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Program checklist · Sociology Major

Sociology Major

College of the Holy Cross · Worcester, MA

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Program
Award
Sociology Major
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The sociology curriculum focuses on applying theory and sophisticated empirical research methods to address complex real-world issues. It asks students to critically examine continuing and urgent issues of inequality and social marginalization. The sociology curriculum provides students with qualitative and quantitative skills to analyze social structure, history, and culture, and their effects on people’s lives. With special strengths in the study of inequality, the curriculum features analysis of social problems and social change, institutions and social relationships, and the contribution of social science to social change and policy formulation and implementation. The courses at the 100-level introduce students to the basic concepts and analytical tools used in sociology. Intermediate (200-level) courses provide more detailed coverage and analysis of distinct institutions, social processes, or substantive areas. Advanced seminars and tutorials (300- or 400-level) are intensive courses, typically limited to sociology majors or students participating in interdisciplinary programs or the concentrations housed in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. There is sufficient variation in perspective across the sociology curriculum to offer students both knowledge of sociological theory and methods and a foundation for using a sociological imagination.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
166124
CourseShelf checklist
CK_166124_ddca975b_1
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements

0 items

    Required Courses

    4 items
    1. SOCL 101
      The Sociological Perspective Course count
      As published: “The Sociological Perspective”
      1
    2. SOCL 223
      Logics of Inquiry Course count
      As published: “Logics of Inquiry”
      1
    3. SOCL 226
      Social Statistics Course count
      As published: “Social Statistics”
      1
    4. SOCL 241
      Development of Social Theory Course count
      As published: “Development of Social Theory”
      1

    One advanced 300 or 400-level seminar, tutorial, or research practicum.

    11 items
    1. SOCL 313
      Freedoms & Unfreedoms Course count
      As published: “Freedoms & Unfreedoms”
      1
    2. SOCL 350
      (Precarious) Work Course count
      As published: “(Precarious) Work”
      1
    3. SOCL 365
      Illness Narratives Course count
      As published: “Illness Narratives”
      1
    4. SOCL 370
      Sociology of Trouble Course count
      As published: “Sociology of Trouble”
      1
    5. SOCL 375
      End of Life Course count
      As published: “End of Life”
      1
    6. SOCL 383
      Utopian & Dystopian Worlds Course count
      As published: “Utopian & Dystopian Worlds”
      1
    7. SOCL 386
      Global Sense of Home Course count
      As published: “Global Sense of Home”
      1
    8. SOCL 492
      Directed Honors Research Course count
      As published: “Directed Honors Research”
      1
    9. SOCL 493
      Directed Honors Research Course count
      As published: “Directed Honors Research”
      1
    10. SOCL 494
      Directed Research Course count
      As published: “Directed Research”
      1
    11. SOCL 495
      Directed Research Course count
      As published: “Directed Research”
      1

    Five electives from the lists above and below (two of which may be anthropology courses). 1

    electives · 37 items
    1. SOCL 203
      Race & Power Course count
      As published: “Race & Power”
      1
    2. SOCL 205
      Social Class & Power Course count
      As published: “Social Class & Power”
      1
    3. SOCL 210
      Consumer & Corp Sustainability Course count
      As published: “Consumer & Corp Sustainability”
      1
    4. SOCL 213
      Race, Crime, and Justice Course count
      As published: “Race, Crime, and Justice”
      1
    5. SOCL 219
      Deviance, Normalcy & Control Course count
      As published: “Deviance, Normalcy & Control”
      1
    6. SOCL 236
      Environmental Sociology Course count
      As published: “Environmental Sociology”
      1
    7. SOCL 238
      Cities and Environment Course count
      As published: “Cities and Environment”
      1
    8. SOCL 239
      Environmental Racism Course count
      As published: “Environmental Racism”
      1
    9. SOCL 247
      Sociology of TV & Media Course count
      As published: “Sociology of TV & Media”
      1
    10. SOCL 254
    11. SOCL 256
      Self & Society Course count
      As published: “Self & Society”
      1
    12. SOCL 257
      Aging & Society Course count
      As published: “Aging & Society”
      1
    13. SOCL 259
    14. SOCL 261
      Sociology Of Religion Course count
      As published: “Sociology Of Religion”
      1
    15. SOCL 263
      Medical Sociology Course count
      As published: “Medical Sociology”
      1
    16. SOCL 269
      Education and Society Course count
      As published: “Education and Society”
      1
    17. SOCL 271
      Families and Societies Course count
      As published: “Families and Societies”
      1
    18. SOCL 277
      Gender and Society Course count
      As published: “Gender and Society”
      1
    19. SOCL 280
      Global Culture & Society Course count
      As published: “Global Culture & Society”
      1
    20. SOCL 281
      Sociology of Travel & Tourism Course count
      As published: “Sociology of Travel & Tourism”
      1
    21. ANTH 101
      Anthropological Perspective Course count
      As published: “Anthropological Perspective”
      1
    22. ANTH 251
      Informal Economies Course count
      As published: “Informal Economies”
      1
    23. ANTH 252
      Anthropology of Law Course count
      As published: “Anthropology of Law”
      1
    24. ANTH 253
      Gender & Development Course count
      As published: “Gender & Development”
      1
    25. ANTH 255
      Gender & Sexualities Course count
      As published: “Gender & Sexualities”
      1
    26. ANTH 257
      Anthropology of Debt Course count
      As published: “Anthropology of Debt”
      1
    27. ANTH 260
      Medical Anthropology Course count
      As published: “Medical Anthropology”
      1
    28. ANTH 262
      Anthropology Of Religion Course count
      As published: “Anthropology Of Religion”
      1
    29. ANTH 264
      Race, Racism and Anthropology Course count
      As published: “Race, Racism and Anthropology”
      1
    30. ANTH 266
      Cultures and Politics of Latin America Course count
      As published: “Cultures and Politics of Latin America”
      1
    31. ANTH 267
      Political Anthropology Course count
      As published: “Political Anthropology”
      1
    32. ANTH 268
      Economic Anthropology Course count
      As published: “Economic Anthropology”
      1
    33. ANTH 269
      Fashion, Power, and Identity Course count
      As published: “Fashion, Power, and Identity”
      1
    34. ANTH 273
      Anthropology of Africa Course count
      As published: “Anthropology of Africa”
      1
    35. ANTH 310
      Ethnographic Field Methods Course count
      As published: “Ethnographic Field Methods”
      1
    36. ANTH 320
      Theory in Anthropology Course count
      As published: “Theory in Anthropology”
      1
    37. ANTH 386
      Global Queer Activism Course count
      As published: “Global Queer Activism”
      1
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