社会学

你会学到什么

1. Identify and articulate the interplay of macro and micro level structural forces and the influence of culture in shaping behavior.
2. Understand the power dynamics in the 社会 construction of society and its intersectionality with race, class, 性别, 性, 和国籍.
3. Recognize and communicate effectively about institutional challenges to and opportunities for freedom and democracy.
4. Understand the stratified nature of globalization and the importance of intercultural differences within and between local and global communities.
5. Identify, describe, and apply core 社会学 theories/perspectives to 社会学 phenomena.
6. Understand and describe the connection between 社会学 theory and methods in a cogent manner.
7. Understand and distinguish quantitative and qualitative research methods and identify their strengths and weaknesses.
8. 将伦理考虑纳入研究和其他学术实践.

Students who wish to graduate with a full major in 社会学 must satisfactorily complete a minimum of ten graded courses:

• 入门课程:SOC 001 PZ或SOC 001X PZ 
• 一门理论课程:SOC 109 PZ或SOC 110 PZ or SOC 112 PZ (we strongly encour年龄 students who are considering graduate work in sociology or a related field, 比如社会工作, 选修一门以上的理论课程)
• Two methods courses: SOC 101 PZ and SOC 102 PZ (students may use CASA 105 in place of SOC 102 PZ and any statistics course can be used to fulfill SOC 101 PZ). We strongly recommend that students take SOC 101 PZ/SOC 102 PZ as soon as they declare the major or before senior year.
• Five additional sociology courses, at least two of which should be from Foundations.
• One Capstone course (SOC 199A PZ or SOC 199B PZ ), which are only offered during the spring semester.

No more than three courses can be counted to fulfill the requirements in another major or minor or be transferred from another institution. 独立研究不能用来满足这些要求.

CASA Pitzer课程: 社会学将同时接受CASA 101和CASA 105两门课程.

荣誉

最低GPA(累积和社会学)为3分的学生.可以要求将他们的毕业论文作为荣誉论文. Two faculty members (at least one of which must be in the sociology field group) must evaluate the research project and make a recommendation to the 社会学实地小组. In the case of combined majors, one faculty member from each field group must evaluate the project. Eligible students should begin thinking about an honors thesis at the end of their junior year and discuss their ideas for a thesis with two faculty members at the beginning of their senior year.

Students must complete the requirements of both majors, including any theses or honor requirements. No more than two courses can be counted to fulfill the requirements in both fields.

Students who wish to graduate with a combined major in 社会学 must satisfactorily complete eight graded courses: either SOC 001 PZ or SOC 001X PZ; either SOC 109 PZ or SOC 110 PZ; both SOC 101 PZ and SOC 102 PZ; three additional sociology courses, at least two of which should be from Foundations; one Capstone course. No more than two courses can be counted to fulfill the requirements in both fields.

Students who wish to graduate with a minor in 社会学 must satisfactorily complete six graded courses:

• 入门课程- SOC 001 PZ或SOC 001X PZ
• 一门理论课程:SOC 109 PZ或SOC 110 PZ 
• One methods course: SOC 101 PZ or SOC 102 PZ (Students may use CASA 105 PZ in place of SOC 102 PZ. 如果学生已经学过其他领域的统计学课程, then either the qualitative course SOC 102 PZ or any other 社会学 course should be substituted).
• Three additional 社会学 courses, at least two of which should be from Foundations.

No more than three courses can be counted to fulfill the requirements in another major or minor or be transferred from another institution. 独立研究不能用来满足这些要求.

CASA Pitzer课程: 社会学 accepts both CASA 101 PZ and CASA 105 PZ for two courses towards the minor.