Majoring
For complete information about majoring, see the online catalog.
The SOAN major requires a total of ten courses that provide a common foundation and allow for exploration of individual interests, culminating with the completion of a student-designed senior thesis project under faculty guidance.
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Five core courses are required:
- One introductory course: SOAN 100 (Introduction to Sociology) or SOAN 110 (Introduction to Cultural Anthropology)
- Two courses in sociological and anthropological research methods
- One methods course chosen from the following:
- SOAN 200 Ethnographic Research Methods
- SOAN 201 Quantitative Research Methods
- SOAN 204 Reading “Texts”: Discourse, Visual, and Material Analysis
- And SOAN 205 Research Theory and Design
- One methods course chosen from the following:
- One course on the development of social theory: SOAN 300 (Social Theory)
- One course devoted to the completion of the senior thesis project: SOAN 400 (Senior Seminar and Thesis)
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Five elective courses complete the major:
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Elective courses can be chosen from SOAN courses numbered 202 through 499; GEND 231 or GEND 440.
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At least two of the courses must be from advanced SOAN courses numbered 301 through 498 (excluding SOAN 444), ETHS 400, or GEND 440.
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Students may apply a maximum of 4 semester credit hours toward the elective requirement from the following list:
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SOAN 244 Internship/Practicum
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SOAN 299 Independent Study
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SOAN 444 Internship/Practicum
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SOAN 499 Independent Study
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The department does not offer a minor.