Department of Sociology

Undergraduate Studies

Overview

For Sociology majors wishing to pursue specific themes within the discipline, the Sociology Department currently offers four thematic clusters in the following areas:

Global and Area Studies

Interested in doing global and cross-cultural research? This concentration of courses is designed for you.

Social Movements/Inequality

Causes and consequences of social inequality, along with efforts to create social change, are the bases of this concentration.

Race, Gender and Sexuality

This concentration is for students who want to study the social construction of racial, gender-based, and sexual identities, as well as the consequences of those social constructions.

The Helping Professions

This concentration is for students seeking careers in which they can apply sociological perspectives toward solving social problems at the micro and macro levels.

Upon graduation, students who have completed three approved courses (nine credits) in one of these thematic clusters will be awarded a certificate of achievement by the Sociology Department. The list of approved courses for each cluster is available in the Sociology Department.

Requirements for Majors

A total of 27 credits in sociology and four credits in statistics, distributed as follows, are required for completion of the major:

One entry-level Course:

One Statistics Course:

Two Methods/Theory Courses:

One Research Practicum Course:

Additional Courses:

There are 15 additional Sociology credits:

1. SOC elective
2. SOC elective
3. SOC elective
4 .SOC 1000 level elective
5. SOC 1000 level elective
***one of these classes must be a Writing (W) class

See also the requirements for the Honors Program

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Larry Miller

"At Pitt, administrators and facility stress a global way of thinking. What I have found throughout my time here is that no other major gives you the hands-on application and understanding of the global world unlike the Sociology Department. From our understanding of Marx to the construction of qualitative research, no other major better prepares you for the real world like the field of Sociology."