Family Studies Combined Major

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Family Studies Combined Major

Rev. 10/28/2015

Required Core Courses / Completed?
101: Intro
210: Methods
211: Statistics
213: Theory
490: Senior Seminar
Other Required Specialized Family Courses / Completed?
261: Family
One of the Following
Specialized Intermediate Courses: / Completed?
203: Human Services for Families and Children
270: Parenting and Technology
271: Work & Family Conflict
302: Juvenile Delinquency
311: Domestic Violence
ANT 320: Sex, Gender, & Culture
One of the Following Advanced Application Courses: / Completed?
470: Immigration & Transnat’l Families

Students are encouraged to complete an internship as an elective.

Rev. 10/28/2015

General Studies (Liberal Arts) Requirements

General / Completed? / Connections (2 courses) / Completed?
FYS & 3 of 5 Foundations must be completed before Connections Courses. At least 1 Connections course must be designated for global content, and at least one must be a humanities course. If a single course satisfies both criteria any second Connections course can complete the requirement. Connections courses may not count toward the major and must be from two different departments
Eng 101* / 1.
Eng 102* / 2.
FYS 100
Foreign Language* (1-3 courses) / Completed? / Synthesis (1 course) / Completed?
Requires junior or senior standing; may not count toward the major.
1.
2.
3.
*Placement will determine how many and which courses are needed within these categories.
Foundations (5 courses) / Completed? / Electives Needed to Achieve 32 Courses: / Completed?
Humanities / 1
Social Science / 2
Natural Science / 3
Quantitative skills / 4
Fine arts / 5
6
Albright Cultural Experience Events: (16 events) To be completed before junior year (8 for sophomore transfers, none for junior transfers.

Prerequisites in the Department

·  All 300 level courses (excluding 400 level Anthropology) require a sophomore standing or above

·  All 400 level Sociology (excluding 400 level Anthropology) courses require a junior standing or above.

·  Courses at the 400 level also have as a prerequisite that all other core courses be completed in addition to at least one additional 300 level course.

SOC 202: The Criminal Justice System
SOC 203: Human Services / SOC 101
SOC 211: Statistics
SOC 230: Cultural Sociology / SOC 101
SOC 253: Criminal Investigation / SOC 101
SOC 254: Advanced Criminal Investigation / SOC 101, SOC 253
SOC265: Global Families / SOC 101
SOC 302: Juvenile Delinquency / SOC 101, sophomore standing or above
SOC 305: Terrorism / Sophomore standing or above
SOC 307: Organized Crime / Sophomore standing or above
SOC 309: Criminal Corrections / Sophomore standing or above
SOC 311: Domestic Violence / Sophomore standing or above
SOC 331: Mass Media and Pop. Culture / Sophomore standing or above
SOC 332: Sociology of Sport & Leisure / SOC101, sophomore standing or above
SOC 333: Sociology of Religion / Sophomore standing or above
SOC 334: Religion & Popular Culture / Sophomore standing or above
SOC360: Crime and the Media / Sophomore standing or above
SOC 382: Internship / Junior standing and permission of the department
SOC 385: Violence and Victims / SOC 101, sophomore standing or above
SOC410: Sociology of Education / Junior standing or above, SOC 261, all core courses excluding 490, one additional 300 level SOC or ANT course.
SOC415: Childhood and Adolescence / Junior standing or above, SOC 261, all core courses excluding 490, one additional 300 level SOC or ANT course.
SOC 430: Collective Beh. and Social Mov. / Junior standing or above, all core courses excluding 490, one additional 300 level SOC or ANT course.
SOC 440: Ethnographies in Crime and Dev. / Junior standing or above, SOC 251, all core courses, one additional 300 level SOC or ANT course
SOC 450: White Collar Crime/Elite Dev. / Junior standing or above, SOC 251, all core courses excluding 490, and one additional 300 level SOC or ANT course
SOC460: Serial Murder/Criminal Profiling / Junior standing or above, SOC 251, all core courses excluding 490, and one additional 300 level SOC or ANT course.
SOC 482: Internship / Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission of the department
ANT 482: Internship / Prerequisites: Senior standing and permission of the department
SOC 490: Senior Seminar in Sociology / Senior standing, all other core courses, and one additional 300 level SOC or ANT course.

Rev. 10/28/2015