Sociology and Criminal Justice Standard Major: Sociology Emphasis

Program Requirements

All standard majors require a minor in a second discipline or a second major.

A minimum of 39 credits is required including:

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
SOC 110	The Sociological Imagination (GT-SS3)	3
SOC 225	Self and Society	3
SOC 302	Origins of Sociological Theory	3
SOC 310	Interviewing and Field Methods	3
SOC 380	Social Class, Status, and Power	3
SOC 498	Capstone	3
One of the following:		3
PSY 200	Statistics and Data Analysis
SOC 211	Questionnaires and Survey Methods
Select six of the following (minimum 18 credits):		18
GEOG 340	Intro Geographic Info Systems
PSY 368	Psychopathology
SOC 120	Communities & Social Change
SOC 150	Environmental Sociology
SOC 259	Introduction to Criminal Justice
SOC 285	Criminology
SOC 303	Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC 320	Sociology of Families
SOC 322	Sociology of Health, Illness, and Medicine
SOC 340	Social Movements
SOC 349	Law Enforcement
SOC 350	Deviance
SOC 351	Juvenile Delinquency
SOC 355	Drugs and Society
SOC 367	Probation, Parole, and Incarceration
SOC 381	Ethnicity, Race, and Racism
SOC 382	Gender, Sexuality, and Power
SOC 397	Special Topics
SOC 399	Internship in Sociology
SOC 492	Independent Study
Total Credits		39

Capstone Course Requirement

The following courses in the Sociology Major fulfill the capstone course requirement: SOC 498 Capstone .

Western Watershed General Education Requirements

Students must complete all Western Watershed General Education requirements to graduate.

Graduation Requirements

Undergraduate programs require a minimum of 120 semester credits for graduation. Of those 120 credits, 40 credits must be in upper-division courses (those marked 300 and above). Fifteen of these 40 upper-division credits must be earned in courses that are part of the standard or comprehensive major program being pursued.

Students are expected to review all graduation requirements, which can be found in the Western Undergraduate Catalog: Graduation Requirements.

Sample Plan

Degree Plans are for planning purposes. They reflect a suggested plan to complete the degree in a projected timeframe per program of study.

“Western Watershed Course(s)” refers to a course from the Tributaries area of the Western Watershed program. These courses should be chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.

Plan of Study Grid
Year One
Fall		Credits
SOC 110	The Sociological Imagination (GT-SS3)	3
ENG 102	Writing and Rhetoric I (GT-CO1) (Western Watershed Fundamental Skills - Writing I)	3
Western Watershed	Western Watershed Course(s)	6
WWGE 101/102/103/104	Headwaters (select one)	2
	Credits	14
Spring
SOC 225	Self and Society	3
MATH 113	Statistical Thinking (GT-MA1) (Western Watershed Fundamental Skills - Mathematics)	3
ENG 103	Writing and Rhetoric II (GT-CO2) (Western Watershed Fundamental Skills - Writing II)	3
Western Watershed	Western Watershed Course(s)	6
	Credits	15
Year Two
Fall
SOC 120 or SOC 259 or SOC 320 or SOC 323 or SOC 340 or SOC 350 or SOC 351 or SOC 355 or SOC 397 or GEOG 340	Communities & Social Change (SOC ELECTIVE - prereqs may apply) or Introduction to Criminal Justice or Sociology of Families or Cultural Studies or Social Movements or Deviance or Juvenile Delinquency or Drugs and Society or Special Topics or Intro Geographic Info Systems	3
SOC 211	Questionnaires and Survey Methods	3
Western Watershed	Western Watershed Course(s)	7
Elective	Elective Course(s)	3
	Credits	16
Spring
SOC 150 or SOC 259 or SOC 285 or SOC 322 or SOC 397 or GEOG 340	Environmental Sociology (SOC ELECTIVE - prereqs may apply) or Introduction to Criminal Justice or Criminology or Sociology of Health, Illness, and Medicine or Special Topics or Intro Geographic Info Systems	6
Western Watershed	Western Watershed Course(s)	7
Elective	Elective Course(s)	3
	Credits	16
Year Three
Fall
Minor should be declared by the beginning of third year.
SOC 302	Origins of Sociological Theory	3
SOC 380	Social Class, Status, and Power	3
SOC 120 or SOC 259 or SOC 320 or SOC 323 or SOC 340 or SOC 350 or SOC 351 or SOC 355 or SOC 397 or GEOG 340	Communities & Social Change (SOC ELECTIVE - prereqs may apply) or Introduction to Criminal Justice or Sociology of Families or Cultural Studies or Social Movements or Deviance or Juvenile Delinquency or Drugs and Society or Special Topics or Intro Geographic Info Systems	6
Elective	Elective Course(s)	3
	Credits	15
Spring
SOC 310	Interviewing and Field Methods	3
SOC 150 or SOC 259 or SOC 285 or SOC 322 or SOC 397 or GEOG 340	Environmental Sociology (SOC ELECTIVE - prereqs may apply) or Introduction to Criminal Justice or Criminology or Sociology of Health, Illness, and Medicine or Special Topics or Intro Geographic Info Systems	3
Elective	Elective Course(s)	9
WWGE 301/302/303/304	Delta course (select one)	1
	Credits	16
Year Four
Fall
SOC 120 or SOC 259 or SOC 320 or SOC 323 or SOC 340 or SOC 350 or SOC 351 or SOC 355 or SOC 397 or GEOG 340	Communities & Social Change (SOC ELECTIVE - prereqs may apply) or Introduction to Criminal Justice or Sociology of Families or Cultural Studies or Social Movements or Deviance or Juvenile Delinquency or Drugs and Society or Special Topics or Intro Geographic Info Systems	3
Elective	Elective Course(s)	12
	Credits	15
Spring
SOC 498	Capstone	3
Elective	Elective Course(s)	12
	Credits	15
	Total Credits	122

Western is committed to doing our part to provide each student a clear path to graduation. This four‐year degree plan is a sample map for fulfilling requirements in the major and General Education. The pathway that you take to your degree may differ somewhat from this illustration, depending on where you start and the detours and side trips you may take along the way. You are responsible for ensuring your overall, upper division, and major‐specific credits as well as GPA requirements are fulfilled for graduation.