Social Services Minor or Certificate

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The social service minor is designed for students interested in working in the human services delivery systems and take applied sociology courses in the field of social services.

(NOTE: Students admitted to the sociology major may have a social services minor, however students admitted to the social services major cannot also have a social services minor)

Required Core Courses

SOC 301 - Introduction and History of Social Service Agencies Credits: (5)
SOC 310 - Social Service Methods and Casework Credits: (5)
SOC 442 - Social Welfare Policy Credits: (5)

Department-Approved Sociology Electives Credits: 15

A maximum of five credits of Sociology lower-division coursework may be counted toward the minor.

SOC 305 - American Society Credits: (5)
SOC 307 - Individual and Society Credits: (5)
SOC 320 - Death and Dying Credits: (5)
SOC 322 - Sociology of Food Credits: (5)
SOC 325 - Aging Credits: (5)
SOC 326 - Social Demography Credits: (5)
SOC 327 - Health and Society Credits: (5)
SOC 343 - Child Abuse Credits: (5)
SOC 344 - Juvenile Delinquency Credits: (5)
SOC 345 - Deviance Credits: (5)
SOC 346 - Criminology Credits: (5)
SOC 348 - Women and Crime Credits: (5)
SOC 349 - Law and Society Credits: (5)
SOC 351 - Sociology of Work Credits: (5)
SOC 352 - Punishment and Corrections Credits: (5)
SOC 354 - Minority Experience Credits: (5)
SOC 356 - Sociology of Gender Credits: (5)
SOC 357 - Sociology of Families Credits: (5)
SOC 358 - Sociology of Sexualities Credits: (5)
SOC 359 - U.S. Feminist Movements Credits: (5)
SOC 362 - Social Movements Credits: (5)
SOC 365 - Minority Groups Credits: (5)
SOC 366 - Sociology of American Indians Credits: (5)
SOC 367 - Sociology of Religion Credits: (5)
SOC 370 - Social Change Credits: (5)
SOC 375 - Sociology of Conflict Credits: (5)
SOC 380 - Environmental Sociology Credits: (5)
SOC 386 - Seminar on Racism Credits: (5)
SOC 415 - Urban Sociology Credits: (5)
SOC 425 - Sociology of Education Credits: (5)
SOC 445 - Social Inequality Credits: (5)
SOC 446 - Sociology of Immigration Credits: (5)
SOC 459 - Organizations Credits: (5)
SOC 460 - Community Structure and Organization Credits: (5)
SOC 490 - Cooperative Education Credits: (1-12)
SOC 495 - Sociological Research Credits: (1-15)

Total Credits: 30

College and Department Information

Sociology Department
College of the Sciences

Online Availability
The program will have both a designated online only option and an in-person or hybrid option.

Program Codes
SOCIMINSS, SOCIMINSSP
SOCIMINSSO, SOCIMINSOP