Sociology, B.A.

The program will prepare you to succeed with the ability to analyze and discuss social issues from multiple perspectives. You’ll also develop excellent qualitative and quantitative research skills, as well as the outstanding communication skills it takes to present your analysis in a wide range of written and oral formats.

Educational Objectives

Our flexible and customizable curriculum will allow you to tailor the program to your own interests, choosing electives that span many sociological specializations and conducting research activities in areas meaningful and relevant to you.

Our online and in-person courses will enable you to complete the program in a way that works best for you, so that you don’t have to sacrifice current personal, professional, or family responsibilities.

Our senior capstone project will position you to explore a sociological topic of your choosing in depth, where you’ll collect and analyze original data about an issue or problem that is meaningful to you, your family, or your community.

Complete all of the following courses:

• SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology Units: 3
• STAT 100 - Introduction to Statistics Units: 3
• SOC 201 - Social Problems Units: 3
• SOC 300 - Sociology Major Proseminar Units: 1
• SOC 302 - Sociological Theory Units: 3
• SBS 321 - Survey Research in the Social Sciences Units: 3
• SBS 362 - Research Methods: Qualitative Emphasis Units: 4
• SBS 377 - Academic Publishing in the Social Sciences Units: 3
• SOC 400 - Capstone Proposal Units: 3
• SOC 402 - Capstone Seminar Units: 3

Complete one of the following courses:

• SOC 312 - Sociology of Gender Units: 3
• SOC 317 - Social Movements Units: 3
• SOC 320 - Labor and Labor Movements Units: 3
• SOC 399 - Contemporary Immigration in Global Perspective Units: 3

Complete at least 15 units from any of the following courses not previously taken:

• SOC 312 Sociology of Gender Units: 3
• SOC 315 - Marriage and Family Units: 3
• SOC 317 Social Movements  Units: 3
• SOC 320 Labor and Labor Movements Units: 3 
• SOC 325 - Sociology of Latinos Units: 4
• SOC 330 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Units: 3
• SOC 360 - Population and Contemporary Issues Units: 3
• SOC 365 - Technology and Society Units: 4
• SOC 399 Contemporary Immigration in Global Perspective Units: 3

Our inspiring coastal location will provide you with distinctive opportunities to study social issues related to human interaction with the environment and the local area, such as tourism, climate change, agriculture, environmental justice, animal-human interaction, and more.