Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Applied Sociology

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

General Requirements

  1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
  2. Students are required to complete the following Sociology courses:
    SOCI 1310Introduction to Sociology3
    SOCI 3307Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences3
    SOCI 3318Applied Data Analysis3
    SOCI 4306Sociological Theory3
    SOCI 4308Quantitative Research Methods3
    SOCI 4309Qualitative Research Methods3
    SOCI 4690Internship in Applied Sociology6
    The remaining 15 hours of upper division sociology coursework should be related to their occupational goals or free SOCI advanced electives. Courses should be chosen with the advice of the undergraduate academic advisor.15
  3.  In addition to general education core curriculum and degree requirements, students must complete two semesters of coursework in the same foreign language (1410, 1420) unless they successfully completed two years of foreign language in high school, and must complete one additional English sophomore literature course or ENG 3303 or ENG 3304.

  4. For transfer students, 12 semester credit hours in Sociology (or their equivalents) may be transferred from a Texas public institution of higher education for the Sociology Field of Study and be applied to the Bachelor of Science with a major in Applied Sociology at Texas State University. More information about the Field of Study is available in the Academic Policies section of this catalog. The transferable Texas Common Course Number (TCCN) is listed below the Texas State University course number in the following course list. In the case where there is no Texas State University course number equivalent to a FOS number, an elective will be counted.

    SOCI 1310Introduction to Sociology3
    TCCN: SOCI 1301
    Elective3
    TCCN: SOCI 1306
    Elective3
    TCCN: SOCI 2301
    Elective3
    TCCN: SOCI 2319
    Total Hours12

  5. Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).

  6. Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors.

  7. Nine hours of writing intensive (WI) courses are required for graduation.

  8. The number of free elective hours a student will complete depends on the number of hours a student may need to achieve the required 120 total or 36 advanced hours.

Course Requirements 

Freshman
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
Communication Component Code 0103Communication Component Code 0103
Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303Mathematics Component Code 0203
Creative Arts Component Code 0503Life and Physical Sciences Component Code 0303
Government/Political Science Component Code 0703American History Component Code 0603
SOCI 1310 (TCCN SOCI 1301)3Government/Political Science Component Code 0703
US 11001 
 16 15
Sophomore
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
American History Component Code 0603Language, Philosophy, and Culture Component Code 040 3
Social and Behavioral Sciences Component Code 080 (not to include SOCI 1310)3ENG Literature (Component Area Option Code 090/094)23
Modern Language 1410 (if needed) or Elective4Modern Language 1420 (if needed) or Elective4
SOCI 33073SOCI 33183
SOCI Advanced Elective3SOCI Advanced Elective3
 16 16
Junior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
BS Literature or Technical Writing3Component Area Option 0903
SOCI 43063SOCI 43083
SOCI Advanced Elective3SOCI Advanced Elective3
Minor6Minor6
 Elective (as needed)3
 15 18
Senior
First SemesterHoursSecond SemesterHours
SOCI 43093SOCI 469016
SOCI Advanced Elective3 
Minor6 
Electives (as needed)6 
 18 6
Total Hours: 120
1

In the senior year, students must complete a field internship (SOCI 4690) related to their applied sociological training and minor concentration. Enrollment in the internship requires completion of all other course work in the major and a Texas State GPA of 2.00, a major GPA of 2.25 and a minor GPA of 2.00. 

2

An ENG Literature course may be selected from the following: ENG 2310 (TCCN ENGL 2322), ENG 2320 (TCCN ENGL 2323), ENG 2330 (TCCN ENGL 2332), ENG 2340 (TCCN ENGL 2333), ENG 2359 (TCCN ENGL 2327), ENG 2360 (TCCN ENGL 2328), ENG 2371