1999-2000 Catalog

Degrees and Programs

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Sociology

College of Liberal Arts
Department of Sociology
(907) 474-7240

Degrees: B.A., B.S.

Minimum Requirements for Degrees: 120 credits

Sociology is the study of groups and their influence on personal behavior and culture. It is concerned with social processes that give rise to and shape human language, experience, perception, meaning and behavior.

Undergraduate Program

Major

Sociology -- B.A. or B.S. Degree

1. Complete the general university requirements.
2. Complete the B.A. or B.S. degree requirements (page 29 or 30).
3. Complete the following departmental core requirements:
   
   1. Complete the following:*
      PSY/SOC 250 -- Introductory Statistics for Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
      PSY/SOC 473W -- Social Science Research Methods (3 credits)
      SOC 101 -- Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)
   2. Complete the following:**
      ANTH 242 -- Native Cultures of Alaska (3 credits)
      PSY 101 -- Introduction to Psychology (3 credits)
      PSY 240 -- Lifespan Developmental Psychology (3 credits)
4. Complete the following sociology core requirements:*
   PSY/SOC 330 -- Social Psychology (3 credits)
   SOC 301 -- Rural Sociology (3 credits)
   SOC 363 -- Social Stratification (3 credits)
   SOC 402 -- Theories of Sociology (3 credits)
5. Complete 12 credits * from the following:***
   RD 325 -- Community Development Strategies (3 credits)
   SOC 102 -- Social Institutions (3 credits)
   SOC 201 -- Social Problems (3 credits)
   SOC 242 -- The Family: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (3 credits)
   SOC 307O -- Demography (3 credits)
   SOC 309 -- Urban Sociology (3 credits)
   SOC 310 -- Sociology of Later Life (3 credits)
   SOC 335 -- Sociology of Deviant Behavior (3 credits)
   SOC 370 -- Drugs and Drug Dependence (3 credits)
   SOC 405 -- Social Change (3 credits)
   SOC 407 -- Formal Organization (3 credits)
   SOC 408 -- American Minority Groups (3 credits)
6. Minimum credits required (120 credits)

* Student must earn a "C" grade or better in each course.

** May be used toward B.A. general degree requirements where applicable.

*** Courses from this group not used toward the major may be applied toward B.A. general degree requirements where applicable.

Minor

1. Complete the following:
   SOC 101 -- Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)
   SOC 102 -- Social Institutions (3 credits)
   SOC electives (12 credits)
2. Minimum credits required (18 credits)