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Program checklist · B.S.

Sociology, B.S. (Liberal Arts)

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley · Center Valley, PA

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
CIP
50.1002
Credits (computed from items)
59
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214670
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214670_a377b0ea
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    0 items

      Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      7 items
      1. SOC 1
        Introductory Sociology
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. SOC 207
        Research Methods in Sociology 1
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. SOC 400W
        Senior Research Seminar 1
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. SOC 405
        Sociological Theory 1
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. SOC 470
        Intermediate Social Statistics
        Not resolved to a course
        4
      6. STAT 184
        Introduction to R
        Not resolved to a course
        2
      7. STAT 200
        Elementary Statistics 1
        Not resolved to a course
        4

      Additional Courses

      0 items

        Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

        6 items
        1. MATH 110
          Techniques of Calculus I
          Not resolved to a course
          or: MATH 140 Calculus With Analytic Geometry I
          4
        2. Select 3 credits from the following:
          Not resolved to a course
          3
        3. CMPSC 101
          Introduction to Programming (Students should take 101 version based in Python, not C++)
          Not resolved to a course
        4. CMPSC 121
          Introduction to Programming Techniques
          Not resolved to a course
        5. CMPSC 131
          Programming and Computation I: Fundamentals
          Not resolved to a course
        6. Select 15 credits in sociology, 9 credits must be at the 400 level
          Not resolved to a course
          15

        Supporting Courses and Related Areas

        0 items

          Supporting Courses and Related Areas: Require a grade of C or better

          1 item
          1. Select one of the following five possible pathways:
            Not resolved to a course
            15

          1. Data Analysis

          0 items

            Select 15 credits from the following:

            16 items
            1. CMPSC 203
              Introduction to Spreadsheets and Databases
              Not resolved to a course
            2. DS 220
              3
            3. DS 310
              3
            4. DS 330
              3
            5. DS 402
              3
            6. DS 410
              3
            7. DS 420
              3
            8. MATH 220
              Matrices
              Not resolved to a course
            9. MATH 441
              Matrix Algebra
              Not resolved to a course
            10. STAT 380
              Data Science Through Statistical Reasoning and Computation
              Not resolved to a course
            11. STAT 460
              Intermediate Applied Statistics
              Not resolved to a course
            12. STAT 461
              Analysis of Variance
              Not resolved to a course
            13. STAT 462
              Applied Regression Analysis
              Not resolved to a course
            14. STAT 463
              Applied Time Series Analysis
              Not resolved to a course
            15. STAT 464
              Applied Nonparametric Statistics
              Not resolved to a course
            16. STAT 466
              Survey Sampling
              Not resolved to a course

            2. Geographic Information Systems

            1 item
            1. GEOG 260
              Geographic Information in a Changing World: Introduction to GIScience
              Not resolved to a course

            Select 12 credits from the following:

            10 items
            1. GEOG 363
              Geographic Information Systems
              Not resolved to a course
            2. GEOG 364
              Spatial Analysis
              Not resolved to a course
            3. GEOG 365
              Intermediate GIS Programming
              Not resolved to a course
            4. GEOG 463
              Geospatial Information Management
              Not resolved to a course
            5. GEOG 464
              Advanced Spatial Analysis
              Not resolved to a course
            6. GEOG 465
              Advanced Geographic Information Systems Modeling
              Not resolved to a course
            7. GEOG 483
              Problem-Solving with GIS
              Not resolved to a course
            8. GEOG 484
              GIS Database Development
              Not resolved to a course
            9. GEOG 485
              GIS Programming and Software Development
              Not resolved to a course
            10. GEOG 489
              Advanced Python Programming for GIS
              Not resolved to a course

            3. Social Demography

            1 item
            1. SOC 23
              Population and Policy Issues
              Not resolved to a course

            Select 12 credits from the following:

            11 items
            1. GEOG 126
              Economic Geography
              Not resolved to a course
            2. GEOG 220
              Perspectives on Human Geography
              Not resolved to a course
            3. GEOG 421
              Population Geography
              Not resolved to a course
            4. GEOG 422W
              Not resolved to a course
            5. GEOG 425
              Geography of Race, Class, and Poverty in America
              Not resolved to a course
            6. SOC 408
              Urban Ecology
              Not resolved to a course
            7. SOC 411
              Racial and Ethnic Diversity and the American Family
              Not resolved to a course
            8. SOC 422
              World Population Diversity
              Not resolved to a course
            9. SOC 423
              Social Demography
              Not resolved to a course
            10. SOC 452
              Not resolved to a course
            11. SOC 459
              Communities and Crime
              Not resolved to a course

            4. Political Analysis

            2 items
            1. PLSC 1
              American Politics: Principles, Processes and Powers
              Not resolved to a course
            2. PLSC 309
              3

            Select 9 credits from the following:

            9 items
            1. PLSC 404
              3
            2. PLSC 410
              3
            3. PLSC 429
              3
            4. PLSC 447
              3
            5. PLSC 476
              3
            6. SOC 180N
              State, Society, and Public Policy
              Not resolved to a course
            7. SOC 419
              Race and Public Policy
              Not resolved to a course
            8. SOC 432
              Social Movements
              Not resolved to a course
            9. SOC 446
              Political Sociology
              Not resolved to a course

            5. Health and Society

            1 item
            1. SOC 451
              Health, Disease & Society
              Not resolved to a course

            Select 12 credits from the following:

            8 items
            1. SOC 35
              Sociology of Aging
              Not resolved to a course
            2. SOC 150N
              Healthy People, Healthy Society
              Not resolved to a course
            3. SOC 162N
              Communicating Care
              Not resolved to a course
            4. SOC 309
              Sociology of Health
              Not resolved to a course
            5. SOC 428
              Homelessness in America
              Not resolved to a course
            6. SOC 435
              Perspectives on Aging
              Not resolved to a course
            7. SOC 450
              Justice and the Environment
              Not resolved to a course
            8. SOC 466
              Solving Community Problems
              Not resolved to a course
            Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/liberal-arts/sociology-bs/. Captured page pages/0087.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.