Temple Sociology
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Major Requirements · Minor Requirements · Health Track Major Requirements · Health Track Minor Requirements · Certificate in Health Research Requirements
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Undergraduate Chair · Professor Anne Shlay
Undergraduate Advisors · Professor Rosario Espinal & Professor Mary Stricker
Undergraduate Coordinator · Catherine Staples
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (download requirements form)
Majors must complete a minimum of 11 courses in sociology including:
One introductory course at the 3000 level or below (Except 1167). This course serves as a prerequisite for all 3000 level courses. Courses fulfill this requirement include, but are not limited to the following core courses:
1176 Introduction to Sociology
1277 Comparative Societal Development
1376/1396 Sociology of Race & Racism
1166 Money: Who Has It, Who Doesn't Why It Matters
1676/1696 Men and Women in America Society
1476/1496 American Ethnicity
2179 Racial and Ethnic Stratification
Each of the three courses listed below:
3201 Statistical Methods
3241 Development of Sociological Thought
3261 Research Design and Methods
(Students must take 3201 prior to or concurrently with 3261. Both 3201 and 3261 must be completed before taking either of the advanced-methods courses, 4001 and 4002.)
One of the following advanced-methods courses:
4001 Qualitative Research
4002 Data Analysis
The following writing-intensive capstone course:
4096 Senior Seminar
One course at the 2000 level or above. Courses fulfilling this requirement include, but are not limited to the following regularly offered courses:
2111 Sociology of Sports
2128 Men and Masculinity
2552 Health and Disease in American Society
2553 Sociology of Aging
2171 Sociology of Law
2179 Racial and Ethnic Stratification
2572 Sex and Society
Three additional sociology courses at the 3000 level and above. Courses fulfilling this requirement may include but are not limited to the research-intensive courses listed above and the following regularly offered courses:
3176 Sociology of Education
3207 People and Places of Philadelphia
3214 Latinos, Race, and Ethnicity
3218 Socialization
3219 Globalization
3223 East to America: The Sociology of Asian Americans
3245 Comparative Family Studies
3546 Sexuality and Gender
3596 Sociology or Organizations
3249 Social Inequality
3251 Urban Sociology
3256 Political Sociology
3258 Women and Work
3559 Health and Reproduction
3242 Constructing Race and Ethnicity
3243 Social Movements
3511 Sociology of the Environment
One additional sociology course at any level.
Two social science courses at the 2000 level or above from one or more of the following social science departments:
African American Studies
History
American Studies
Jewish Studies
Anthropology
Latin American Studies
Asian Studies
Mathematical Economics
Criminal Justice
Organizational Studies
Economics
Political Science
Environmental Studies
Psychology
Geography and Urban Studies
Women's Studies
MINOR REQUIREMENTS (download requirements form)
Minors must complete a minimum of six (6) courses in sociology including:
One introductory course at the 3000 level or below (Except 1167). This course serves as a prerequisite for all 3000 level courses. Courses fulfilling this requirement include, but are not limited to the following core courses:
1176 Introduction to Sociology
1277 Comparative Societal Development
1376/1396 Sociology of Race & Racism
1166 Money: Who Has It, Who Doesn't Why It Matters
1676/1696 Men and Women in America Society
1476/1496 American Ethnicity
2179 Racial and Ethnic Stratification
One course at the 2000 level or above. Courses fulfilling this requirement include, but are not limited to, the following regularly offered courses:
2111 Sociology of Sports
2128 Men and Masculinity
2552 Health and Disease in American Society
2553 Sociology of Aging
2170 Sociology of Law
2179 Racial and Ethnic Stratification
2572 Sex and Society
Three additional sociology courses at the 3000 level and above. Courses fulfilling this requirement may include but are not limited to the research-intensive courses listed above and the following regularly offered courses:
3205 Sociology of Education
3207 People and Places of Philadelphia
3209 Introduction to Population Studies Demography
3218 Socialization
3245 Comparative Family Studies
3546 Sexuality and Gender
3596 Sociology or Organizations
3249 Social Inequality
3251 Urban Sociology
3256 Political Sociology
3258 Women and Work
3559 Health and Reproduction
3242 Constructing Race and Ethnicity
3243 Social Movements
3511 Sociology of the Environment
One additional sociology course at any level.
HEALTH TRACK MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (download requirements form)
A minimum of 11 courses in sociology including:
One introductory course at the 3000 level or below (Except 1167). This course serves as a prerequisite for all 3000 level courses. Courses fulfill this requirement include, but are not limited to the following core courses:
1176 Introduction to Sociology
1277 Comparative Societal Development
1376/1396 Sociology of Race & Racism
1166 Money: Who Has It, Who Doesn't Why It Matters
1676/1696 Men and Women in America Society
1476/1496 American Ethnicity
2179 Racial and Ethnic Stratification
Each of the three courses listed below:
3201 Statistical Methods
3241 Development of Sociological Thought
3261 Research Design and Methods
(Students must take 3201 prior to or concurrently with 3261. Both 3201 and 3261 must be completed before taking either of the advanced-methods courses, 4001 and 4002.)
