Online B.A. in Sociology

Program Outline and Requirements

Lower Division General Education

All lower division General Education (GE) coursework will be completed at an accredited college prior to entry into the Online B.A. in Sociology program. Students should request a CSU General Education Certification when requesting transcripts.

Lower Division Prerequisites from a Community College or University 

CSUB equivalents to the following courses:

SOCI 1008: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 2208: Intro to Statistics in the Social Sciences

Lower Division General Education Coursework (2 courses)

SOC 2018: Self and Society - Student Enrichment & Lifelong Fulfillment (SELF)
SOC 2300: Race and Ethnic Relations (can be transferred in if approved)

Upper Division General Education Requirements (9 units)

SCI 3329: Water and the West or TBD - Upper Division Area B (UDB)
COMM 3048 Art of Film or COMM 3058: Intercultural Communications - Upper Division Area C (UDC)
COMM 3008: Technical and Report Writing - Graduate Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)

Upper Division Required Coursework (21 units)

SOC 3000: Introduction to Research Methods
SOC 3100: Classical Sociology Theory
SOC 3110: Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC 3208: Junior Diversity & Research Ethics - Junior Year Diversity Requirement (JYDR)
SOC 4000: Social Stratification
SOC 4200: Quantitative Analysis
SOC 4988: Senior Seminar in Sociology (Capstone)

Sociology Elective Courses (12 units)

Twelve additional upper division SOC units selected from the department’s offerings that have not been used elsewhere on program outline.

Optional Communications Minor (12 units)

Courses chosen from our Communications course offerings