University of New Haven
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CT
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| Coordinator: Alfred Bradshaw, PhD. | |
| Socialogy is the study of social life and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociology's subject matter ranges from analysis of families, corporations, cities, and sports to that of sexuality, death, race, gender, and ethnicity as well as the impace of demographic and environmental policies and other social phenomena. The sociological perspective is empirically grounded and sufficiently broad too be relevant to those considering careers in related fields such as research, governmental service, social work, personnel management, advertising, law, medicine, journalism, social gerontology, and hospitality and tourism. | |
| The University of New Haven does not currently offer a major in sociology. For those students wishing to satisfy core or elective requirements, or for students who may wish to select sociology or social welfare as a minor, a selection of courses is offered. + | |
| A minimum of 18 credits is required for the minor in sociology. To complete the minor, six courses are required. Three of those are specified. | |
| Required Courses | |
| SO 113 | Sociology |
| One of the following: | |
| SO 250 | Research Methods |
| CJ 250 | Scientific Methods in Criminal Justice |
| P 305 | Experimental Methods in Psychology |
| One of the following: | |
| P 301 | Statistics for Behavioral Sciences |
| M 228 | Elementary Statistics |
| CJ 251 | Quantitative Applications in Criminal Justice |
| The remaining three courses must be sociology electives that meet with the approval of the Sociology chairperson. | |