Sociology (B.A.)

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates from Messiah’s Sociology program can:

  1. Apply major concepts and ideas within classical and contemporary sociological theories to real-world contexts.
  2. Apply qualitative and quantitative research methods while conducting social scientific research.
  3. Apply information and technology relevant to the social sciences
  4. Articulate a broad knowledge of human variations across cultures, class, race and ethnicity, gender, religion, and value orientations to understand the dynamics and complexity of human social interaction.
  5. Apply critical thinking skills in their examination of social institutions and issues of conflict, inequality, prejudice, discrimination, and deviance.
  6. Articulate options for employment, voluntary service, and/or graduate education in sociology and related fields.
  7. Articulate how faith connects to sociological theory, research, and ethics within the discipline and reflect upon issues of faith in their potential career options.

Major Requirements

Complete the following for your major:

SOCI 101Principles of Sociology

3

SOCI 212Cultural Anthropology

3

SOCI 271Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics

3

SOCI 281Qualitative Research Methods

3

SOCI 331Sociocultural Theory

3

SOCI 335Social Conflict, Justice and Peacemaking

3

SOCI 356Social Inequality

3

SOCI 442Senior Thesis

3

 

INTE 391Internship

1-3

OR

SOCI 391Sociology Practicum

1-3

SOCI 442: Fulfills Writing Enriched course requirement for major.

Twenty-one credits from the following:

SOCI 103Crime, Justice and Society

3

SOCI 226/PSYC 226Social Psychology

3

SOCI 310Food, Power, and Society

3

SOCI 315Urban Sociology

3

SOCI 334Population and Environmental Issues

3

SOCI 341Religion and Society

3

SOCI 342/PSYC 342Women and Men in American Society

3

SOCI 381Topics in Non-Western Cultures

3

SOCI 382Topics in Anthropology

3

SOCI 385Topics in Sociology

3

SOCI 386Topics in Criminology

3

SOCI 491Independent Study

1-3

SOCI 497Major Honors

3

SOCI 498Major Honors II

3

HPED 329Sport in Society

3

THEO 229Theology and American Culture

3

THEA 363Theatre for Social Change

3

NOTE: At least eighteen (18) credits of the major requirements must be 300 or 400 level courses.

QuEST Requirements

Experiential Learning requirement 0
QuEST requirements Credits
First Year Seminar3
Oral Communication3
Created and Called for Community (W)3
Mathematical Sciences 3 or 4
Laboratory Science 3 or 4
Science, Technology & the World3
Social Science (SOCI 101)met/major
European History or United States History 3
Literature 3
Philosophy and Religion 3
Arts3
First Semester of Language3
Second Semester of Language 3
Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural3
Non-Western Studies (SOCI 212)met/major
Bible3
Christian Beliefs 3
Wellness course1
Ethics (SOCI 335), World Views or Pluralism (SOCI 356)met/major
QuEST requirements46-48
Major requirements48
Free electives29-27
Total credits 123