Minors

Minors that require 18 credit hours and minimum 2.0 GPA.

The Minor in Sociology helps students prepare for a wide variety of professional careers as well as active, enlightened participation in local, national and world affairs. Required courses: SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology and five sociology electives (four must be at the 300- or 400-level). 

The Minor in Criminology focuses on the nature and cause of crime, the behavior of criminals and how society reacts to crime and criminals. Required courses: SOC 206 Social Problems, SOC 307 Criminology and four electives.

The Minor in Society, Medicine and Health focuses on the socio-demographic, cultural, political and ethical contexts that underlie the medical profession and para-professions, and the social structure of health and health policy. Required courses: SOC 229 Population Problems, SOC 322 Medical Sociology or SOC 477 Sociology of Health Care, and four electives (three of which must be at the 300 or 400-level).

Minors that require 21 credit hours and minimum 2.0 GPA

This interdisciplinary minor blends Sociology courses with courses in the departments of Africana and American Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, providing students with an opportunity to explore intersectional understandings of identity, forms of institutional and structural inequity, and the relationship between intellectual work and movements for social change. The program also includes an internship course so students can apply their knowledge while gaining hands-on social justice experience.

the Artificial Intelligence, Crime and Society Minor will focus on how AI technologies are both shaped by and shape various social, economic, political, and cultural dynamics. Required courses: SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology and five sociology electives (four must be at the 300- or 400-level).