Oct 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Sociology, Social Justice Concentration, B.S.


Sociology and Anthropology 
615-904-8349
Angela Mertig, program coordinator
Angela.Mertig@mtsu.edu
 

Ashleigh McKinzie, faculty advisor
Ashleigh.McKinzie@mtsu.edu
 

Students may pursue a B.S. in Sociology with a general focus or one of three concentrations: Criminology, Social Justice, or Work and Family Studies.

Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. It is an expanding field that addresses challenging issues such as family dynamics, inequality, patterns of behavior, and forces for social change and resistance. Sociologists’ research can be applied to virtually any aspect of social life, from crime to corporate downsizing to social movements to race relations.

Students must receive at least a C in each required course. Ideally students should take SOC 2980 , SOC 3040 , SOC 3050 , and SOC 3060  early in the academic program, but no later than the junior year and prior to enrolling in the senior seminar (SOC 4980 ) which should be completed during the senior year.

Students must complete 21 credit hours of courses related to social justice including three required courses (SOC 2010 , SOC 3511 , and SOC 4511 ) and the remaining hours as guided electives.

A single minor is required for the Social Justice concentration.

Academic Map


Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Sociology, Social Justice Concentration, B.S., Academic Map   

Degree Requirements


True Blue Core (TBC) 41 hours
Major Requirements 47 hours*
     Major Core    23 hours
     Social Justice Concentration    24 hours
Minor 15-18 hours
Electives 14-20 hours
TOTAL 120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)


True Blue Core (TBC)  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following course required by the program meets True Blue Core requirements:

Major Requirements (47 hours)


Sociology Core (23 hours)


Major Guided Electives

Select 6 credit hours from the following:

Social Justice Concentration (24 hours)


Concentration Guided Electives

Select 15 credit hours from the following:

Minor (15-18 hours)


Electives (14-20 hours)


Curriculum: Sociology, Social Justic, B.S.


Freshman Fall


  • 3 credit hours (HSSR)
  • Written Communication 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours

Subtotal: 13 Hours


Freshman Spring


  • 3 credit hours (HSSR)
  • Information Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
  • Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
  • Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Fall


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Sophomore Spring


Subtotal: 16 Hours


Junior Fall


Subtotal: 15 Hours


Junior Spring


  • Elective 3 credit hours
  • Social Justice concentration electives 6 credit hours
  • Minor course 3 credit hours
  • Minor course or elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Fall


  • Social Justice concentration courses 6 credit hours
  • Minor courses 6 credit hours
  • Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 15 Hours


Senior Spring


Subtotal: 14 Hours