Program Overview

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Sociology, B.A.

Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the undergraduate program in sociology will:

1. Think critically; write in a clear, organized and grammatical way; make effective oral presentations.
   1. Synthesize and present sociological material in a coherent fashion.
   2. Employ evidence in presenting or making arguments.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the core ideas of Sociology.
   1. Competently use basic ideas such as social structure, institution, culture, ideology, identity, stratification, social change, status, norm and socialization.
   2. Demonstrate familiarity with key facts and generalizations about social institutions such as family, education, health care, economy, and political system.
3. Be familiar with different forms of evidence used in social analysis; understand both quantitative and qualitative analysis; demonstrate an understanding of ethical issues that arise in the course of research.
   1. Identify multiple forms of evidence available for social analysis.
   2. Interpret two-variable and three-variable tables.
   3. Understand correlation, causation, and their difference.
   4. Collect and analyze qualitative data.
   5. Understand professional codes of ethics, including confidentiality, informed consent, and minimization of risk to research participants.
4. Develop an understanding of how to prepare for professional life after graduation from TU.
   1. Research occupations and/or graduate school degrees and programs.
   2. Learn to use resources provided by Career Services
   3. Explain one’s potential value to employers.

Tulsa Curriculum and First Year Experience

Core Curriculum and First Year Experience

• FYE 1001 First Year Experience
• AS 2001 The Liberal Arts and Preparation for Life after Graduation
• ENGL 1033 Exposition and Argumentation or
  • FS 1963 First Seminar I and
  • FS 1900 Writing Studio
• FS 1973 First Seminar II
• Foreign Language (12-14 hours)
• MATH 1083 Contemporary Mathematics (STAT 2013 or a higher MATH course taken for the major requirements will fulfill this requirement)
• 4973 Senior Project (3 hours)

General Curriculum

• Quad I: Creative Arts (6 hours)
• Quad II: Humanities (6 hours)
• Quad III: Social Sciences (6 hours)
• Quad IV: Natural and Applied Sciences (7 hours)

Some major required courses may be double counted to fulfill a quad requirement.

Sociology Major Requirements

Core Course

• SOC 1033 The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction to Sociology

Methods

• ANSO 2023 Statistics for the Social Sciences
• STAT 2013 Introduction to Statistics
• ANSO 4063 Qualitative Research Methods
• ANSO 4103 Research Design in the Social Sciences

Theory

• ANSO 4763 Social Science Theory

Electives

Take 15-18 credits from the courses below to meet 30 hours. Students in the BA program will take 15 credit hours of electives. Students in the BS program will take 15-18 credit hours depending on their choice of introductory statistics course.

• ANSO 2043 Patterns in Culture: Cultural Anthropology
  • ANSO 2133 Inequality in American Society
  • ANSO 2863 Special Topics in Social Sciences
  • ANSO 3113 Population and Ecology
  • ANSO 3143 Environment and Society
  • ANSO 3173 Gender across Cultures
  • ANSO 3193 Global Trends
  • ANSO 3213 Real World Data Applications
  • ANSO 3733 Mental Illness in Social Sciences
  • ANSO 3813 Special Topics in Social Sciences
  • ANSO 3993 Independent Study
  • ANSO 4153 Women and Health
  • ANSO 4233 Medical Social Sciences
  • ANSO 4253 Every Campus a Refuge
  • ANSO 4503 Seminar in Social Science
  • ANSO 4981-3 Internship/Service Learning
  • ANSO 4993 Independent Research
  • SOC 2083 Urban Explorations
  • SOC 2123 Crime, Justice, and Social Order
  • SOC 2223 Organizational Crime and Deviance
  • SOC 3013 Political Sociology
  • SOC 3023 Sociology of Work and Occupations
  • SOC 3063 Sociology of Education
  • SOC 3083 Urban Sociology
  • SOC 3093 Sociology of Poverty
  • SOC 3123 Sociology of Family
  • SOC 3133 Social Movements
  • SOC 3163 Society and Economy
  • SOC 3243 Sociology of Deviance
  • SOC 4013 Sociology of Law
  • SOC 4093 Social Trends

Required Minor

Students must choose, with the advisor’s approval, at least 12 hours in a minor field, 6 of which must be at the level. Some minors require more than 12 hours.

General Electives (25-27 hours)

Total: 120 hours

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• Arts & Sciences
• Business
• Engineering & Computer Science
• Health & Natural Sciences
• Graduate School
• Law

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