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Sociology

Sociology

Degree Program A Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology is offered upon completion of the University baccalaureate and major requirements. The sociology major requires the completion of 30 units, 24 of which must be upper division, and include:

Faculty

212

Brad Christerson, Ph.D.

Chair

Christerson

Associate Professor

Sociology

Units: 3

SOCI 220

Social Theory

Units: 3

SOCI 441

Johnson, Larkin, Yuen

Assistant Professors

Methods of Sociological Research

Units: 3

SOCI 443

Support Courses The following are required as support courses:

Mission

The Sociology Department seeks to develop critically thinking, engaged Christians, who apply the sociological imagination in their scholarship, work and service, to church, community and society.

Statistics with Computer Applications Statistics with Computer Applications Lab

Units: 3

PSYC 209

Units: 1

PSYC 211

Social Work Concentration

Concentration Requirements This is organized as a broad preparation for students who desire to enter the helping professions. Required for this major concentration is 30 units, 24 of which must be upper division and include:

Learning Outcomes

The sociology program:

• Develops the ability of our students to use the ideas and concepts of sociology in the critical evaluation of social research, and political, social and cultural commentary. • Encourages the development of a deep personal concern for human need due to a systematic exposure to the pressing social dilemmas that face us daily.

15 units of electives, 12 of which must be upper division SOCI 220 Sociology

Units: 3

Social Work

Units: 3

SOCI 300

Social Work Internship

Units: 3

SOCI 367

Social Theory

Units: 3

SOCI 441

Methods of Sociological Research

Units: 3

SOCI 443

• Develops in our students, and in the larger University community, an understanding of the relevance of sociological

Support Course In addition, the following are required as support courses:

insight to the Christian who would be aware, caring, progressive, and productive in church and society.

Statistics with Computer Applications Statistics with Computer Applications Lab

Units: 3

PSYC 209

Units: 1

PSYC 211

• Encourages and promotes a sociology that is theologically informed, and a theology that is sociologically informed.

Criminal Justice Concentration

• Fosters a desire to participate with religious and non-religious organizations on a paraprofessional level through direct involvement in various social agencies. • Prepares students for graduate study or career opportunities in various public and private social service agencies, research, business, or Christian service.

Concentration Requirements This course concentration is designed as a broad preparation for students desiring a career in law, law enforcement, or the criminal justice system. This major concentration requires 30 units, 24 of which must be upper division including the courses listed below; the remaining six units may be chosen from any upper division sociology courses.

Sociology

Units: 3

SOCI 220

Juvenile Delinquency

Units: 3

SOCI 330

Criminology

Units: 3

SOCI 333

Ethnic & Minority Groups

Units: 3

SOCI 342

Urban Sociology

Units: 3

SOCI 346

Criminal Justice Internship

Units: 3

SOCI 365

Social Theory

Units: 3

SOCI 441

Methods of Sociological Research

Units: 3

SOCI 443

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