BA: Sociology 2023-2024 - Advising

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.

Visit the program website: https://sociology.csuci.edu/
Review the Sociology Major Requirements

Two Year Academic Roadmap

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Year 1 — # Units

Fall Junior

Subject	Course Number	Course Title	Units	Requirements Met	GE/GRAD Area	Notes
SOC	300	Social Inequalities	3	Major		Priority to meet prerequisites
SOC	305	Writing in the Social Sciences	3	Major & GWAR		Priority to meet prerequisites, needs to be met with C- or better to meet GWAR requirement
SOC	311	Classical Sociological Theory	3	Major		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 Elective	Student's Choice	Will vary	3	Major		Must take a total of 4 Sociology electives (12 units total).
Language	Student's Choice	Will vary	3	Graduation	Language	Units may vary between 3-4 units depending on language chosen; if language has been met change to Free Elective.

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Semester One Considerations:

This two-year roadmap assumes that all GE's and Lower Division Major Requirements (SOC100 - Introduction to Sociology, SOC201 - Social Problems, SOC202 - Introduction to Research Methods, and SOC201/202 - Statistics) have been completed prior to transfer.
Schedule an appointment with an Academic Advisor in the Academic Advising Center
Attend Major Fair (First Week of October)

Spring Junior

Subject	Course Number	Course Title	Units	Requirements Met	GE/GRAD Area	Notes
SOC	315	Contemporary Sociological Theory	3	Major		Enroll if you took SOC 311 1st semester. If not, take SOC 311 this semester & SOC 315 3rd semester to graduate on time.
SOC	321	Research Methods in Sociology	3	Major		This course must be taken by students’ second semester in order to graduate in 4 semesters.
Major Elective/ UDGE	332* or 334	SOC 332: Race and Ethnicity, or SOC 334: Gender and Sexuality	3	Major & GE	UDGE D	Choose one to double count UDGE-D requirement w/ Sociology electives requirement. *SOC 332 also meets Multicultural Perspectives Requirement
UDGE	Student's Choice	UDGE B - Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning	3	GE	UDGE B
POLS	POLS 150	American Political Institutions	3	Graduation	AIR: CA Local & State Govt	If US Constitution/State & Local Gov't has been met change to Free Elective.

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Semester Two Considerations:

This two-year roadmap assumes that all GE's and Lower Division Major Requirements have been completed.
Meet w/Graduate Studies Center
Meet w/Career Development & Alumni Engagement

Year 2 — # Units

Fall Senior

Subject	Course Number	Course Title	Units	Requirements Met	GE/GRAD Area	Notes
SOC	325	Statistical Applications in Sociology	3	Major
SOC	327	Qualitative Approaches to Social Research	3	Major
SOC	495	Capstone I	3	Major		Must have taken all upper division major requirements except for SOC 450, 496 and major electives. SOC 325 and 327 need to be taken concurrently with SOC 495 if they have not been taken prior.
Major Elective	Student's Choice	Will vary	3	Major		Must take a total of 4 Sociology electives (12 units total).
HIST	Student's Choice	US History	3	Graduation	AIR: US History	Choose one: HIST 270, 271, 272, 275. CHS350. If US HIST has been met change to Free Elective.

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Semester Three Considerations:

Apply for Graduation (Priority deadline – October 1st)
Meet w/Academic Advisor for Grad Check

Spring Senior

Subject	Course Number	Course Title	Units	Requirements Met	GE/GRAD Area	Notes
SOC	496	Capstone II	3	Major
SOC	450	Seminar in Sociology	3	Major
UDGE	Student's Choice	Will vary	3	GE	UDGE C
Major Elective	Student's Choice	Will vary	3	Major		Must take a total of 4 Sociology electives (12 units total).
Multicultural Perspectives	Student's Choice	Will Vary	3	Graduation	Multicultural Perspectives	Multicultural Requirement can double dip in Sociology by taking SOC332 (as previously listed above in Semester Two). If Multicultural Requirement has been met change to Free Elective.

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Semester Four Considerations:

Attend Grad Fest (Beginning of March)