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Rotation of Required Courses for the SOCI BA Major & Minor Degrees

As in many Social Science departments, most of our upper level courses are not offered every year. Following is a listing of the rotations for required courses. Please use this information to help you plan when to take your required courses.

Note: This information is not to be construed as a contract to offer the following courses at particular times. It reflects current scheduling practices in the Department, and is provided to help students to plan their degree completion in a timely fashion. Course scheduling may be changed at any time, without notice, to better meet the needs of students. This information does NOT override the information in the official VIU calendar.

Course

When course is usually offered

Required for SOCI Major?

Required for SOCI Minor?

SOCI 111 &

SOCI 112

Every semester & once each term in the summer

 yes yes

SOCI 209

(Social Inequality)

Has been offered every semester, and sometimes during the summer (July/August)

yes yes

SOCI 250 (Introduction to Research Methods)

Offered once a year, usually in the Fall, sometimes in the Spring.

Students may also take CRIM 220 or PSYC 204 in lieu of SOCI 250. (Required for Majors and Minors)

yes yes

SOCI 310

(Classical Theory)

Offered every other year (even numbers), in the SPRING term.

Next offered Spring 2010, Spring 2012, etc. Pre-req is SOCI 209.

 

 yes yes

SOCI 312 (Contemporary Theory)

Offered every other year (odd numbered years), usually in the SPRING semester.

Next offered in January of 2011, 2013, etc.

 yes

SOCI 350

(Qualitative Methods)

Offered every other year in theSPRING (even number years).

Next offered in January 2010, 2012, etc.

Students may take CRIM 350, or PSYC 304 in lieu of SOCI 350.

 yes

SOCI 351

(Survey research methods)

Offered every other year in the FALL (even numbered years).

Next offered in September 2010, 2012, etc.

Students may take CRIM 351, or PSYC 300A in lieu of SOCI 351.

Pre-requisites: SOCI 111 or SOCI 112, SOCI 250 (CRIM 200 or PSYC 204), and MATH 161 (MATH 181 or 211).

yes


These courses are NOT required for either the SOCI Major or Minor, but they do provide ways to focus your degree on topics that interest you.

SOCI 490

(Directed Study)

The opportunity to work independently on a topic of your choosing, with a professor of your choosing (if they have time to supervise you).

Can be done in any semester, including over the summer, if you have a faculty member willing to supervise you.

Prerequisite: SOCI 111 or SOCI 112 and any SOCI 200 level course; and permission of instructor and Department Chair.

SOCI 491

(Senior Project)

Students may work independently (under faculty supervision) on a project of their choosing, during any semester. Open to Majors only.

Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor and Department Chair; and SOCI 310, SOCI 350 and SOCI 351. Restricted to Sociology Majors.