Sociology, B.S.

The B.S. degree in sociology provides a more rigorous curriculum in social science research and analytic writing, and a solid foundation for graduate study or professional school. Prior to declaring a sociology major, students must complete SOCI 1300  with a grade of C or better. Students must receive at least a C- in all remaining required courses and meet a minimum GPA of 2.000 in all courses counted toward the major. Only one independent study course (SOCI 4393  or SOCI 4396 ) may be taken for a grade and applied toward the major. General internship courses (SOCI 4185 , SOCI 4285 , SOCI 4385 ) may only be taken on a pass/fail basis, and will not be counted toward the major.

SMU Degree Requirements

An SMU undergraduate degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours and must include completion of the University’s Common Curriculum , one major and a combination of electives and/or other majors or minors. Completion of certain majors requires more than 120 hours to finish the degree. The credit hours within this curriculum are distributed as follows: