This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in
this section and includes the requirements for declaring a major. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.
Lower-level requirements: 18-19 credits
Course
Title
Credits
SOC 101
Introductory Sociology
3
ANTH 102
Introduction to Social and Cultural
Anthropology
3
One:
ANTH, LAS, MACS, SOC OR WMST 100/200-level
course
(see Note)
3
One additional:
ANTH or SOC 100/200
level course
3
SOC 255/
ANTH 255/
MACS 255
Introduction to Social Research
3
One of:
STAT 104
Introductory Statistics
4
STAT 106
Statistics I
4
or PSYC 110
Applied Statistical Analysis in Psychology
3
Note: Students are advised to select lower-level courses that are prerequisites (or recommended courses) for the upper-level courses of interest to them. See the
course descriptions section for more information.
Upper-level requirements: 32 credits
32 credits of 300- and 400-level Sociology and Anthropology as follows:
Course
Title
Credits
SOC 355/
ANTH 355/
MACS 355
Quantitative Methods
(see Note 1)
or SOC 356/
ANTH 356/
MACS 356
Qualitative Research Methods
4
SOC 350
Classical Sociological Thought
4
or
ANTH 301
Theoretical Currents in Contemporary Anthropology (see Note 2)
Plus:
12 additional upper-level credits in Sociology (see Note 3)
12
12 additional upper-level credits in Anthropology
12
Note 1: CRIM 320 or GEOG 252 (formerly GEOG 352) may be substituted for SOC 355/ANTH 355/MACS 355.
Note 2: Students wishing to take ANTH 301 are advised that this
course is generally offered every other year.
Note 3: No more than nine credits may be in the internship courses SOC 396/GDS 310/GEOG 396 and SOC 398/GDS 311/GEOG 398.
