Sociology, Minor (Online)

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Students may earn a minor in sociology online by taking the required 18 credits for the minor in the asynchronous online formats.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:

Students will be able to communicate an understanding of how to understand personal problems in their social context.
Students will be able to explain the difference between qualitative and quantitative methods of sociological research.
Students will be able to critically analyze social issues from a sociological perspective.

Contact Information

Department of Sociology
Lincoln Hall 210
(775) 785-6647
sociology@unr.edu

College of Liberal Arts Student Center
Lincoln Hall 314
(775) 682-8745
https://www.unr.edu/liberal-arts/academic-advising

I. Program Requirements (18 units)

Students majoring in another field may minor in Sociology by completing the following:

Minor GPA | 2.0
Minor Upper-Division Units | 9
Minor Residency Requirement | 6 Upper-Division Units in the minor at UNR
Unit Limits: Per College of Liberal Arts policy, no more than 9 units counted toward any major may be reused to meet the requirements of this minor.

A. Required courses (6 units)

SOC 101 - Principles of Sociology (3 units) CO6
SOC 207 - Introduction to Sociological Theory (3 units)

B. Sociology Electives (12 units)

Students pursuing the online minor in Sociology must also take four additional three-unit courses as electives. At least 9 of these 12 elective units must be upper-division. The following APST and SOC courses are offered in an online asynchronous format.

APST 207 - Practical Statistics (3 units)
SOC 240 - Introduction to Research Methods (3 units)
SOC 285 - Sociology of Contemporary Culture (3 units) CO6, CO9
SOC 325 - Sociology of Happiness (3 units) CO9, CO11
SOC 379 - Ethnic and Race Relations (3 units) CO10, CO13
SOC 425 - Research Methods (3 units) CO14
SOC 458 - Sociology of Mental Health (3 units) CO13
SOC 490 - Class, Race and Gender (3 units) CO10