- 42 required credit hours
- 27 general education credit hours
- 59 elective credit hours
Courses in anthropology and sociology (ANSO) are designed to help students develop a multicultural understanding of the human experience and the analytical skills necessary for critically evaluating the diversity of human belief systems.
Learning Goals for the Sociology Program
Upon completion of the program, students should:
- Be able to apply the sociological imagination to trace the links between individual experiences and social forces, and to grasp the ways history interacts with both experience and social factors.
- Understand substantive issues, including how culture and social structures operate, the reciprocal relationships between individuals and society, and the impact of social institution and social inequality on society.
- Be able to evaluate the assumptions, purposes and methods of sociological methods and research.
- Have an awareness of social and sociological theories and be able to discuss and apply basic theoretical orientations of the discipline.
- Be able to distinguish individual, social and cultural frames of analysis and micro and macro levels of analysis through the use of social theory.
- Have developed a multicultural and cross-cultural perspective of our world, including an awareness of the factors contributing to diversity and inequality within and among nations.
A minimum of 42 credit hours must be selected from within anthropology/sociology.
Students are required to take the following courses:
| ANSO 1010 Introduction to Sociology | 3 hours |
| ANSO 1020 Social Issues | 3 hours |
| ANSO 2750 Introduction to Measurement and Statistics | 3 hours |
| ANSO 2825 Introduction to Research Methods | 3 hours |
| ANSO 3550 Theories of Social Science | 3 hours |
| ANSO 4900 Senior Seminar | 3 hours |
Two courses from the following:
| ANSO 3250 Applied Social Science | 3 hours |
| ANSO 3960 Ethnic and Minority Relations | 3 hours |
| ANSO 4200 Class, Status, and Power | 3 hours |
| ANSO 4275 Gender and Sex Roles | 3 hours |
| Electives in Anthropology/Sociology | 18 hours |
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS | 42 hours |
Students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours in 3000 and 4000 level courses.
No more than 6 credit hours obtained in practica, independent learning experiences, reading courses, and assessment of prior learning may be applied toward the 42 credit hours required for a major.
Current Webster students should petition for admission to the department on completion of no more than 45 credit hours of academic work. Transfer students must complete a minimum of 24 approved credit hours of academic work at Webster within the major. These courses may be included as part of the residency requirement.
Courses completed with a grade below a C- do not count toward fulfilling the specific course requirements of the major.
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