Undergraduate
Bachelor's Degree Programs
Sociology
Requirements
The major requires 30 credit hours of sociology course work (12 of which must be completed at IUPUI), with a grade of C (2.0) or higher. This includes the following required courses:- R100 Introduction to Sociology (3 cr.)
- R351 Social Science Research Methods (3 cr.)
- R359 Introduction to Sociological Statistics (3 cr.)
- R355 Social Theory (3 cr.)
- R356 Foundations of Social Theory (3 cr.)
- R357 Contemporary Sociological Theory (3 cr.)
- R494 Internship Program in Sociology (3 cr.)
- R497 Individual Readings in Sociology (3 cr.)
- R498 Capstone Seminar (3 cr.)
15 additional credit hours of other sociology courses
For a concentration in Medical Sociology:
Requirement same as above with these additions-
At least 3 Medical Sociology electives:
- EITHER R381 Social Factors in Health and Illness OR
- R382 Social Organization of Health Care PLUS
- Other Medical Sociology electives from the following list:
- R320 Sexuality and Society
- R321 Women and Health
- R327 Sociology of Death and Dying
- R381 (if R382 was taken above)
- R382 (if R381 was taken above)
- R385 AIIDS and Society
- R410 Alcohol, Drugs, and Society
- R415 Sociology of Disability
- R485 Sociology of Mental Illness
- R495 Topics in Medical Sociology
- Additional Sociology electives to total 15 credit hours of electives