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Engineering Transfer 005
Accounting 010
African American Studies 014
Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
American History 512
American Literature 352
American Studies 050
Anthropology 070
Art (Art 080, Art History 082)
Arts and Sciences 090 (Interdisciplinary Courses)
Astronomy 100
Biochemistry 115
Biological Sciences (Biology 120, Botany 130, Microbiology 680, Physiology 760, Plant Physiology 780, Zoology 990)
Biomedical Technology 124
Botany 130
Business Administration 135
Business Law 140
Chemistry (Biochemistry 115, Chemistry 160)
Childhood Studies 163
Computer Science 198
Criminal Justice 202
Dance 203
Ecommerce and Information Technology 623
Economics 220
Education
Engineering Transfer Program 005
English (English Literature 350, American Literature 352, Film 354, Journalism 570, Linguistics 615, Writing 989)
Film Studies 387
Finance 390
Fine Arts (Art 080, Art History 082; Dance 203; Museum Studies 690; Music 700, 701; Speech 950; Theater Arts 965)
Foreign Languages and Literatures (French 420, German 470, Italian 560, Russian 860, Spanish 940)
Geology 460
History (Historical Methods and Research 509, European History 510, American History 512, African, Asian, Latin American and Comparative History 516)
Home Economics 520
Honors College
International Studies Program 549
Student-Proposed Majors and Minors 555
Journalism 570
Justice and Society 572
Latin American Studies Minor
Law
Liberal Studies 606
Linguistics 615
Management 620
Marketing 630
Mathematical Sciences (Mathematics 640, Statistics 960)
Medicine, Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine
Microbiology 680
Museum Studies 690
Music 700, 701
Nursing 705
Pharmacy 720
Philosophy and Religion 730, 840
Physics 750
Physiology 760
Plant Physiology 780
Political Science 790
Psychology 830
Religion 840
Reserve Officer Training Programs
Russian 860
General Science 890
Social Work 910
Sociology (Anthropology 070, Criminal Justice 202, Sociology 920)
Major Requirements
Sociology Major
Criminal Justice Major
Minor Requirements
Anthropology Minor
Criminal Justice Minor
Sociology Minor
Justice and Society Minor
Teacher Certification in Sociology
B.A./M.A. Dual-Degree Program
Courses (Anthropology 070)
Courses (Criminal Justice 202)
Courses (Sociology 920)
Spanish 940
Speech 950
Statistics 960
Teacher Preparation Program 964
Theater Arts (Dance 203, Speech 950, Theater Arts 965)
Urban Studies and Metropolitan Planning 975
Walt Whitman Program in American Studies
Women's Studies 988
Zoology 990
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  Camden Undergraduate Catalog 2006-2008 Liberal Arts Colleges Programs, Faculty, and Courses Sociology (Anthropology 070, Criminal Justice 202, Sociology 920) Sociology Major  

Sociology Major


Students majoring in sociology must complete 36 credits of sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice with at least a 2.0 grade-point average in these courses combined.

Students must complete 18 credits of the 36 required for the major as follows.

50:070:213  Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (3)

50:070:307  Psychological Anthropology (3) or 50:920:357 Individual and Society (3)

50:920:207  Introduction to Sociology (3)

50:920:301  Methods and Techniques of Social Research (3)

50:920:325  Sociological Theory (3)

50:920:332  Social Stratification (3) or 50:920:316 Race and Ethnicity (3)

Students also must complete 18 credits of the 36 required for the major in departmental electives. Departmental electives include courses in sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice, but note that at least one of the departmental electives must be in anthropology. Neither 50:070:213 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology nor 50:070:307 Psychological Anthropology can be used to fulfill the elective requirement in anthropology. At least half of the credits for the major must be taken at Rutgers. 

Students may opt to take one of the following urban studies courses as one of their electives in the sociology major:

50:975:102  Approaches to Urban Studies
50:975:104  Power and Decision Making in Urban Communities
50:975:204  Poverty and Urban Environmental Systems
50:975:339  Housing and Planning Seminar
50:975:413  Urban and Regional Revitalization
50:975:478  History of Planning Thought

It is strongly recommended that students considering graduate study in anthropology, criminal justice, or sociology have a reading knowledge of a foreign language and an understanding of statistics.

 
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