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Sociology Major, Urban & Ethnic Studies Concentration
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology also offers an urban and ethnic studies concentration for students planning careers as urban and community planners, diversity officers, public policies and administration, and research in urban studies and ethnic studies. This concentration, which builds upon the general sociology requirements, guides students in the selection of courses which will best prepare them for graduate study in urban planning, ethnic studies, public policy and administration, and urban anthropology or sociology. Since there is considerable flexibility within this concentration, students are encouraged to meet with the department's urban and ethnic studies coordinator to select courses and choose sub-concentrations.
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 concentration 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
Concentration Core Requirements: (2 courses, select one from Ethnic list and one from Urban list)
Ethnic
ANT 315 Race, Ethnicity, and Nation
SOC 214/ANT 210 Social Change in Latin America (If SOC 214/ANT 210 is taken to fulfill the ethnic concentration requirement, TWO concentration electives must be at 300 or 400 level.)
Urban
ANT 335 Global Urbanization
SOC 320 Community, City and Suburbs
SOC 355 Introduction to Urban Planning
Concentration Electives (4 courses, with at least 1 at 300 or 400 level and at least 3 courses must be in ANT or SOC)
ANT 245 Modern Arabic Society and the Media
ANT 311 Women and Migration
ANT 341 Dynamics of Cultural Ecology
SOC 303 Women in World Perspective
SOC 310 Urban Youth Deviance
SOC 315 Racism, Power, and Privilege
SOC 330 Urban Population Dynamics
SOC 345 Inequality, Pollution and the Environment
SOC 365 Sociology of Poverty and Welfare in the US
SOC 371 Culture, Health, and Illness
SOC 372 Introduction to Comparative Public Health
SOC 375 Religion and American Culture
SOC 380 Education and American Culture
SOC 385 Introduction to Applied Sociology
AAS 348 African American Music
COM 411 Intercultural/Racial Communication
HIS 380 African American History 1865 to Present
HIS 384 History of Urban America
HIS 390 History of Race Relations in the United States
JPW 321 Race, Gender, and the News
LIT 217 Issues in Multicultural Literature
LIT 282 20th Century African American Literature
LIT 334 Literature by Latinas and Latin American Women
MGT 310 Cross-Cultural Management
POL 318 Politics of Community Change
PSY 218 Psychology of Power, Oppression, and Privilege
WGS 260 Africana Women in Historical Perspective
