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Sociology Minor

To pursue a minor, a student must have achieved sophomore status and have been granted permission by the chair of the student's major and the chair of the program offering the minor. A student begins the process by consulting with his or her adviser and completing an application acquired from the Office for Student Records. 

To complete a Sociology minor, a grade of C or better must be achieved in six courses:

Required Courses

Course Course Title
SO 101 Introduction to Sociology
SO 102 Social Inquiry and Activism 
SO 201 Social Problems

Additional Courses (Choose 3 courses; two must be upper-level)

Course Course Title
CJ 204 Crime and Society
CJ 205 Drugs, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System
HI 207 Crime and Punishment in America
ECO 309 Human Economics
PS 337 Gender Politics
SO 301 Cultural Anthropology
SO 306 Cultural Diversity: Ethnic and Racial Relations 
SO 320 Loss, Grief, and Dying 
SO 332 Marriage and the Family 

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Have a question for liberal studies? Contact us.

Megan Burke Witzleben, Ph.D.
Chair, Division of Arts and Letters
Associate Professor of English
Call: (716)926 - 8838 Ext. 387
Bogel Hall 115

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