- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Sociology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Sociology Courses | ||
| ANTH 2305 | Global Markets and Local Culture | 4 |
| SOCL 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 4 |
| or INSH 3101 | Research Methods in the Social Sciences | |
| SOCL 2485 | Environment, Technology, and Society | 4 |
| SOCL 3300 | Social Theory | 4 |
| Statistics | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Biostatistics and Lab for ENVR 2500 (Adding in co-requirement lab portion) | ||
| Statistical Analysis in Sociology | ||
or INSH 3102 | Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences | |
| Capstone | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Earth and Environmental Science Capstone | ||
| Senior Thesis | ||
| Senior Seminar | ||
| Sociology Elective A | ||
| Complete one course in the following range not used to satisfy another requirement: | 4 | |
SOCL 1000 to SOCL 2999 | ||
| Sociology Elective B | ||
| Complete two additional sociology courses in the following range not used to satisfy another requirement: | 8 | |
SOCL 3000 to SOCL 5999 | ||
Environmental Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Courses | ||
| Complete one introductory science course: | 4-5 | |
| Environmental Science | ||
| Dynamic Earth and Lab for ENVR 1200 | ||
| Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Lab for ENVR 1400 | ||
| Complete one introductory social science course: | 4 | |
| Peoples and Cultures | ||
| Food Justice and Community Development | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Environment and Society | ||
| Skills Course | ||
| ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | Geographic Information Systems and Lab for ENVR 3300 | 5 |
| Electives | ||
| Complete four of the following, three of which must be at the 3000 level or above: | 16 | |
| Information Design History | ||
| Applied Business Fundamentals | ||
| The Consulting Environment | ||
| Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
| Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media | ||
| Disease Ecology | ||
| Energy in the Desert Ecosystem | ||
| Environmental Pollution | ||
| Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
| Advanced Spatial Analysis | ||
| Streams and Watershed Ecology | ||
| Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions (Course is pending) | ||
| Sustainability in the Business Environment | ||
| Impact Investing and Social Finance | ||
| Science Writing | ||
| Environmental Ethics | ||
| Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health | ||
| International Environmental Policy | ||
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENVR 5450 | Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling | 4 |
| SOCL 4522 | Environmental Justice | 4 |
Sociology Major Grade Requirement
2.000 GPA required for major courses
Sociology and Environmental Studies Combined Major Credit Requirement
Complete 75 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirements
128 total semester hours required
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 2305 | 4 | ENVR 1110 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ENVR 1000 | 1 | ENVR 2500 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ENVR 1101 | 4 | ENVR 2515 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | SOCL 2321 or INSH 3101 | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 1246 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENVR 3300 and ENVR 3301 | 5 | ENVR elective; 1 of 4 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| SOCL 2485 | 4 | ENVR elective; 2 of 4 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL 3300 | 4 | Sociology elective | 4 | ||||
| Sociology elective | 4 | Sociology elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENVR elective; 3 of 4 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENVR elective; 4 of 4 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Integrative req #1 | 4 | ||||||
| Sociology elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | Capstone requirement | 4 | ||||
| Integrative requirement #2 | 4 | ||||||
| Sociology elective | 4 | ||||||
| Sociology elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||