From the Undergraduate Catalog (please check the on-line catalog for the most recent and official information):

Students majoring in sociology are required to complete 33 hours of work in sociology. The major consists of five types of courses: introduction to sociology; a course in theory; courses that emphasize research skills; courses that familiarize students with core areas of the field; and electives. In addition to these sociology courses, students must take a statistics course as part of their training in research skills. The statistics course must be taken prior to the required Research Practicum (Soc 212).

Introduction: Sociology 101, 101W, or 102, 102W (3 hours)

Theory: Sociology 201 (3 hours)

Research Skills (3 courses, 9 hours, 3 credit hours each):
Sociology 127 (or Economics 150 or 155; or Math 127b or 218; students also majoring in A & S psychology or in the Peabody majors in human and organizational development, child development, cognitive studies, or child studies may fulfill the sociology statistics requirement with Psychology 209 or Peabody Psychology and Human Development Statistics 2101)

The statistics requirement is followed by or concurrent with Sociology 211

Sociology 212 (or Independent Research 296; or Independent Research 295a, 295b, or 299 with approval of the chair or director of undergraduate studies)

Core Areas:

Crime, Law, and Deviance: Sociology 224, 231, 232, 233, 234, 240

Organizations, Politics, and Inequality: Sociology 221, 225, 235, 236, 239, 244, 247, 249,
250, 251, 254, 255, 256, 268, 272, 279, Jewish Studies 252

Family, Medicine, and Mental Health: Sociology 206, 220, 230, 237, 264, Anthropology 265

Culture and Social Change: Sociology 204, 214, 216, 218, 219, 227, 228, 229, 246, 248, 257,
270, 277, Jewish Studies 155, 158, Women's and Gender Studies 243

Students must take at least one course in three of the four core areas (9 credits)

Electives: Any 3 sociology courses not used to satisfy the above requirements (9 credits)

Students also take a final comprehensive exam during their senior year. The exam is not graded,
and the score does not appear on the final transcript.