FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY
COURSE OF STUDY: SOCIOLOGY
FRESHM AN YEAR
COURSE NUMBER
COURSE TITLE
AMH 2010 or 2020
American History
ANT 2000
Introduction to Anthropology
ENC 1101
Freshman Composition Skills I
ENC 1102
Freshman Composition Skills II
HUM Elect
Humanities Elective
MAC 1105
College Algebra
MGF 1106, 1107, MAD 2120 or Math For Liberal Arts I or II or Finite Math or Probability & Statistics
STA 2023
POS 2041
American National Government
SYG 2000
Introduction to Sociology
SYG 2010
Social Problems
Total
HOURS
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
30
SOPHOMORE YEAR
COURSE NUMBER
AMH2091/AFA 3104
BSC 1005/BSC 1006
ENC 2300 or ENC 3243
HUM Elect
PHYSCI REQ/AST 1000**
SPC 1050 OR 2600
PSY 2012
ECO Elect
Free Electives
Total
COURSE TITLE
African-American History/The African American Experience
Biological Sciences
Improved Writing or Professional Report Writing
Humanities Elective
Physical Sciences/Astronomy
Foundations of Speech or Public Speaking
Introduction to Psychology
Economics Elective
COURSE NUMBER
SYA 3010 ***
SYA 3300 ***
SYA 3400 ***
SYA 4930
SYD 4730
COURSE TITLE
Sociological Thought
Research Process I
Research Process II
Seminar in Sociology
Sociology of Black Experience
HOURS
3
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
30
JUNIOR YEAR
Total
HOURS
3
3
3
3
3
15
SENIOR YEAR
COURSE NUMBER
SY
SY
Elect
Total
COURSE TITLE
Sociology or Anthropology Electives
Minor Electives
Electives
TOTAL HOURS
HOURS
15
18
12
45
120
Students may use up to 6 semester credit hours of upper division anthropology courses as a substitute for 6 sociology elective credit hours.
Note: Students without 2 high school credits in a foreign language must successfully complete 8 credit hours in one foreign language before
being eligible for graduation.
***SYA 3010, SYA 3300 and SYA 3400 must be taken before SYA 4930.
Revised
02/12/2016
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COURSES FOR SOCIOLOGY MAJORS
(30 HOURS MINIMUM)
Required Courses
ANT 2000
SYG 2000
SYA 3010
SYG 2010
Introduction to Anthropology
Introduction to Sociology
Sociological Thought
Social Problems
SYA 3300
SYA 3400
SYA 4930
Research Process I
Research Process II
Seminar in Sociology
ELECTIVES IN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
ANTHROPOLOGY/INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES
ANT 2410
Cultural Anthropology
ANT 2511
Emergence of Man
ANT 3212
Peoples of the World
ANT 3241
Magic, Witchcraft and Religion
ANT 3340
Caribbean Cultural Patterns
ANT 3422
Family and Kinship: Cross
Cultural Perspectives
ANT 3351
South African Ethnography
ANT 3352
Peoples and Cultures of Africa
ANT 3702
International Development
ANT 3711
Cross Cultural Conflict
Resolution
ANT 4905
Directed Individual Study
ANT 4930
Special Topics
RACIAL AND ETHNIC STUDIES
SYD 3700
Intergroup Relations
SYD 3770
Race and Culture
SYD 4730
Sociology of the Black
Experience
COMMUNITY SOCIOLOGY/SOCIAL CHANGE
SYD 3600
Community Structure and
Analysis
SYD 4020
Population Problems
SYD 4603
Community Development
SYO 3410
Urban Sociology
SYO 3440
Rural Sociology
SYO 3510
Social Stratification
SYP 3351
Social Movements
SYP 4400
Social Change
SYP 3510
Deviant Behavior
SYP 4730
Aging in America
FAMILY LIFE STUDIES
SYO 3102
Family Systems in America
SYO 3110
Men, Women and Social
Change
SYO 4103
Parenting in America
SYO 4160
American Minority Family
Systems
OTHER ELECTIVES
SYP 3030
Small Groups
SYA 3931
Honors Seminar I
SYA 3932
Honors Seminar II
SYA 4131
Social Behavior
SYA 4654
Program Evaluation
SYA 4942
Internship
SYO 3400
Medical Sociology
SYO 4250
Sociology of Education
SYP 3000
Social Psychology
GRADUATE COURSES
SYA 5136
Theories of Social Behavior
SYA 5659
Program Evaluation
SYA 5971
Internship
SYD 5608
Strategies of Community
Development
SYD 5609
Program Planning for
Developmental Work
SYD 5705
Seminar in Race and Ethnic
Relations
SYO 5255
Sociology of Education
SYO 5325
Applied Sociology
RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY
CAP 3505
Computer Applications for the
Social Sciences
SYA 4654
Program Evaluation
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02/12/2016
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