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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