The Sociology Program at CSUCI is committed to offering our students a rigorous and developmental major that challenges them while cultivating the sequence of skills and understandings essential to success in the major. Our course of studies emphasizes systematic empirical inquiry which seeks explanations of social phenomena based on the collection and analysis of appropriate evidence and the application of sound reasoning. Our coursework emphasizes critical thinking and the cultivation of the Sociological Imagination. Our goal is to provide an education that is valuable to students who continue on to graduate studies as well to those who complete their formal education with a bachelor’s degree.
Fall Junior
| Course Area | Course Number | Course Title | Units | Notes | Requirements Met | GE Categories |
|---|
| Sociology | SOC 300 | Social Inequalities | 3 | Priority to meet prerequisites | Major | |
| Sociology | SOC 305 | Writing in the Social Sciences | 3 | Priority to meet prerequisites | Major & GWAR | |
| Language or Free Elective | Student Choice | See catalog for course titles & descriptions. | 3 | Take a language course if requirement has not been met; otherwise, take a free elective (if needed) | Language Requirement | |
| Sociology | SOC 311* | Classical Sociological Theory or Student Choice | 3 | *Take if you meet prerequisites and/or are also taking SOC 300 or SOC 305 concurrently. Must be taken by 2nd semester to graduate on time. | Major | |
| Political Science or Free Elective | POLS 150 or Student Choice | See catalog for course titles & descriptions. | 3 | If needed, take a free elective if the American Institutions requirement has been met. | American Institutions Requirement | |
Milestones
- Lower division core courses that should be completed prior to transfer or during first semester: SOC 100 Introduction to Sociology, SOC 201 Social Problems, SOC 202 Introduction to Research Methods, MATH 201 or 202 Elementary Statistics (201) Biostatistics (202)
Spring Junior
| Course Area | Course Number | Course Title | Units | Notes | Requirements Met | GE Categories |
|---|
| Sociology | SOC 321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 3 | This course must be taken by students’ second semester in order to graduate in 4 semesters. | Major | |
| Sociology | SOC 315 | Cont Sociological Theory* | 3 | *Enroll if you took SOC 311 1st semester. If not, take SOC 311 this semester & SOC 315 3rd semester to graduate on time. | Major | |
| Sociology Elective | Upper Division | Student Choice | 3 | Students must take a total of 4 Sociology electives. | Major Elective | |
| Sociology Elective & UDGE-D | SOC 332* or SOC 334 | Student Choice | 3 | Choose one to double count UDGE-D requirement w/ Sociology electives requirement.
*If you are missing multicultural perspectives, take SOC 332 | Major, GE, & *SOC 332 multicultural perspectives graduation requirement | UDGE-D |
| Upper Division GE (UDGE-B) | Upper Division | Student Choice | 3 | See catalog for course titles & descriptions. | GE | UDGE-B |
Milestones
- Note: If you are missing the multicultural perspectives requirement, take SOC 332, which triple counts for a Sociology major elective, UDGE-D and multicultural perspectives requirement.
Fall Senior
| Course Area | Course Number | Course Title | Units | Notes | Requirements Met | GE Categories |
|---|
| Sociology | SOC 325 | Statistical Applications in Sociology | 3 | | Major | |
| Sociology | SOC 327 | Qualitative Approaches to Social Research | 3 | | Major | |
| Sociology | Upper Division | Student Choice | 3 | See catalog for course titles & descriptions. Must take a total of 4 Sociology electives. | Major & Elective | |
| US History or Free Elective | Student Choice | See catalog for course titles & descriptions. | 3 | If needed, take a free elective, if U.S. History requirement has been met | American Institutions Requirement | |
| Sociology | SOC 495 | Capstone I | 3 | Must have taken all upper division major requirements except for SOC 450, 496 and major electives (SOC 325 and/or 327 may be taken concurrently) | Major | |
Spring Senior
| Course Area | Course Number | Course Title | Units | Notes | Requirements Met | GE Categories |
|---|
| Sociology | SOC 496 | Capstone II | 3 | | Major | |
| Sociology | SOC 450 | Seminar in Sociology | 3 | | Major | |
| Upper Division GE (UDGE-C) | Upper Division | Student Choice | 3 | See catalog for course titles & descriptions. | GE | UDGE-C |
| Sociology Elective | Upper Division | Student Choice | 3 | Students must take a total of 4 Sociology electives. | Major and Elective | |
| Sociology Elective | Upper Division | Student Choice | 3 | Students must take a total of 4 Sociology electives. | Major and Elective | |
