College of Education, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Sociology Major (BA Traditional)

Sociology is a highly dynamic and relational field that explores the changing world today. Sociology at Concordia University, St. Paul is designed so that the student will have a high impact in the society in which you live. The students will explore the historical, modern and current approaches to matters affecting society as well as possible remedies through direct engagement and policy approaches. The student not only explores the various aspects of Sociology from a high academic approach, but the university will have the students become engaged with organizations and practitioners in the field of Sociology through practicums and internships. Some of the engagement fields will be in areas such as children and families crisis; mental health; people with addictions; working with people experiencing homelessness; service and to and engagements with inner city youth and adults; demographic research; working with the re-entry of felons; racial and economic inequality and immigration and refugee support to name a few. All of these and other topics are highly relevant in any field of human services, such as law-enforcement; corrections; probation; social services; mental health; human resources; law and policy analyst and counseling.

General Education Requirements

All degree seeking undergraduate students must complete the general education requirements.

Degree Requirements

A bachelor of Arts degree consists of a major of typically 30 to 44 credits or two minors, general education courses, upper-level requirements, and elective courses totaling a minimum of 120 credits.

Prerequisites from General Education
Introduction to Sociology (3)
Required
SOC 198Servant and Ethical Leadership4
SOC 357Class and Community4
SOC 358Minority Groups4
SOC 359Social Welfare as an Institution4
SOC 453Social Theory4
SOC 498Sociology Internship: Leadership in Community Service and Engagement4
PSY 451Social Psychology4
SOC 452Social Organization4
SOC 476Sociology Capstone Portfolio4
PSY 380Research Methods with Statistical Applications4
Total Credits40