300 Spanish For Bilinguals
  • SPANISH 301 Conversational Spanish
  • SPANISH 304 Introduction to Hispanic Literature
  • SPANISH 377 Latin American Culture and Civilization
  • SPANISH 385 Mexican American Culture and Civilization
  • SPANISH 403 Survey of Latin American Literature I
  • SPANISH 404 Survey of Latin American Literature II
  • SPANISH 425 Mexican American Literature
  • SPANISH 430 Topics in Latin American Literature
  • SPANISH 490 Topics in Hispanic Cinema
• Total (22-26 credits)

Sociology, Social Science, Secondary Education Bachelor of Arts

• UF 100 Foundations of Intellectual Life (3 credits)
• UF 200 Foundations of Ethics and Diversity (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 101 Writing and Rhetoric I (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 102 Writing and Rhetoric II (3 credits)
• FC Foundations of Oral Communication (3 credits)
• FM Foundations of Mathematics course (3-4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences
  course with lab (4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences
  course in a second field (3-4 credits)
• FA Foundations of Arts course (3 credits)
• FH Foundations of Humanities course (3-4 credits)
• FS HIST 121 Asian Civilizations (3 credits)
• FS POLS 101 American National Government (3 credits)
• EDTECH 202 Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age (3 credits)
• ED-CIFS 201 Foundations of Education (3 credits)
• ED-CIFS 301* Teaching Experience I (2 credits)
• ED-CIFS 302* Learning and Instruction (4 credits)
• ED-CIFS 401* Professional Year — Teaching Experience II (3 credits)
• ED-CIFS 405* Teaching Secondary Social Studies (3 credits)
• ED-LLC 444* Content Literacy for Secondary Students (3 credits)
• ED-ESP 350* Teaching Students with Exceptional Needs
  at the Secondary Level (3 credits)
• Teaching Experience III/IV* (14 credits)

*You must apply for admission to secondary teacher
education to enroll in these upper-division education courses.
Completion of all requirements for graduation with a
secondary education option may require more than 120
credit hours. See Department of Curriculum, Instruction,
and Foundational Studies for more information.

• SOC 301 Sociological Theory I (3 credits)
• SOC 302 Sociological Theory II (3 credits)
• SOC 310 Elementary Social Statistics (3 credits)
• SOC 311 Social Research (3 credits)
• FF SOC 498 Senior Seminar (3 credits)
• Upper-division sociology courses (15 credits)
• Upper-division social science field other than sociology (21 credits)
• Total (126-129 credits)

Associate of Arts in Social Science

• UF 100 Foundations of Intellectual Life (3 credits)
• UF 200 Foundations of Ethics and Diversity (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 101 Writing and Rhetoric I (3 credits)
• FW ENGL 102 Writing and Rhetoric II (3 credits)
• FC Foundations of Oral Communication (3 credits)
• FM Foundations of Mathematics course (3-4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences
  course with lab (4 credits)
• FN Foundations of Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences
  course in a second field (3-4 credits)
• FA Foundations of Arts course (3 credits)
• FH Foundations of Humanities course (3-4 credits)
• FS Foundations of Social Sciences course (3 credits)
• FS Foundations of Social Sciences course in a second field (3 credits)
• Social science lower-division courses selected from the
  following fields of study: anthropology, communication,
  criminal justice, economics, history, political science,
  psychology, social work, sociology
  (These courses are in addition to those listed under FS
  courses and should include a third field.) (12 credits)
• Electives to total 64 credits (12-15 credits)
• Total (64 credits)

Program Requirements

• Complete all of the following
  • Take at least 1 of the following:
    • SOC230/ETHNIC230 – Introduction to Ethnic Studies (FS) (3)
    • SOC105 – Racism and Antiracism (FS) (3)
    • SOC102 – Social Problems (FS) (3)
  • Take at least 1 of the following:
    • SOC305 – Racial and Cultural Minorities (3)
    • SOC306/ETHNIC306 – Sociology of African Americans (3)
    • SOC307/ETHNIC307 – The Asian American Social Experience (3)
    • SOC332/ETHNIC332 – Introduction to Mexican-American Studies (3)
    • SOC333/ETHNIC333 – Contemporary Chicanx Issues (3)
    • GENDER301 – Feminist Theory (3) Part of Gender Studies Minor
    • GENDER371 – Social Psychology of Gender (3) Part of Gender Studies Minor
  • Take at least 1 of the following:
    • SOC450 – Race and Intersectionality (3)
    • SOC471 – Feminist Theory (3)
    • SOC421 – Social Inequality (3)
  • Take between 1 and 3 credits from the following:
    • SOC479 – Undergraduate Research Experience (0 – 3)
    • SOC493 – Internship (1 – 12)
    • SOC496 – Independent Study (1 – 4)
  • Some courses may have prerequisites beyond what is listed to earn the certificate.
  • Only one of the following can be used toward the certificate: GENDER301 or SOC471