Program: Sociology, B.A. - Whittier College - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 09, 2025

College Catalog 2014-2015

Requirements

A minimum of 33 credits

Introductory Sociology Courses

Complete two of the following:

SOC 205 - Women and U.S. Politics 3 credits
SOC 240 - Social Problems: Comparative & Global Perspectives 3 credits
SOC 241 - Self and Society 3 credits
SOC 242 - Crime, Justice, and Rebellion 3 credits
SOC 243 - Popular Culture 3 credits
SOC 244 - Social Class and Inequality 3 credits
SOC 245 - Green Politics 3 credits
SOC 270 - Death, Dying & Bereavement 4 credits
SOC 280 - Le Flanuer I 3 credits
SOC 281 - Le Flanuer II 3 credits
SOC 287 - Workshop in Urban Studies 4 credits
SOC 290 - Selected Topics 1 to 4 credits

Statistics

Complete both of the following:

SOC 214 - Statistics 3 credits
SOC 214L - Statistics - SPSS 1 credits

Intermediate Sociology Courses

Complete both of the following:

SOC 300 - The Sociological Imagination 3 credits
SOC 302 - Social Theory in Social Context 3 credits

Methods

Complete one of the following:

SOC 310 - Approaches to Social Research 4 credits
SOC 311 - Field Research: Crossing Cultural Boundaries 3 or 4 credits

Policy, Politics, and Power

Complete one of the following:

SOC 343 - Sociology of Health & Medicine 3 credits
SOC 346 - Social Power & Social Control 3 credits
SOC 348 - Food and Food Systems 3 credits
SOC 354 - Political Sociology 3 credits
SOC 355 - Migration & Immigrant Communities 3 credits
SOC 357 - Sociology of Development 4 credits
SOC 358 - Population Problems & Policy 4 credits

Social Structures, and Institutions

Complete one of the following:

SOC 370 - Environmental Sociology 3 credits
SOC 377 - Comparative Urban Development 3 credits
SOC 378 - Work and Occupations 3 credits
SOC 386 - Racial and Ethnic Relations 3 credits

Breadth Outside Major

This can be met by any one of the following:

A minimum of 9 credits in relevant supporting courses; or
A minor in any discipline; or
A second major in any discipline

Senior Seminar

Complete both of the following:

SOC 407 - Senior Seminar A 0 to 3 credits
SOC 408 - Senior Seminar B 3 credits