General Sociology Major

Please click here if you entered the sociology major at TCNJ prior to Fall 2006.

No more than two (2) courses toward the major may be taken at other institutions.

Core Requirements

SOC101 - Introduction to Sociology (or HON216 - The Sociological Perspective)

Sociology explores the intersection of biography and history.  How do culture, class, race, sex, family, medicine, business, religion, education, and government affect our lives?  Special attention is paid to the impact of society on self.

SOC301 - Development of Socio-Cultural Theory

Prerequisites: SOC101 or HON216
The response of social theorists to the consequences of the industrial revolution and the issues of capitalism, secularism, industrialism, and modern conciousness and critical enterprise seen through the work of theorists such as Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.

SOC302 - Quantitative Research Methods

Prerequisites: STA115 or STA215; SOC101 or HON216
Use of computer systems designed for data analysis.  Theory and practice of computer-assisted data manipulation using available software for social science data.  Major student research project required.

SOC499 - Senior Seminar in Sociology

Prerequisites: SOC301, SOC302, and the Tutorial
Culminating experience for department majors.  Course draws on skills and knowledge of departmental courses as well as knowledge gained from the liberal arts broadly construed.  Requires significant internship or senior thesis project.Sociology Options (Choose 6)

General Sociology Electives

Select six electives. At least 4 courses selected must be a 300 or 400 course levels. Additional courses can be approved in consultation with the department chair. Present course offerings include:

• Introduction to Social Work (SOC 205)
• Social Deviance (SOC 210)
• Social Change in Latin America (ANT 340)
• Racism, Power, and Privilege (SOC 315)
• Political and Historical Sociology (SOC 227)
• Women in World Perspective (SOC 303)
• Urban Youth and Deviance (SOC 310)
• Cities, Suburbs, and Communities (SOC 320)
• Topics in Sociology (topic varies; SOC 370)
• Urban Population Dynamics (SOC 330)
• Gender and American Society (SOC 334)
• Courtship, Marriage, and the Family (SOC 335)
• Cultural and Social Change (SOC 336)
• Class, Status, and Power (SOC 340)
• Introduction to Urban Planning (SOC 355)
• Poverty and Welfare in the U.S. (SOC 365)
• Culture, Health, and Illness (SOC 371)
• Global Public Health (ANT 372)
• Sociology of Religion (SOC 375)
• Education and American Culture (SOC 380)
• Introduction to Applied Sociology (SOC 385)
• Independent Study in Sociology (SOC 391)
• Senior Honors Seminar (SOC 450)
• Internship in Social Work (SOC 399)
• Internship in Sociology (SOC 399)
• Senior Thesis in Sociology (SOC 495)
• Intro. to Cultural Anthropology (ANT 110)
• Human Evolution (ANT 205)
• Social Change in Latin America (ANT 340)
• Women and Migration (ANT 311)
• Vampires, Werewolves and Witches (ANT 313)
• Topics in Anthropology (topic varies; ANT 370)
• Global Urbanization (ANT 335)
• Dynamics of Cultural Ecology (ANT 341)