OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Minimum number of credits required to graduate: 120
Minimum Cumulative GPA required to graduate: 2.0
Minimum number of credits required to complete the major: 33
Minimum Grade requirements for courses to count toward major: At least a “C” in either ENG 201 , or ENG 315 , or ENG 317 ; at least a “C-” in a advanced methods course; at least a “C” in each of the Core Requirements except for SOC 101 .
Other GPA requirements to graduate: Cumulative GPA of 2.0 or better in the courses in the major field that are credited toward the major.
Required Course(s) for fulfilling Capstone Experience: SOC 499 or three credits of SOC 493 or successful completion of an Honors College thesis
Courses satisfying the writing intensive requirement within the major: SOC 290 and SOC 308
Residency Requirement: At least 15 credits of UM Courses (excluding SOC 101 )
Contact Information: Karyn Sporer, Chair, Fernald Hall, Room 201G, 207.581.2361, karyn.sporer@maine.edu
The requirements listed on this page are specific to this particular major. Students are also responsible for meeting any graduation requirements set out by their college. Students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) should make sure to review those requirements as stated on the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences page of the catalog.
For more information about our undergraduate and graduate programs, program learning outcomes, internships, special resources and programs, and research and career opportunities, see our web site at https://umaine.edu/sociology/.
Core requirements (12 credits): (all core requirements except for SOC 101 must be passed with a “C” or better)
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
SOC 290 - Research Foundations in Sociology and Criminal Justice
SOC 360 - Major Ideas in Sociology
SOC 499 - Senior Capstone
Sociology Electives (15 credits): (At least 6 of the 15 credits must be 300 or 400-level Sociology courses).
SOC majors are allowed to count up to two CRJ courses as electives
Advanced Methods Course (3 credits): (One of the following courses must be passed with a grade of “C- or better)
SOC 219 - Statistical Reasoning in Sociology
SOC 291 - Qualitative Reasoning in Sociology
ANT 448 - Ethnography Through Film
CMJ 402 - Communication Research
PHI 103 - Think!
PSY 241 - Statistics in Psychology
STS 215 Introduction to Statistics for Business and Economics
STS 132 - Principles of Statistical Inference
STS 235 - Introduction to Statistical Methods
STS 434 - Probability Theory
SWK 491 - Methods of Social Work Research
WGS 205 - Introduction to Feminist and Critical Data Analysis
Allowable Advanced Methods Courses on Other UMS Campuses:
USM’s SOC 301- Qualitative Research Methods
UMM’s ENV 226/326 - Undergraduate Research in Environmental Studies
UMPI’s SWK 410 - Social Work Research
UMF’s EPP 304 - Environmental GIS
English Proficiency (3 credits): (Not required for Honors Students who complete the Honors Program’s four-semester Civilizations sequence.)
All Sociology majors must complete the English Proficiency requirement by the time they graduate. ENG 201 - Strategies for Writing Across Contexts or ENG 315 - Research Writing in the Disciplines or ENG 317 - Business and Technical Writing , fulfill this requirement (with a grade of “C” or better)
Transfer students declaring Sociology must take 15 credits of UM courses (excluding SOC 101 to acquire the BA in Sociology).
Sociology majors who complete HON 498 and HON 499 under the supervision of a sociology faculty member are exempted from taking SOC 499, provided that (1) sociology is the student’s primary major and (2) the honors thesis research process involves substantial use of sociological research methods and engagement with sociological literature, as determined by the supervising sociology faculty member.
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