Undergraduate Bulletin

Spring 2025

Major SBC Courses for the BA in Sociology

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements (See Note 1 & Note 2).

SBC Category

Required Major Courses

Optional Major Courses (See Note 3)

ARTS    
GLO   SOC 248, SOC 344, SOC 348, SOC 365, SOC 388
HUM    
LANG (see Note 4)    
QPS SOC 202  
SBS SOC 105 SOC 200, SOC 204, SOC 243, SOC 247
SNW    
TECH    
USA    
WRT    
STAS   SOC 315, SOC 340, SOC 395
EXP+   SOC 394, SOC 444, SOC 475, SOC 476, SOC 487, SOC 488
HFA+    
SBS+ SOC 361 SOC 248, SOC 302, SOC 303, SOC 304, SOC 309, SOC 310, SOC 323, SOC 330, SOC 336, SOC 337, SOC 338, SOC 339, SOC 344, SOC 348, SOC 352, SOC 356, SOC 361, SOC 362, SOC 364, SOC 365, SOC 371, SOC 374, SOC 378, SOC 380, SOC 381, SOC 384, SOC 386, SOC 388, SOC 390, SOC 391, SOC 392, SOC 394
STEM+    
CER    
DIV (see Note 5)   SOC 247, SOC 302, SOC 310
ESI SOC 201  
SPK   SOC 458
WRTD SOC 361 SOC 459

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program's "Major SBC Courses" page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods (see Communicate in a Human Language Other than English--LANG). 

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

  • Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
  • Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
  • Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later