University Core Curriculum Requirements — 40 credit hours
All University of Portland students progress through a set of shared course options as part of the University’s liberal arts Core Curriculum. This curriculum offers a foundation of multiple lenses to address enduring questions of human concern, integrating the liberal arts, the University mission, and the knowledge, skills, and values needed in a diverse society and in the workplace.
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The core requirement for the Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & the Common Good Habit is satisfied by SOC 101 within the major.
One of the three core requirements in the Scientific and Quantitative Literacy and Problem Solving Habit is satisfied by PSY 101 within the criminology track.
SOC 380 and SOC 498/499 are the designated Writing in the Discipline courses for the B.A. in Sociology.
College of Arts and Sciences B.A. Requirements — 24-33 credit hours
See College Requirements, B.A.
Major Requirements — 36 credit hours
Required Courses — 18 credit hours
Students may substitute SOC 499 (Thesis) for SOC 498, Senior Project Seminar. This option requires the student to secure faculty approval of the thesis proposal before the student begins their final year of study.
Upper-division Sociology Electives - 18 credit hours
At least 6 of the 18 upper-division elective credit hours must be taken from SOC 430-439, or 491-492. A maximum of 6 non-classroom credit hours (e.g., internships or independent study) may be applied toward the completion of the major.
Any additional credit hours required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours