Minor in Sociology
(15 hours*)

Program Requirements

1. Complete one course from the following:
   SOC 111 : Introductory Sociology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 111 : Introductory Sociology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Social group influence; social interaction, processes, organization, and change; family, religion, government, population, culture, race relations.
   
   
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   SOC 112 : Current Social Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 112 : Current Social Problems. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring; Summer
   DESCRIPTION:	Individual deviance (violence, insanity, drugs, sex, crime, etc.) and social disorganization (poverty, race and sex discrimination, divorce, overpopulation, etc.). Conditions, causes, solutions.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
            : Honors Current Social Problems.
   
   
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   SOC 113 : Multicultural America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 113 : Multicultural America. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Diverse cultural heritages in the United States. Cultures studied scientifically will include African American, Hispanic, Asian American, and Native American.
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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2. Complete at least one course from the following social diversity and inequality courses:
   SOC 322 : Class Inequality. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 322 : Class Inequality. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Causes and consequences of class, status, and power differences.
   
   
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   SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 323 : Racial and Minority-Group Relations. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Social psychological and social structural analysis of racial and ethnic relations; prejudice, discrimination, responses, protests, current issues.
   
   
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   SOC 367 : Sociology of Gender. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   SOC 367 : Sociology of Gender. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Gender in social institutions: family, social hierarchies, economics, education, organizations, religion, and science.
   
   
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3. Complete an additional 9 credit hours from sociology 300-level and above coursework not previously taken.

   Note: Students interested in a sociology minor that emphasizes the research and analysis component of the major may select among the following courses as electives: Soc 300, 307, 404, or 405. Students are cautioned that Soc 404 and 405 have several prerequisites, which will require additional courses beyond the 15 hour minimum for a minor. Soc 307 is currently open only to majors; students interested in the sociology minor may add the course with the instructor's consent.

*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.

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