Sociology with Emphases Major

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Major Requirements

To receive an optional emphasis designation that will appear on university transcripts (e.g., Major: Sociology, with emphasis in Education and Youth), students are required to take at least four courses (16 units) in one of the following clusters. If a student wishes, one of the courses could be a First Year Seminar (on a case-by-case basis) or a Directed Study (SOC 399 ), as long as the student’s project is relevant to her/his chosen emphasis.

Criminology, Law, and Society

SOC 226 - Social Problems (case-by-case basis)
SOC 227 - Violence in Society
SOC 354 - Sociology of Law
SOC 355 - Deviance and Social Control
SOC 356 - Juvenile Justice
SOC 357 - Criminology
SOC 358 - Urban Policing
SOC 367 - Environmental Justice
SOC 390 - Sociology of Human Rights
SOC 390 - Latinas, Justice, and Crime
SOC 395 - Fieldwork in Sociology (focused on relevant topic)

Education and Youth

Globalization, Development, and Sustainability

SOC 109 - Environment and Society
SOC 226 - Social Problems (case-by-case basis)
SOC 231 - Introduction to Globalization
SOC 233 - Gender, Development and Globalization
SOC 319 - Health and Environment
SOC 320 - Global Environments and Societies
SOC 322 - Resistance to Corporate Globalization
SOC 327 - Migration and Diversity in East Asia
SOC 333 - Nationalism & Global Conflict
SOC 350 - Social Movements
SOC 352 - Politics and Society
SOC 353 - Sociology of Peace and War
SOC 360 - Cities in a Global Context
SOC 367 - Environmental Justice
SOC 390 - Sociology of Human Rights
SOC 395 - Fieldwork in Sociology (focused on relevant topic)
ENVA 360 - International Environmental Politics

Critical Diversity and Social Justice

SOC 226 - Social Problems (case-by-case basis)
SOC 228 - Asians and Pacific Islanders in U.S. Society
SOC 229 - Diversity/Amer Families
SOC 233 - Gender, Development and Globalization
SOC 238 - African American Culture and Society
SOC 240 - People of Mixed Descent
SOC 260 - Sociology of Gender
SOC 304 - U.S. Inequalities and Social Justice
SOC 313 - Latina-Chicana Culture and Society
SOC 325 - Critical Approaches to Race and Ethnicity
SOC 345 - Feminism and the Body
SOC 347 - Sex and Sexualities
SOC 350 - Social Movements
SOC 361 - Brazilian Culture & Soc
SOC 390 - Youth and Activism
SOC 390 - Sociology of Human Rights
SOC 392 - Community Organizing
SOC 395 - Fieldwork in Sociology (focused on relevant topic)