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Dec 05, 2025
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NSU Catalog 2025-2026
Sociology (BA)
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No grade below a “C” will be accepted in a course taken to fulfill the Sociology major requirements.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will be able to identify and apply sociological concepts and theories to everyday life, human behavior, and societies.
- Students will be able to identify, analyze, and explain the factors contributing to and the consequences of social stratification and social inequality across dimensions/statuses and institutions. Students will engagement with diversity (i.e., individual differences and group/social differences) in ways that increase awareness, content knowledge, cognitive sophistication, and empathic understanding of the complex ways individuals interact within systems and institutions leading to opportunities for equal access to and participation in educational and community programs for all members of society. (Cross-curricular Skills: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
- Students will be able to identify the characteristics of high-quality data and methods in sociological research and be able to effectively explain the results of sociological research to others. (Cross-curricular Skills: Critical and creative thinking)
- Students will be able to assess the effectiveness of various social policies within the United States through the process of designing, evaluating, and implementing a strategy to evaluate policies. (Cross-curricular Skills: Problem Solving)
- Students will be able to communicate effectively in a wide variety of contexts and demonstrate skills that support understanding and effective communication and interaction in a variety of contexts. (Cross-curricular Skills: Intercultural Knowledge)
- A systematic process of exploring issues, objects or works through the collection and analysis of evidence that results in informed conclusions or judgments. Analysis is the process of breaking complex topics or issues into parts to gain a better understanding of them. (Cross-curricular Skills: Inquiry and analysis)
Interested in pursuing a Master’s in Social Work - please see Social Work (Accelerated Master’s Degree from USD) .
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Field Experience (1 credit)
Stratification and Inequality: Choose two (6 credits)
Social Institution: Choose one (3 credits)
Sociology Electives: Choose two (6 credits)
General Education Requirements - Baccalaureate (30 credits)
Please see General Education & Degree Requirements for specific information about each SGR. SGR #3 - 6 credits in two disciplines
Elementary and Special Education majors must take GEOG 210 , POLS 100 , and HIST 151 or HIST 152 . Civics Requirement: one course must be completed to fulfill the civics requirement. Courses that satisfy this requirement are marked with [CIV]. SGR #4 - 6 credits in two disciplines
Degree Requirements (BA) - 9 credits
Arts and Humanities (6 credits)
Two additional courses from those listed in General Education Requirements Goal #4. The courses must be from different disciplines than those selected to satisfy General Education Requirements Goal #4. Specific requirements for the BA degree: - For an English (BA), students must take 3 semesters of a Foreign Language (maximum of 2 disciplines), and 1 additional non-language SGR#4 approved course.
- For all other BA degrees, students must take a total of four SGR #4 approved courses from different disciplines. At least one (1) course, and no more than two (2), must be a foreign language.
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 120 CREDITS
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