Legacy UTB/TSC Degree Plan
General Education Core Courses Required for the Major
080-Social and Behavioral Sciences (1 course- 3 hours required)
ANTH 2351 Cultural Anthropology
BUSI 1301 Business Principles
ECON 2301 Business Principles
GEOG 1301 World Regional Geography
PSYC 2301 General Psychology
A – General Education Core - 42 hours
B - Major Requirements- 36 hours
1 - Core courses for the Sociology Major - 15 hours
SOCI 1301 Introductory Sociology
SOCI 2305 Introduction to Social Research
SOCI 2317 Statistical Methods in Sociology
SOCI 3335 Social Theory
SOCI 4305 Methods of Social Research
2 - Distribution Courses- 21 hours
(One course must be at 4000 level and must choose at least one course from each category)
Category I: Community
SOCI 2301 Marriage and Family
SOCI 2325 Self and Society
SOCI 3323 Hispanic in a Global Society
SOCI 3333 American Communities
SOCI 4325 Population
Category II: Stratification
SOCI 3363 Gender
SOCI 3364 Minorities
SOCI 4343 Sociology of Globalization
SOCI 4352 Social Inequality
Category III: Authority
SOCI 3324 Sociology of Health
SOCI 3373 Mass Communications and Culture
SOCI 3374 Religion in Society
SOCI 4365 Sexuality and Society
Category IV: Alienation
SOCI 1306 Social Problems
SOCI 3313 Criminology
SOCI 3325 Migration
SOCI 3393 Sociology of Aging
SOCI 4314 Sociology of Deviance
Additional Distribution Electives
SOCI 4374 Special Topics in Sociology
SOCI 4383 Independent Studies
C - Anthropology Support Courses – 6 hours
D - Support Area and/or Electives- 36 hours
(9 -15 hours must be advanced 3000, 4000 level)