Sociology

Arts and Sciences Degree/A.A.

Career Opportunities: For the student who earns a bachelor’s or master’s degree in sociology, jobs often are in government agencies that employ sociologists dealing with subjects such as poverty, crime, public assistance, population growth, education, social rehabilitation, community development, mental health, racial and ethnic relations, drug abuse, school dropouts, and environmental impact studies. Sociologists in the federal government work primarily for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Education, Commerce (Bureau of the Census), Defense, and the General Accounting Office.

Requirements for Graduation

In order to earn an Associate of Arts Degree in Arts in Sciences with a major in Sociology, a student must complete a minimum of 61 credit-hours of required and elective course work.

Recommended Two-Year Sequence

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

ENGL

101

Composition and Rhetoric

3

Foreign Language 101 or 203*

3

SOCA

101

Introduction to Sociology

3

GEC Electives

 

6

WVUe

191**

First-Year Seminar

(1)

Total

 

 

15

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

ENGL

102

Composition and Rhetoric

3

Foreign Language 102 or 204*

3

MATH

126

College Algebra

3

SOCA

107

Social Problems

3

GEC Elective

 

3

Total

 

 

15

 

SECOND YEAR

First Semester

 

Hrs.

Foreign Language 203 (if needed)*

3

STAT

211

Elementary Statistical Inference

3

SOCA

105

Introduction to Anthropology

3

Laboratory Science (BIOL 101/103 recommended)

4

GEC Elective

 

3

Total

 

 

16

 

Second Semester

 

Hrs.

Foreign Language 204 (if needed)*

3

GEC Electives

 

6

SOCA 200 level elective (SOCA 221 or 233 recommended)

3

Elective

 

 

3

Total

 

 

15

Total Hours: 61

*Students who present more than two or more units of high school credit in a foreign language may satisfy this requirement by taking courses 203 and 204 (see Second Year above) and six hours of elective credit. Students who do not have adequate high school credit must take four semesters of study in one language.

**Required of first-time, first-semester students; not required for graduation.