Sociology - General, Minor

• 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.

Course List

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

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Excluding Directed Readings, Independent Study, Internship courses, and courses taken through the Independent Study department. 

Sociology Minor Electives

Course List

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	Medical Sociology	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.