The Sociology Graduate Certificate program provides opportunities to apply sociological perspectives and research to real-world issues. It serves students who want to extend their study of sociology to the graduate level, and it is designed specifically for high school teachers and community college instructors who need graduate-level coursework in sociology to expand their knowledge of the discipline and/or to gain Higher Learning Commission (HLC) faculty qualifications for accreditation.
Program Requirements
Common Core
An overview of sociological theory that surveys the classical tradition and emphasizes contemporary theories including functionalism, conflict theory, rational choice theory, and symbolic interactionism, as well as recent trends in theoretical developments.
Prerequisites:
none
This course is an analysis of the meaning, social construction and significance of race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and other boundaries within the pluralistic culture of the United States and in a global world. The course unpacks the mechanisms by which inequalities are maintained in organizations of education, politics, labor market, criminal justice system, sports, neighborhood boundaries, marriage and family, migration, nation, and citizenship. The course explores the matrix of domination and structural dimensions of life by considering sociological critiques of social institutional analyses.
Prerequisites:
none
Unrestricted Electives
Any 12 SOC credits at the 500 or 600 level
Policies
Admission to the program requires a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for all undergraduate work and eighteen semester hours of social and behavioral sciences courses.
