芝加哥洛約拉大學(xué)

Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Degree in Sociology

• Critical Thinking - demonstrate the ability to analyze and evaluate multiple and competing social, political, and/or cultural arguments.
• Sociological Imagination - the ability to articulate and evaluate how individual biographies are shaped by social structures, social institutions, cultural routines, and multiple of elements of social difference and/or inequality.
• Communication - the ability to formulate effective and convincing written and verbal arguments.
• Diversity – an awareness of how people of different cultural, religious, and political belief systems interpret the world around them through those beliefs.
• Sociological Theory - the ability to use and evaluate both classical and contemporary perspectives in sociological theory.
• Methodology - the ability to interpret and evaluate several of the major social science research methodologies, as well as the relationship between research questions and appropriate methods.
• Substantive Areas - the ability to demonstrate knowledge of multiple key substantive areas within the field of sociology and evaluate competing perspectives.
• Social Justice in the Jesuit Tradition - the ability to articulate and evaluate how sociological insights should inform a commitment to social justice.

The required courses for Sociology majors are Sociology 205, 206, 301 and 365. (Note: Any Sociology 100-level course is considered to be a prerequisite for 205, except by special permission of the instructor). Sociology 205, 206, and 301 are prerequisites for 365. These courses provide social science students with the theory and methodology background needed for more advanced work. Besides the four required courses, majors will take seven additional courses, five of which must be from Sociology 210–380. One elective taken in a related field may be counted toward the major with the permission of the chair or undergraduate advisor. Only one semester of Sociology 380 (Internship) may be counted toward the major (although this is a six credit hour course, it counts as one course). In choosing electives, majors should consult with their department advisor. In completing major requirements, not more than five courses (fifteen semester credit hours) will be accepted in transfer from other colleges and universities.