Undergraduate Certificate in Sociology of Diversity

Course Requirements

Complete one course each from four different categories below, for a total of four courses. Three of the four courses must be upper level courses.

• Race and Ethnicity:

• SOC 2200 - Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Groups
• SOC 3210 - American Minority Communities
• SOC 3230 - Chicano/a Communities
• SOC 3240 - African American Communities
• SOC 3280 - Asian American Communities
• SOC 3290 - Perspectives on Race and Ethnic Relations
• SOC 3320 - African American Families
• SOC 4480 - Racial Storytelling: Montgomery Travel Course
• SOC 4590 - Youth Gangs

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• Gender

• SOC 3110 - Sex, Society & You: A Sociology of Human Sexuality
• SOC 3610 - Gendered Images
• SOC 4040 - Sociology of Gender and Sexuality
• SOC 4080 - Men and Masculinities
• SOC 4700 - Global Feminisms *

• *NOTE: SOC 4700 may be taken to fulfill either the Gender or Global requirement.

   

• Disability

• SOC 4120 - Body, Power and Culture
• SOC 4230 - Foundations of Disability Studies
• SOC 4240 - Sociology of Dis/Ability
• SOC 4650 - Sociology of Mental Illness: Mad Studies

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• Intersectionality

• SOC 3250 - Power, Privilege and Social Difference
• SOC 4300 - Sociology of Sport
• SOC 4470 - Travel Course: Intersections of Privilege
• SOC 4530 - Advanced Privilege Studies

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• Class

• SOC 4200 - Sociology of Poverty
• SOC 4210 - Social Services and Welfare Reform
• SOC 4310 - Class, Stratification and Power

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• Global

• SOC 2220 - Communities in a Global Environment
• SOC 3270 - Global Indigenous Issues
• SOC 4380 - Globalization and Development
• SOC 4700 - Global Feminisms  *
• SOC 4780 - Global Migration

• *NOTE: SOC 4700 may be taken to fulfill either the Gender or Global requirement.

   

  Additional special topic courses may be offered that can be counted toward the certificate. These courses must be approved in advance by the Certificate Coordinator or the Sociology Department chair.

Certification Process

Students wishing to enroll in a certificate program must turn in an application to the Certificate Coordinator, ideally when they declare their major. Students are strongly encouraged to enroll by their junior year to ensure that certificate requirements are met. Students that are not sociology majors or minors must complete three (3) credit hours of additional lower division sociology credit before enrolling in the certificate program.

Students must submit their transcript to the coordinator to verify that they have met the requirements for the certificate at the beginning of their final semester.  To complete the certificate program, students are required to submit a five-page, typewritten self-statement, evaluating changes in their perceptions of diversity issues as a result of program participation and the implication for future scholarly and professional work.  The certificate will be mailed to recipients upon completion of a certificate audit and graduation.