- General Education Course

  - Milestone course: a key success marker for your major. See your advisor to discuss the importance of this course in your plan of study.

The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.

Course Requirements

The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.

Course List

Code	Title	Credit Hours
Core Curriculum
Core 1: Critical Thinking
FYS 100	First Yr Sem Critical Thinking	3
SOC 200	Introductory Sociology (CT)	3
Core I Critical Thinking		3
Core 2
ENG 101	Beginning Composition	3
ENG 201	Advanced Composition	3
CMM 103	Fund Speech-Communication	3
Core II Math: MTH 121 course or STA 150/STA 150L		3-4
Core II Natural/Physical Science		4
Core II Humanities		3
SOC 200	Introductory Sociology (CT) (MC) (Core II Social Science)	3
Core II Fine Arts		3
Additional University Requirements
Writing Intensive		3
Writing Intensive		3
SOC 200	Introductory Sociology (CT) (Multicultural/International)	3
SOC 493	Senior Seminar II (Capstone)	3
College-Specific
Foreign Language 101		3
Foreign Language 102		3
Foreign Language 203 or MC, I or GLC Course		3
Foreign Language 204 or MC, I or GLC Course		3
COLA Humanities		3
COLA Humanities		3
COLA 300/400 Humanities		3
SOC COLA Social Science		3
COLA Social Science (not SOC)		3
COLA Natural/Physical Science		4
ANT 201	Cultural Anthropology (CT) (COLA International)	3
Major-Specific
SOC 200	Introductory Sociology (CT)	3
SOC 344	Social Research I	3
SOC 345	Social Statistics I	3
SOC 360	Sociological Theory	3
SOC 492	Senior Seminar I	3
SOC 493	Senior Seminar II (Capstone)	3
SOC Restricted Elective
Select two courses from one primary area, and one course from each of the remaining two areas from the following:		12
Social Institutions:
SOC 300	Social Organization
SOC 342	American Society
SOC 362	Health, Culture and Society
SOC 408	The Family
SOC 420	Criminology
SOC 433	Sociology of Work
SOC 450	Sociology of Religion
SOC 452	Soc of Death & Dying
Social Identities and Inequalities:
SOC 310	Individual and Society
SOC 375	Social Stratification
SOC 423	Social Class Power & Conflict
SOC 425	Race and Ethnicity
SOC 432	Sociology of Appalachia
SOC 440	Intro to the Soc of Aging
SOC 455	Sociology of Sex and Gender
SOC 468	National Identity
Social Issues:
SOC 311	Deviance and Social Control
SOC 313	Contemp Soc Issues and Prob
SOC 330	Soc of Community Health
SOC 401	Population & Human Ecology
SOC 413	Social Movements & Soc Change
SOC 442	Urban Sociology
SOC 460	Holocaust and Genocide
SOC 466	Culture and Environment
SOC Elective
Select three of the following:		9
SOC 403	Social Research II
SOC 443	Evaluation and Survey Research
SOC 470	Field Exper in Applied SOC
SOC 480	Special Topics
SOC 481	Special Topics
SOC 482	Special Topics
SOC 483	Special Topics
SOC 485	Independent Study
SOC 486	Independent Study
SOC 487	Independent Study
SOC 488	Independent Study
SOC 489	Internship
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		1

Major Information

• The total number of free electives will depend on the amount of double and triple counting of requirements.
• See course attributes each semester for courses that meet multiple requirements.
• Questions about requirements should be directed to the College of Liberal Arts (304-696-2350). Core II and COLA requirements may not be double counted.
• Forty-eight credit hours (sixteen 3-hour courses) must be at the 300/400 level.
• Students must earn a C or better in ENG 201 Advanced Composition and all foreign language courses.
• Minimum of 120 hours to graduate.

  - General Education Course

  - Milestone course: a key success marker for your major. See your advisor to discuss the importance of this course in your plan of study.

Semester Plan

Sociology is the study of human societies. We ask basic questions like “why do humans do what we do” and “how does society work.” Along the way we pick up essential human questions like: What does it mean when we say that we live in a socially constructed reality? What is the place of the individual in society? Do we have “free will,” or are our personal actions determined by social forces? Is social life really what Thomas Hobbes called the “war of all against all”? Why do we have social order?

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
First Semester		Credit Hours
CMM 103	Fund Speech-Communication	3
ENG 101	Beginning Composition	3
FYS 100	First Yr Sem Critical Thinking	3
SOC 200	Introductory Sociology (CT) (MC) (Core II Social Science)	3
Core II Fine Arts		3
UNI 100	Freshman First Class	1
	Credit Hours	16
Second Semester
ENG 201	Advanced Composition	3
Core II Math: MTH 121 course or STA 150 course /STA 150L		3 or 4
Core II Physical/Natural Science		4
ANT 201	Cultural Anthropology (CT) (COLA Social Sci/COLA International)	3
COLA Humanities		3
	Credit Hours	16-17
Second Year
First Semester
SOC 344	Social Research I	3
SOC 360	Sociological Theory	3
Foreign Language 101		3
COLA Humanities		3
Free Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Second Semester
SOC 345	Social Statistics I	3
Writing Intensive		3
Foreign Language 102		3
COLA Physical/Natural Science		4
Core II Humanities		3
	Credit Hours	16
Third Year
First Semester
Writing Intensvie		3
SOC Restricted Elective		3
SOC Restricted Elective		3
COLA Soc Science: SOC Elective		3
Foreign Language 203 or MC, I or GLC Course		3
	Credit Hours	15
Second Semester
SOC Restricted Elective		3
Foreign Language 204 or MC, I or GLC Course		3
COLA Social Science (MC)		3
COLA 300/400 Humanities		3
Free Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Fourth Year
First Semester
SOC 492	Senior Seminar I	3
SOC Restricted Elective		3
SOC Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
	Credit Hours	15
Second Semester
SOC 493	Senior Seminar II	3
SOC Elective		3
Free Elective		3
Free Elective		3
	Credit Hours	12
	Total Credit Hours	120-121