UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Degree Requirements

Sociology Major

Sociology Major—42 Total Credits

Core Requirements 18 cr. hrs.

SOCI 100 Introduction to Sociology
(supporting course - counts 3 cr. in Gen. Ed.)
SOCI 200 Sociological Inquiry 3 cr.
SOCI 201 Theories of Sociology 3 cr.
SOCI 250 Social Statistics 3 cr.
SOCI 300 Research Methods 3 cr.
SOCI 480 Senior Seminar 3 cr.

Content Areas - 15 cr.

Take a minimum of one course out of each of the following content areas.

Culture and Community - Choose one course
ANTH 100 Cultural Anthropology 3 cr.
SOCI 210 Social Problems 3 cr.
SOCI 218 Deviant Behavior 3 cr.
SOCI 310 / FILM 310 Sociology Through Film 3 cr.
SOCI 314 / ANTH 314 Faces of Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 316 / ANTH 316 Social and Cultural Change 3 cr.

Diversity and Inequality - Choose one course
SOCI 220 Sociology of Diversity: Race, Class and Gender 3 cr.
SOCI 321 Power and Inequality 3 cr.
SOCI 322 / ANTH 322 Race and Ethnicity 3 cr.
SOCI 326 / WGSS 326 Sociology of Gender Roles 3 cr.
SOCI 328 Perspectives on Race Relations 3 cr.

Globalization - Choose one course
SOCI 231 Sociology of Globalization 3 cr.

ANTH 234 Magic, Witchcraft and Religion 3 cr.
SOCI 331 / ANTH 331 / WGSS 331 Global Perspectives on Women 3 cr.
SOCI 332 Environmental Sociology 3 cr.
SOCI 333 / ANTH 333 Human and Cultural Origins 3 cr.
SOCI 338 / ANTH 338 Global Perspectives on Health and Disease 3cr.
SOCI 395 / ANTH 395 Belize Study Tour 3 cr.

Life Course - Choose one course

SOCI 241 Social Psychology 3 cr.
SOCI 341 Sociology of Later Life 3 cr.
SOCI 342 / WGSS 342 Sociology of the Family 3 cr.
SOCI 343 Sociology of Sport and Leisure 3 cr.

SOCI 344 Sociology of Human Sexuality

Seminars - Choose one course
SOCI 411 Seminar in Culture and Community 3 cr.
SOCI 421 Seminar in Diversity and Inequality 3 cr.
SOCI 431 Seminar in Globalization 3 cr.
SOCI 441 Seminar in Life Course 3 cr.

Other Electives

Choose 9 credits from courses not taken in Content Areas above and/or the following. All must be be numbered 300 or higher.

SOCI 378 Semester Abroad Research 3-8 cr.
SOCI 379 Internship in Sociology 6-12 cr.
SOCI 389 Special Topics in Sociology 3 cr.
SOCI 490 Readings 1-2 cr.
SOCI 499 Independent Study 1-2 cr.

Department of Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology

333 Kleinpell Fine Arts
715-425-3777
https://students.uwrf.edu/sca

 

Options

Majors

  • Sociology - Liberal Arts (Sociology Major may be used as part of a Broad Field Social Studies Major)
  • Criminology

Minors

For those who wish to teach sociology in high school, the required major is the Broad Field Social Studies Major.

General Education Requirements:

BA and BS Liberal Arts majors as listed.
BS Education majors as listed.
Social and Behavioral Sciences: SOCI 100 or ANTH 100