Sociology, BA (Boston)

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BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

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.

Required Sociology

• SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
• One of:
  • SOCL 2320 — Statistical Analysis in Sociology
  • INSH 3102 — Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences
• One of:
  • SOCL 2321 — Research Methods in Sociology
  • INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• SOCL 3300 — Social Theory

Cultural Anthropology

• ANTH 1101 — Peoples and Cultures

Additional required methodological training

From the catalog

Complete one of the following:

• One of:
  • ANTH 3410 — Ethnographic Field Experience
  • COMM 2105 — Social Networks
  • DS 3000 — Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
  • HINF 5301 — Evaluating Health Technologies
  • INSH 2102 — Bostonography: The City through Data, Texts, Maps, and Networks
  • SOCL 2323 — Ethnographic Methods
  • SOCL 3487 — Applied Sociology: Practice and Theory

Senior Seminar

• One of:
  • SOCL 4600 — Senior Seminar
  • ANTH 4100 — Making Anthropology and Sociology Public

Sociology Electives

28 semester hours.

From the catalog

Students must complete seven elective courses in the major, at least four of which must be at the 3000 level or higher.

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