Santa Clara University

Sociology Major

To major in Sociology, a student must complete the following courses: 

Foundation: (2 lower division courses) REQUIRED

Sociology 1         Principles of Sociology

Anthropology 3    Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

Lower division elective (recommended but not required):

Sociology 33       Social Problems in the United States

 

Inquiry Sequence:  (3 Methods courses) REQUIRED

Sociology 119      Sociological Theory (winter quarter of junior year)

Sociology 120      Quantitative Methods/Applied Stats. (winter qtr. of junior year)

Sociology 118      Qualitative Methods (spring quarter of junior year)

 

Capstone Courses:  (2 courses after completion of Soc 118, 119, 120) Basic/Pure Research capstone and the second an Applied capstone.  REQUIRED

 

Sociology 121     Basic/Pure Research Capstone #1
(fall qtr. of senior year)

Sociology 170     Applied Sociology #2
(in senior year if possible)

 

FOUR Upper Division Sociology Electives: 
TWO each from TWO OF THE FOUR CLUSTERS

Criminology/Criminal Justice Cluster

Sociology 158       Deviant Behavior

Sociology 159       Sociology of Crime

Sociology 160       Law in a Changing Society

Sociology 161       Criminal Justice System

 

Immigrant Communities Cluster

Sociology 137       Social Chang
Sociology 138       Demography

Sociology 150       Ethnic Enterprises

Sociology 190       Seminar in Immigrant Communities

 

Inequalities Cluster

Sociology 132       Social Stratification

Sociology 134       Globalization and Inequality

Sociology 135       Gender and Social Change in Latin America

Sociology 140       Urban Society and Social Conflict

Sociology 153       Race, Class, and Gender in the United States

Sociology 165       Human Services

Sociology 175       Race and Inequality

 

Organizations/Institutions Cluster

Sociology 127       Group Dynamics

Sociology 148       Diversity Issues in Contemp. American Org.

Sociology 149       Business, Technology, and Society

Sociology 152       Women and Men in the Workplace

Sociology 157       Sociology of Family

Sociology 163       Sociology of Work and Occupations

Sociology 164       Collective Behavior

Sociology 172       Management of Health Care Organizations

 

Other Recommended (but not required) Outward Bound Courses
           (after 118, 119, 120 and 121)

Sociology 125       Honors Thesis

Sociology 198       Internship (Preferably in the Senior year)

Sociology 199       Directed Reading/Directed Research