Universitywide Graduation Requirements

To complete this program, students must meet all Universitywide graduation requirements .

College-Level Requirements for the College of Arts and Sciences

View the A&S - College Level Requirements (A&S CLR) .

Sociology Hours Requirement

Complete a total of 30 semester credit hours of SOC coursework, including all the requirements below.

Sociology Core Courses

Earn a C or better in the following three courses:

• SOC 1000 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3000 - Development of Sociological Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3500 - Elementary Research Techniques Credit Hours: 3.0

Sociology Statistics Courses

Complete one of the following courses:

• COMS 3520 - Empirical Research Applications in Communication Credit Hours: 3.0
• ECON 3810 - Economic Statistics Credit Hours: 3.0
• MATH 2500 - Introduction to Statistics Credit Hours: 4.0
• PSY 2110 - Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Credit Hours: 4.0
• QBA 2010 - Introduction to Business Statistics Credit Hours: 3.0

Sociology Concentration

Complete three courses at the 3000- or 4000-level.

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• SOC 3090 - Sociology of Appalachia Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3150 - Social Identities Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3270 - Sociology of Education Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3290 - Race and Ethnic Relations Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3300 - Sociology of Poverty Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3310 - Class and Inequality Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3350 - Economic Sociology Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3400 - Population and Society Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3560J - Writing in Sociology & Anthropology Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3650 - Sociology of Mental Illness Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 3720 - Sociology of Masculinity Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4000 - Emergent Topics in Sociological Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4130 - Media and Society Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4140 - Contemporary Social Movements Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4160 - Society and the Individual Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4190 - Group Processes Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4210 - Comparative Studies of Family Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4220 - The American Family System Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4240 - Urban Sociology Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4280 - Sociology of Religion Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4300 - Sociology of Organization Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4320 - Political Sociology Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4330 - Sociology of Work Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4500 - Data Analysis Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4620 - Sociology of the Courts Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4640 - Law in Societies Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4650 - Social Change Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4670 - Violence Against Women Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4700 - Sociology of Gender Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4710 - Gender and Justice Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4810 - Environmental Sociology Credit Hours: 3.0

Criminal Justice System Requirement

Complete one course.

• SOC 2600 - Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3.0

Pre-Law Electives

Complete two courses from the following list. These courses will satisfy the major requirements in the sociology major or distribution in Arts and Sciences for social science.

• POLS 2200 - The Politics of Law Credit Hours: 3.0
• POLS 2700 - Introduction to Political Theory Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4620 - Sociology of the Courts Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4640 - Law in Societies Credit Hours: 3.0
• SOC 4710 - Gender and Justice Credit Hours: 3.0

Sociology Capstone

Complete the following course:

• SOC 4950 - Sociology Capstone Credit Hours: 3.0

Preparation for Law

If you plan to enter law school after earning an undergraduate degree, it is prudent to choose a major that reflects your true academic interest. Law schools draw students from a variety of majors, and history has proven to be one of the most successful in launching students toward successful careers in law. This is because our courses provide an understanding of the context within which the western legal tradition emerged.  They explain the impact that laws and courts have had on shaping society and, conversely, how societal change has reshaped legal practice. As critically the habits of a historian teach students to read and contextextualize evidence, to consider multiple perspectives, and to frame and express arguments, skills that numerous lawyers and administrators of law schools suggest are the closest approximation of legal practice that can be simulated in an undergraduate curriculum.   

Additional information about the history department’s prelaw program is available at:
www.ohio.edu/history/undergraduate/prelaw.html.

In addition to our diverse array of history courses, you are advised to use your general electives to take other courses helpful in enhancing your analytical abilities. Those may include courses from English composition and literature, American literature, political science, economics, sociology, philosophy (include ethics and logic), accounting, psychology, and a foreign language. Courses in speech, and training in expression, as well as activities that develop the capacity for independent thought and action, are recommended.

The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that to enter law school you must be able to show possession of an undergraduate degree from an approved college if you wish to take the Ohio Bar Examination. Law schools in the State of Ohio require the degree of all entering students, regardless of the state in which they plan to take the bar examination. More general informaton regarding prelaw can be found at: www,cas.ohiou.edu/undergrad/cat/PreLaw.asp.