Sociology

Summary

The Sociology Program is suited to the needs of both the two-year student and the transfer student who wish to major or minor in Sociology or related fields. It is designed to provide the student with a greater understanding of human interactions, social processes, and social structures.

Award Note: The Associate Degree requires a minimum of 60 degree applicable semester units.

Learning Outcome(s): Students who complete the Sociology Program will be able to:

1. Think critically in reading, writing, and/or speaking about topics in Sociology, with a focus on collective, as opposed to individualistics, explanations of human behavior, and an emphasis on the roles of social structure, culture, and social interaction in shaping behavior, both historically and cross-culturally, thereby identifying problems, theses, arguments, evidence and conclusions.
2. Write or speak about topics in Sociology, with a focus on collective, as opposed to indvidualistic, explanations of human behavior, and an emphasis on the roles of social structure, culture, and social interaction in shaping behavior, both historically and cross-culturally, thereby addressing problems, formulating theses, making arguments, analyzing and weighing evidence, and deriving conclusions.
3. Demonstrate an ability to understand one’s role in society, explain how the theoretical underpinnings of sociology explicitly challenge currently dominant ideologies like individualism and radical subjectivism, and make ethical decisions in complex situations.
4. Articulate similarities and contrasts among cultures and global political and economic systems, and demonstrate an understanding of cultural pluralism.

Requirements