2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog

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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Sociology (BA)

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Total required hours: 128

Current Students: Track your progress using the Degree Audit feature of Self-Service Banner.

I. General Education Requirements

First Year or Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Modern Language (0, 4 or 8 hrs)
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Note: This major requires
MATH 1240 - Statistics I
Health and Physical Education Lifestyles (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (4 hrs)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements for All Degree Programs
for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (40 hrs)

A. Core Courses (all courses required)

Note: A minimum grade of C must be achieved in SOAN 3000 and 4000. If a grade lower than C is earned, the course must be repeated in order to count toward the major.

B. Diversity Requirement (1 course required)

ANTH 3100 - Globalization and Cultural Identity 4 hrs
ANTH 3500 - Immigration and Cultural Politics 4 hrs
SOCL 3020 - Sociology of Family Diversity 4 hrs
SOCL 3060 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4 hrs

C. Capstone (required)

SOCL 4098 - Capstone Field Experience at least 4 hrs
OR
SOCL 4099 - Capstone Research Experience 4 hrs (two 2 hr courses)

D. Concentration or Elective Area

Choose from any one or more of the options below, but make sure these hours plus the hours in the Core Courses, the Diversity Requirement and the Capstone total 40 hours. Run your degree audit in Self Service Banner to assure the 40 hour requirement has been met.

Criminology Concentration

3 courses from:
ANTH 4020 - Culture, Power, and the Law 4 hrs
SOCL 2050 - The Criminal Justice System 4 hrs
SOCL 3050 - Criminology 4 hrs
SOCL 4010 - Children in the Justice System 4 hrs
Plus: Take additional coursework from the Elective Area to reach 40 hours in the major. Typically this will require at least 2 courses, but run your degree audit in Self Service Banner to assure the 40 hour requirement has been met.

Family Concentration

3 courses from:
SOCL 2050 - The Criminal Justice System 4 hrs
SOCL 3020 - Sociology of Family Diversity 4 hrs
SOCL 3030 - Poverty, Wealth, & Inequality 4 hrs
SOCL 4030 - Families in Global Perspective 4 hrs
Plus: Take additional coursework from the Elective Area to reach 40 hours in the major. Typically this will require at least 2 courses, but run your degree audit in Self Service Banner to assure the 40 hour requirement has been met.

Global Sociology/Global Anthropology Concentration

3 courses from:
ANTH 3100 - Globalization and Cultural Identity 4 hrs
ANTH 3500 - Immigration and Cultural Politics 4 hrs
SOCL 3040 - Global Social Change 4 hrs
SOCL 4020 - Global Social Movements 4 hrs
Plus: Take additional coursework from the Elective Area to reach 40 hours in the major. Typically this will require at least 2 courses, but run your degree audit in Self Service Banner to assure the 40 hour requirement has been met.

Human and Community Service Concentration

3 courses from:
MGMT 3555 - Non-Profit Management 4 hrs
SOCL 1200 - Sociological Practice in Human and Community Service 4 hrs
SOCL 3100 - Human and Community Service: Organizing Across Race, Class, Gender and Age 4 hrs
Plus: Take additional coursework from the Elective Area to reach 40 hours in the major. Typically this will require at least 2 courses, but run your degree audit in Self Service Banner to assure the 40 hour requirement has been met.

Elective Area

Select a sufficient number of courses to reach 40 hours in the major. Typically this will require at least 5 courses, but run your degree audit in Self Service Banner to assure the 40 hour requirement has been met.

ANTH 1000 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology 4 hrs
ANTH 1100 - Introduction to Cultural Geography 4 hrs
ANTH 2200 - Anthropology of Sex and Gender 4 hrs
ANTH 3000 - Central America: Culture and Politics 4 hrs
ANTH 3100 - Globalization and Cultural Identity 4 hrs
ANTH 3500 - Immigration and Cultural Politics 4 hrs
ANTH 4020 - Culture, Power, and the Law 4 hrs
SOCL 1200 - Sociological Practice in Human and Community Service 4 hrs
SOCL 2000 - Social Problems 4 hrs
SOCL 2040 - Sociology of Gender 4 hrs
SOCL 2050 - The Criminal Justice System 4 hrs
SOCL 2060 - Environmental Sociology 4 hrs
SOCL 3020 - Sociology of Family Diversity 4 hrs
SOCL 3030 - Poverty, Wealth, & Inequality 4 hrs
SOCL 3040 - Global Social Change 4 hrs
SOCL 3050 - Criminology 4 hrs
SOCL 3060 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4 hrs
SOCL 3100 - Human and Community Service: Organizing Across Race, Class, Gender and Age 4 hrs
SOCL 4010 - Children in the Justice System 4 hrs
SOCL 4020 - Global Social Movements 4 hrs
SOCL 4030 - Families in Global Perspective 4 hrs

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (128 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 128 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

V. Minimum GPA Overall and in the Major

A GPA of 2.0 overall as well as in the major must be achieved. To be licensed to teach, a GPA of 2.5 overall must be achieved.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree at the Registrar’s Office two terms prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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