Department of Sociology

 

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

Program Overview

June 2008 

The Department of Sociology offers programs for students interested in studying patterns of human behavior; the structure and process of groups and organizational life; institutions such as the family, religion, and education; and social change.

 

The study of Sociology is excellent preparation for employment in public and private sector social agencies, government agencies such as health and human services, and private industry.  It also provides a useful background for graduate training in Sociology, other liberal arts fields, or further studies in law, business, and health services. Students planning to become teachers find sociology a valuable liberal arts major to help them prepare for their profession. 

 

The Department welcomes education majors who wish to double major in Sociology.  Professional sociologists increasingly work in new areas, in addition to those in which they have usually been employed, namely college and university teaching, research, and consulting in private industry.

 

 

Undergraduate Programs

The Department of Sociology offers a Sociology major program and a Sociology Minor.  Sociology majors, who chose their major after September, 2006, may choose General Sociology or may elect one of the following concentrations:

 

 

Sociology (General)

Bachelor of Arts (36 credits)

 

Required Courses: (15 cr)

SOCI 102 Introduction to Sociology

SOCI 290 Seminar: Social Theory

SOCI 370 Seminar: Sociological Analysis

SOCI 390 Seminar: Research Methods

SOCI 391 Seminar: Social Data Analysis

 

Plus any one of the following: (3 cr)

SOCI 204 Gender, Sexuality and Society

SOCI 207 Social Inequality

SOCI 312 Prejudice and Discrimination

SOCI 315 Race and Ethnicity in America

SOCI 326 Social Gerontology: Sociology of Aging

SOCI 330 Women's Roles: Sociology of Sex and Gender

 

Plus any one of the following:

(3 credits)

SOCI 206 Cities and People: Urban Sociology

SOCI 305 Sociology of Education

SOCI 307 Medical Sociology

SOCI 332 Sociology of Organizations

SOCI 340 Sociology of Politics

SOCI 350 Sociology of Work

 

Plus any one of the following:

(3 credits)

SOCI 104 Global Social Problems

SOCI 214 Middle Eastern Societies

SOCI 218 Chinese Society and Culture

SOCI 217 East Asian Societies: China and Japan

SOCI 220 Third World Societies

 

Plus three additional sociology courses, including those not already taken from the above lists, three of which must be at the 200 level or above. (9 credits)

 

Capstone Requirement: (3 credits)

Students must complete an Honors Thesis (SOCI 485), Seminar: Critical Issues in Sociology (SOCI496) a Research Project (SOCI 497) or a 3-credit Internship (SOCI 498).

 

Education Concentration

(36 credits)

 

Required Courses: (21 cr)

SOCI 102 Introduction to Sociology

SOCI 290 Seminar: Social Theory

SOCI 305 Sociology of Education

SOCI 332 Sociology of Organizations

SOCI 370 Seminar: Sociological Analysis

SOCI 390 Seminar: Research Methods

SOCI 391 Seminar: Social Data Analysis

 

 

Plus one course from among the following: (3 cr )

SOCI 322 Sociology of Childhood

SOCI 323 Sociology of Adolescence

 

 

Plus one course from among the following: (3 cr)

SOCI 204 Gender, Sexuality and Society

SOCI 207 Social Inequality

SOCI 312 Discrimination and Prejudice

SOCI 315 Race and Ethnicity in America

SOCI 330 Woman's Roles: Sociology of Sex and Gender

 

Plus two additional sociology courses,

Including those not already taken from the above lists, which must be at the 200 level or above. (3cr)

 

 

Capstone Requirement: (3 credits)

Students must complete an Honors Thesis (SOCI 485), Seminar: Critical Issues in Sociology (SOCI496) a Research Project (SOCI 497) or a 3-credit Internship (SOCI 498).

 

 

 

 

 

City, Community, & Region Concentration (39 credits)

 

Required Courses: (21 credits)

SOCI 102  Introduction to Sociology

SOCI  206 Cities and People: Urban Sociology

SOCI  290 Seminar: Social Theory

SOCI  370 Seminar: Sociological Analysis

SOCI  390  Seminar: Research Methods

SOCI  391  Seminar: Social Data Analysis

 

 

Two of the following courses: (6 credits)

SOCI 211 Homelessness in US Society

SOCI 351 Sustainable Cities

SOCI 352  Urban Crime

SOCI 353 Cities in a Global Context

SOCI 354 Urban Disasters, Resilient Cities

 

One of the following courses: (3 credits)

SOCI 207 Social Inequality

SOCI 315 Race and Ethnicity in America

SOCI 380 Seminar: Qualitative Methods & Urban Ethnography

SOCI  410  Sociology of Urban Planning and Policy

SOCI 426 Urban Enclaves

 

Plus one additional sociology course, including those from the above lists, which must be at the 200 level or above. (3 credits)

 

Plus one Cognates: One course from the following list: (3 credits)

ANTH 306 Urban Anthropology

ECON 350 Urban Economic Problems and Policies

GEOG 353 Urban Geography

GEOG 420 Principles of Urban and Regional Planning

HIST 463 History of the American City

HIST 464 New England Textile Communities

POLI 376 Urban Politics

 

Capstone Requirement: (3 credits)

Students must complete an Honors Thesis (SOCI 485), Seminar: Critical Issues in Sociology (SOCI496) a Research Project (SOCI 497) or a 3-credit Internship (SOCI 498).

 

 

Global Studies Concentration

(39 credits) 

 

Required Courses: (21 cr)

SOCI 102 Introduction to Sociology

SOCI 104 Global Social Problems

SOCI 290 Seminar: Social Theory

SOCI 370 Seminar: Sociological Analysis

SOCI 342 Comparative Sociology

SOCI 390 Seminar: Research Methods

SOCI 391 Seminar: Social Data Analysis

 

Plus, any two course from the following: (6 cr)

SOCI 214 Middle Eastern Societies

SOCI 217 East Asian Societies: China & Japan

SOCI 218 Chinese Society and Culture

SOCI 219 Population and Society

SOCI 220 The Developing World

SOCI 353 Cities in a Global Context

 

Plus two additional sociology courses, including those not already taken from the  above lists, two of which must be at the 200 level or above. (6 credits)

 

Plus one Cognate: One course from the following list (3 cr)

ANTH 208 Anthropology of Women

COMM 365 Introduction to Intercultural Communication

THEA 222  Asian Theatre

GEOG 160 Geography of Non-Western Cultures

GEOG 384 Geography of Asia

GEOG 358 Geography of Latin America

GEOG 388 Geography of Africa

MUSC 162 Music in African Culture

POLI 382 Latin American Government & Politics

POLI 387 Government & Politics of Africa

POLI 488 Politics and Development in the Third World

PHIL 212 Philosophies of India

 

Global Capstone Requirement: (3 credits)

Students must complete an Honors Thesis (SOCI 485), Seminar: Critical Issues in Sociology (SOCI496) a Research Project (SOCI 497) or a 3-credit Internship (SOCI 498).

 

 

Contact Information

 

 

 

Dr. Patricia Fanning Associate Professor of Sociology and Chairperson Department of Sociology Bridgewater State College Bridgewater, MA 02325 Telephone: 508-531-2648 Email: pfanning@bridgew.edu

 

You may also contact the department:

 

Ms. Sarah Whittey

Administrative Assistant I

Department of Sociology

Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater, MA 02325

Telephone: 508-531-1355

Fax: 508-531-1492

Email: swhittey@bridgew.edu

 

Last Modified: March 16, 2011