Sociology, B.A.

Department of Sociology and Anthropology
615-898-2690
Meredith Dye, program coordinator
Meredith.Dye@mtsu.edu

The major consists of 34 hours of sociology, at least 25 of which must be from upper- division courses. Required courses include SOC 1010 , SOC 3040 , SOC 3050 , SOC 3060 , and SOC 4980 . Students must receive at least a C in each required course. Additionally, students must complete 3 hours emphasizing institutions and the sociological imagination and 3 hours of critical perspectives in sociology (see below). Ideally students should take SOC 3040 , SOC 3050 , and SOC 3060 early in the academic program, but no later than the junior year and prior to enrolling in SOC 4980 which should be completed during the senior year. In consultation with the student’s advisor, the remaining 12 hours of electives may be organized into an emphasis. Possible emphases include, but are not limited to, social inequalities, deviance and social control, work and family, and health and aging. Students are also required to complete one minor plus 12 hours of language for the B.A. degree.

In order to graduate, all students must complete, with the approval of their advisors, the General Education requirements .

Critical Perspectives in Sociology

The following courses meet the critical perspectives in sociology requirement:

SOC 3400 - Gender and Society 3 credit hours
SOC 4011 - Social Inequality 3 credit hours
SOC 4020 - Sociology of Aging 3 credit hours
SOC 4150 - Topics in Sociology 3 credit hours (Race, Class, and Gender ONLY)
SOC 4240 - Race and Ethnic Relations 3 credit hours

Institutions and Sociological Imagination Requirement

The following courses meet the institutions and the sociological imagination requirement:

SOC 4050 - Sociology of Families 3 credit hours
SOC 4100 - Sociology of Work 3 credit hours
SOC 4360 - Medical Sociology 3 credit hours
SOC 4511 - Social Movements and Social Change 3 credit hours
SOC 4520 - Population and Society 3 credit hours
SOC 4560 - Organizational Structures and Processes 3 credit hours
SOC 4660 - Urban and Community Studies 3 credit hours

Recommended Curriculum: Sociology

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
SOC 1010 - Introductory Sociology 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci) *
Mathematics (MATH 1530 recommended) 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
SOC elective (lower division) 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 29 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours
SOC 3040 - Research Methods 3 credit hours *
SOC 3050 - Data Analysis 4 credit hours *
Foreign language 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
SOC “critical perspectives” elective 3 credit hours *
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

SOC 3060 - Sociological Theory 3 credit hours *
Foreign language 6 credit hours
Minor courses 9 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
SOC elective 3 credit hours
SOC upper-division elective 3 credit hours
SOC ”institutions and sociological imagination” elective 3 credit hours *