Sociology Major, Non-profit and Community Development Specialization

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology also offers a specialization in nonprofit and community development.

General Education Specifications:

All TCNJ students must take one course in Mathematics as part of their liberal learning requirement. We specify that sociology majors choose one of the following options:

STA 115 Statistics I

STA 215 Statistics 215

We also recommend that students in the urban and ethnic studies specialization choose biology to fulfill the scientific reasoning requirement.

 

Department Core Requirements: (4 courses)

SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

SOC 301 Development of Socio-cultural Theory [Pre-req. SOC 101 or HON 216]

SOC 302 Quantitative Research Methods [Pre-req. STA 115 or 215 and SOC 101 or HON 216]

SOC 499 Senior Seminar in Sociology

 

Specialization Core Requirements: (2 courses)

2 courses from core requirements (or substitute by chair's approval)

SOC 205 Introduction to Social Work*

SOC 385 Applied Sociology

SOC 317 Organizations in Modern Society

IDS 321 Social Entrepreneurship

IDS 421 Planning the Social Enterprise

*If SOC 205 is taken to fulfill the core specialization requirement, THREE specialization electives from following list must be at the 300 or 400 level.

Specialization Electives (4 Courses)

At least two specialization elective must be from the SOC or ANT offerings and at least two must be 300 level or above.   Additional specialization core classes may count towards specialization electives.  If SOC 205 is taken to fulfill the core specialization requirement, three specialization electives from following list must be at the 300 or 400 level. Courses not listed below may be approved by the department chair.

Ethnicity, Race, and Nation (ANT 315)

Global Urbanization (ANT 335)

Urban Youth Deviance (SOC 310)

Racism, Power, and Privilege (SOC 315)

Community, City, and Suburbs (SOC 320)

Urban Population Dynamics (SOC 330)

Courtship, Marriage and the family (SOC 335)

Social and Cultural Change (SOC 336)

Inequality, Pollution, and the Environment (SOC 345)

Introduction to Urban Planning (SOC 355)

Poverty and Welfare in the U.S. (SOC 365)

Global Public Health (ANT 372)

Religion and American Culture (SOC 375)

Education and American Culture (SOC 380)

Introduction to Leadership (MGT 215)

Citizen Democracy (POL 207)

Politics and Public Management (POL 300)

Politics of Community Change (POL 318)

Many 300-level PSY courses, by advisement and pre-approval