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Undergraduate Programs
sociology. Minor requirements are found under
individual headings in the catalog.
Internship: Three semester credits of internship,
most likely in the department of the student’s
applied concentration.
Requirements for a Minor in Public
Administration: PSCI 102, 213, 322, 370;
SOC 340, 381. (Prerequisites PSCI 101 and
SOC 101 count toward general education
requirements.)
Course Description
PADM 399. Interdepartmental
Internship
3 credits
Guided internship in public administration or
public service taken through the department in
which the student develops an applied concentration.
Internship emphasizes field experience,
observation, and research under professional
supervision in human services agencies.
Prerequisites: Junior or senior public administration
majors or minors, and approval of the public
administration director.
Service Learning
Course Description
+ = Applicable toward general education degree requirements
WI = Writing intensive course
SVLN 201. Service Learning
1 credit
Offers students an opportunity to apply their
academic learning in a setting of community service.
Students complete 25 hours of service, participate
in regular reflection periods and complete
a final project. One credit course may be taken
up to three times for a total of 3 credits. Pass/No
Pass grade. The volunteer service is determined
by the student from a list approved by the course
instructor and SVLN coordinator. Prerequisite:
Specific course prerequisites and co-requisites are
determined by participating academic departments.
Contact the service learning director for
details and registration.
Sociology
Requirements for a Major: 30 semester credits of
sociology, including SOC 101, 213, 381, 385.
Requirements for a Minor: 15 semester credits of
sociology, including SOC 101 and nine semester
credits of 300-level courses.
Requirements for a Secondary Teaching Major
(7–12): 33 semester credits in sociology including
SOC 101, 204, 310, 313, 320, 341, 366, and 12
semester credits of electives in the social sciences.
For education course requirements, see Education
Department section.
Requirements for a Teaching Minor: 30 semester
credits in sociology including SOC 101, 204,
310, 313, 341, and 15 semester credits of electives
in the social sciences.
Course Descriptions
+SOC 101. Introduction to Sociology 3 credits
Essential characteristics of life in society, including
culture, socialization, subcultures, primary
and secondary relations, stratification, face-toface
interaction, large-scale organizations, conflict,
deviance and social change.
+SOC 204. Social Problems
3 credits
Analyzing and solving major social problems in
the U.S. and the world: racism, sexism, overpopulation,
poverty, crime, war and other problems.
SOC 228. Cultural Anthropology 3 credits
A cross-cultural examination of those structures
in society which are common to all groups: family,
subsistence strategies and distribution of
wealth, political arrangements, religion, art, science
and technology. Through focused study of
the multi-level struggles for cultural and environmental
survival, students will bring new knowl-
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