One of the following advanced-methods courses:
4001 Qualitative Research
4002 Data Analysis
The following writing-intensive capstone course:
4096 Doing Sociology in the Real World
Students in the Health Track must take three health related courses, which are marked with an asterisk. Designated selected topics courses will also count toward this requirement.
Planning guides are available to assist students in scheduling their classes.
One course at the 2000 level or above. Courses fulfilling this requirement include, but are not limited to the following regularly offered courses:
2522* Sociology of Self
2530* Selected Topics in Medical Sociology
2552* Health and Disease in American Society
2553* Sociology of Aging
2572* Human Sexuality
Three additional sociology courses at the 3000 level and above. Courses fulfilling this requirement may include but are not limited to the research-intensive courses listed above and the following regularly offered courses:
3205 Sociology of Education
3207 People and Places of Philadelphia
3209* Introduction to Population Studies Demography
3511* Sociology of the Environment
3218 Socialization
3245 Comparative Family Studies
3246* Sexuality and Gender
3596* Sociology or Organizations
3249 Social Inequality
3251 Urban Sociology
3256 Political Sociology
3258 Women and Work
3559* Health and Reproduction
3242 Constructing Race and Ethnicity
3243 Social Movements
One additional sociology course at any level.
Two courses from the following list:
Anthropology
2763 Human Population Genetics
3332 Medical Anthropology
Economics
3507 Health Economics
Geography and Urban Studies
4013 Drugs in Urban Society
Healthcare Information Management
1101 Medical Terminology
3103 U.S. Health Care System
Healthcare Management
3501 Introduction to Healthcare Mgt.
History
4297 History of American Medicine
Philosophy
1077 Science in Context
3216 Philosophy of Science
3249 Ethics in Medicine
Political Science
3154 Health Policy
Public Health
1103 International Health
Courses at the 2000 level or above
Psychology
Courses at the 2000 level of above
Religion
2096 Death and Dying
3004 Religion and Science
Health Track Minor Requirements (download requirements form)
A minimum of six (6) courses in sociology including: three must be health related courses.
One introductory course at the 3000 level or below (Except 1167). This course serves as a prerequisite for all 3000 level courses. Courses fulfilling this requirement include, but are not limited to the following core courses:
1176 Introduction to Sociology
1277 Comparative Societal Development
1376/1396 Sociology of Race & Racism
1166 Money: Who Has It, Who Doesn't Why It Matters
1676/1696 Men and Women in America Society
1476/1496 American Ethnicity
2179 Racial and Ethnic Stratification
One course at the 2000 level or above. Courses fulfilling this requirement include, but are not limited to, the following regularly offered courses:
2111 Sociology of Sports
2128 Men and Masculinity
2552* Health and Disease in American Society
2553 Sociology of Aging
2170 Sociology of Law
2179 Racial and Ethnic Stratification
2572* Sex and Society
Three additional sociology courses at the 3000 level and above. Courses fulfilling this requirement may include but are not limited to the research-intensive courses listed above and the following regularly offered courses:
3205 Sociology of Education
3207 People and Places of Philadelphia
3209 Introduction to Population Studies Demography
3218 Socialization
3245 Comparative Family Studies
3546* Sexuality and Gender
3596* Sociology or Organizations
3249 Social Inequality
3251 Urban Sociology
3256 Political Sociology
3258 Women and Work
3559* Health and Reproduction
3242 Constructing Race and Ethnicity
3243 Social Movements
3511* Sociology of the Environment
One additional sociology course at any level.
Certificate in Health Track Research Requirements
The Sociology department offers this certificate program to students with an interest in careers in health and health care research and in graduate programs in medicine, dentistry and the allied health professions. This certificate program emphasizing research methods and statistics will prepare undergraduate students to carry out community, survey and other sociological research in the health field.
The certificate requires five courses including two substantive courses, a statistics course and two methods courses. Although the statistics and methods course are currently taught as requirements in the general sociology major, instructors in these courses will help students enrolled in this certificate program to gear their required research projects to health issues.
This program will give students skills in research methods, statistics and computer applications. They will develop the analytic abilities needed to formulate research questions and to design and carry out research projects related to issues in health.
A minimum of five courses in sociology including:
2552 Sociology of Health and Disease
The following sequence of courses:
3201 Statistical Methods in Sociology
3261 Research Design and Methods
One of the following:
4001 Qualitative Research
4002 Data Analysis
One of the following:
2553 Sociology of Aging
2572 Sex and Society
3597 Introduction to Population Studies
3511 Sociology of the Environment
3546 Sexuality and Gender
3596 Sociology of Organization
3559 Health and Reproduction
The Sociology department offers this certificate program to students with an interest in careers in health and health care research and in graduate programs in medicine, dentistry and the allied health professions. This certificate program emphasizing research methods and statistics will prepare undergraduate students to carry out community, survey and other sociological research in the health field.
The certificate requires five courses including two substantive courses, a statistics course and two methods courses. Although the statistics and methods course are currently taught as requirements in the general sociology major, instructors in these courses will help students enrolled in this certificate program to gear their required research projects to health issues.
This program will give students skills in research methods, statistics and computer applications. They will develop the analytic abilities needed to formulate research questions and to design and carry out research projects related to issues in health.