This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s):
Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements.
YEAR 1: 1st Semester
| Course |
Units |
| MATH 141 and MATH 141L (meets GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning) |
4 |
| SOC 150 (meets GE D1 Social Sciences) |
3 |
| GE Basic Skills: A2 Written Communication |
3 |
| GE C1 Arts |
3 |
| Elective |
2 |
| Total |
15 |
YEAR 1: 2nd Semester
| Course |
Units |
| GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication |
3 |
| GE Basic Skills: A3 Critical Thinking |
3 |
| GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science |
2 |
| GE B3 Science Laboratory Activity |
1 |
| GE E Lifelong Learning |
3 |
| Elective |
3 |
| Total |
15 |
YEAR 2: 1st Semester
| Course |
Units |
| GE B1 Physical Science or GE B2 Life Science (select from GE subarea not previously completed) |
3 |
| GE C2 Humanities |
3 |
| GE D3 and D4 Constitution of the United States and State and Local Government |
3 |
| Electives |
6 |
| Total |
15 |
YEAR 2: 2nd Semester
| Course |
Units |
| Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* |
3 |
| GE C3 American History Institutions and Ideals |
3 |
| GE F Comparative Cultural Studies |
3 |
| Electives |
6 |
| Total |
15 |
YEAR 3: 1st Semester
| Course |
Units |
| SOC 424/L (meets GE B5 Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning) |
4 |
| Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* |
3 |
| Upper Division GE D1 Social Sciences |
3 |
| Electives |
5 |
| Total |
15 |
YEAR 3: 2nd Semester
| Course |
Units |
| SOC 430 |
4 |
| Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* |
3 |
| Upper Division GE Section F Comparative Cultural Studies |
3 |
| Electives |
5 |
| Total |
15 |
YEAR 4: 1st Semester
| Course |
Units |
| SOC 468 |
4 |
| Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* |
3 |
| Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* |
3 |
| Electives |
5 |
| Total |
15 |
YEAR 4: 2nd Semester
| Course |
Units |
| SOC 497/L |
4 |
| Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* |
3 |
| Sociology Elective or Concentration Area* |
3 |
| Electives |
5 |
| Total |
15 |
One course for the degree must have an Ethnic Studies/ES designation.
A minimum of 40 units of upper division overall is required for the degree.
*21 units of electives selected from 200 to 400-level sociology courses, with no more than 3 units taken at the 200-level. Nine of the units may be selected from one of the concentration areas below; however, a concentration is not required for the degree.
Social Welfare and Social Justice Concentration
SOC 357 and SOC 490S/F, plus one of the following: CJS 410CS, SOC 356, SOC 426, SOC 484, SOC 490S/F, SOC 492, SOC 493
Inequality and Diversity Concentration
SOC 401, plus two of the following: SOC 307, SOC 324, SOC 335, SOC 452, SOC 461
Social Movements and Political Sociology Concentration
SOC 370 or SOC 476, plus two of the following: SOC 370, SOC 433 or POLS 480, SOC 476, SOC 484
