Sociology, BA (SOCIOL-BA)

First-Year Seminar: 3 Credit Hours

All students must successfully complete a First-Year Seminar during their first year.  Transfer students who transfer 24 or more credit hours (post high school graduation) are exempt from this requirement and will need to satisfy three additional credit hours in the Additional Core Courses category. 

• LA 1020 - First-Year Seminar: College of Liberal Arts Credit Hour(s): 3

Element A - English Composition: 6 Credit Hours

• First-Year Writing Course (3 credit hours) 

  All students must successfully complete ENG 1100.  Based on Writing Placement level, some students may be required to enroll in a corequisite course (DEV 0100).

• ENG 1100 - Academic Writing and Reading Credit Hour(s): 3

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  Second-Year Writing Course (3 credit hours) 

• ENG 2100 - Research Writing and Argumentation Credit Hour(s): 3

Element B - Mathematics, Statistics, and Logic: 3 Credit Hours

Students will select one Element B course from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements list.  Based on Math Placement Level, students may need additional prerequisite or corequisite coursework in mathematics prior to enrollment in the course chosen. 

Element C - Arts and Humanities: 6 Credit Hours

Students will select two Arts and Humanities courses, with different course prefixes from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements.  One course must fulfill the History requirement. 

• History Requirement (3 credit hours) 

  Choose 1 course from the list below: 

• HST 1100 - Western Civilizations to 1500 Credit Hour(s): 3
• HST 1200 - The West and the World since 1500 Credit Hour(s): 3
• HST 1500 - Introduction to Greek and Roman Culture Credit Hour(s): 3

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  Arts and Humanities Course (3 credit hours) 

  Choose an additional Arts and Humanities course (a different prefix from what is chosen above) from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements.  

Element D - Social Sciences: 6 Credit Hours

Students will select two Social and Behavioral Sciences courses, with different course prefixes from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements. 

Required:

• SOC 2000 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hour(s): 3

• Select an additional Social and Behavioral Sciences courses, with a different course prefix (not SOC) from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements.   

Element E - Natural Sciences: 7 Credit Hours

Students will select two Natural Science courses, from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements.  At least one course must contain a laboratory.

Additional Core Courses: 5 Credit Hours

Students will select up to 5 additional credit hours from Elements A-E from the approved Wright State Core Program Requirements to reach the 36 minimum hours required in the Core. Unless specified by the student’s major, these are selected by the student. When a major has required courses in this area, the specific Core course(s) required will be listed below.   

Additional Core Requirements

Within the 36 credit hours of the Wright State Core students must successfully complete the following: 

• One Global Inquiry (GI) course 

• Two Inclusive Excellence (IE) courses 

• One to two Integrated Writing (IW) courses.  To meet degree requirements all students must complete a minimum of 3 IW courses by choosing either (a) 1 in the Core and 2 in the major or (b) 2 in the Core and 1 in the major.  Students should check their major program requirements for courses that fulfill Integrated Writing. 

Students who do not make choices within the 36 required hours of the Core to fulfill the GI, IE, and IW requirements will take additional Core hours beyond the minimum of 36. 

Major Core Requirements: 9 Credit Hour

• SOC 3500 - Sociological Theory Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3410 - Introduction to Research Methods Credit Hour(s): 3

• (Choose 1 course below) Credits / Units: 3 hours

• SOC 3400 - Sociological Analysis Credit Hour(s): 3
• PLS 3100 - Quantitative Methods in Political Science Credit Hour(s): 3

Inequality Electives: 9 Credit Hours

Students will select 9 credit hours from the following:

• SOC 3600 - Social Inequality Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3610 - Sociology of Gender Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3620 - Race and Ethnicity Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 4600 - Sociology of Sexuality Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 4650 - Global Sexualities and Human Rights Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 4670 - Disability: Power, Politics, Privilege Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 4710 - Victimology Credit Hour(s): 3

Sociology Electives: 15 Credit Hours

Foreign Language: 12-16 Credit Hours

Through 2020 level (1010, 1020, 2010, 2020) of one foreign language: 

American Sign Language (ASL)*, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, or other foreign language. 

*Note: all language classes above are 3 credit hours each, except for the ASL classes which are 4 credit hours each. 

Methods of Inquiry: 6 Credit Hours

• PHL 3000 - Critical Thinking Credit Hour(s): 3

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  Research Methods - One course from the following list:

• PLS 3100 - Quantitative Methods in Political Science Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3410 - Introduction to Research Methods Credit Hour(s): 3
• SOC 3400 - Sociological Analysis Credit Hour(s): 3
• COM 3490 - Survey of Communication Research Credit Hour(s): 3
• WGS 3700 - Research Methods in Liberal Arts Credit Hour(s): 3