Sociology - General, Minor
View ChecksheetMinimum Total Credit Hours: 18
Minimum Upper-Division Hours: 9
Program Code: N845
- The requirements for a minor must be completed concurrently with the major degree requirements.
- No minor may be added by completing courses after receiving the bachelor’s degree.
At least six (6) credit hours must be earned in courses acceptable for residence credit by standards set forth by the Dodge College of Arts and Sciences, excluding transfer, correspondence, and examination (AP, CLEP, Advanced Standing) credit. Courses for the minor may not be taken Pass/ No Pass.
No single course may be used by a student to satisfy a major requirement and a minor requirement. A course may be used, however, to satisfy both a major support requirement and a minor requirement.
Requests to substitute a minor requirement must be approved in writing by the Department of Sociology.
Required Courses
Students must successfully complete at least 18 hours of courses acceptable for major credit in Sociology, including at least nine (9) hours at the upper-division level. SOC 3890 will not count toward this total.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | ||
| SOC 1113 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| Electives | ||
| Choose four courses from the Sociology Minor Electives list | 12 | |
| Choose one additional course in Sociology at the 3000-level or above 1 | 3 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
- 1
Excluding Directed Readings, Independent Study, Internship courses, and courses taken through the Independent Study department.
Sociology Minor Electives
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 1523 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOC 3523 | Criminology | 3 |
| SOC 3533 | The System of Criminal Justice | 3 |
| SOC 3543 | Sociology of Deviance | 3 |
| SOC 3603 | 3 | |
| SOC 3623 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOC 3643 | Population and Society | 3 |
| SOC 3683 | Wealth, Power, and Prestige | 3 |
| SOC 3713 | 3 | |
| SOC 3723 | Sociology of Family | 3 |
| SOC 3733 | Sociology of Gender | 3 |
| SOC 3803 | Inequality in A Global Perspective | 3 |
| SOC 3813 | Individual and Society | 3 |
| SOC 3843 | Sociology of Aging | 3 |
| SOC 3873 | 3 |
- Minors in the Dodge College of Arts & Sciences are available to all undergraduate students at OU. If the minor is officially declared, successfully completed, and noted on the graduation application, the student’s transcript will so indicate at the time the bachelor’s degree is posted.