Program Requirements

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The Major in Applied Cultural Studies
Requirements for the major in applied cultural studies leading to degree of Bachelor of Science are as follows:

Core Requirements

Students are required to complete each of the following courses (23 semester hours):

SOC 100 Introductory Sociology
SOC 320 Social Research
SOC 321 Applied Social Research
ANT 100 Cultural Anthropology
ANT 325 Applied Anthropology
ANT 340 Ethnographic Methods
MAT 205 Elementary Statistics

Sociological Perspective

Students must complete at least 6 semester hours from the following courses. Other courses may fulfill the requirement for this area with the written approval of the program coordinator and the department chair.

SOC 303 Social Psychology
SOC 307 Social Stratification
SOC 308 Social Organization
SOC 310 Social Change
SOC 315 Marriage and the Family
SOC 318 Occupations
SOC 322 Applied Sociology
SOC 330 Sociological Theory
SOC 335 Popular Culture
SOC 340 Population
SOC 355 Sociology of the Environment
SOC 360 Technology and Society
SOC 380 Elite Deviance
SOC/ANT 400 Urban Society
SOC 425 Political Sociology
SOC 450 Medical Sociology
SOC 490 Sociology of Law

The Anthropological Perspective

Students must complete at least 3 semester hours from the following courses. Other courses may fulfil the requirements for this area with the written approval of the program coordinator and the department chair.

ANT 312 Social Organization
ANT 317 Ecological Anthropology
ANT 345 Environmental Anthropology
ANT 375 Language and Culture
ANT/SOC 400 People in Cities
ANT 401 Culture Theory

Topics in Cultural Diversity

Students must complete at least 9 semester hours from the following list of courses. The 9 semester hours cannot be in only one discipline. Other courses may fulfil the requirements for this area with the written approval of the program coordinator and the department chair.

ANT 201 World Cultures
SOC 213 Sociology of Aging
ANT 231 Modern American Indians
ANT 240 Peoples of Africa
ANT 243 Peoples of East Asia
ANT/SOC 245 Peoples of Latin America
ANT/SOC 250 Women in Society
ANT 320 Religion and Culture
SOC 300 Race and Ethnic Relations (or SOC 301/ANT 301 World Patterns of Race and Ethnicity)
ANT 362 Japanese Culture and Society
ANT 365 Modern Chinese Culture

Practicum Area

Students must complete each of the following courses (7 semester hours):

SOC/ANT 460 Practicum Preparation
SOC/ANT 461-62 Research Practicum I and II

General Studies Requirements
Courses in the applied sociology and anthropology program that may be used to satisfy general studies requirements are: behavioral sciences-SOC 100, SOC 205, ANT 100, ANT 231; mathematics MAT 205; and non-western perspective-ANT 201, ANT 230, ANT 231, ANT 240, ANT 243, ANT SOC 245.

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The Minor in Applied Cultural Studies
A minor in applied cultural studies is awarded to students completing at least the following:

1. Four courses: Introductory Sociology (SOC 100), Cultural Anthropology (ANT 100), Social Research
(SOC 320), and Applied Anthropology (ANT 325) or Ethnographic Methods (ANT 340).

2. Three diversity courses (The three courses cannot be in one discipline).

ANT 201 World Cultures
SOC 213 Sociology of Aging
ANT 231 Modern American Indians
ANT 240 Peoples of Africa
ANT 243 Peoples of East Asia
ANT 245 Peoples of Latin America (same as SOC 245)
ANT/SOC 250 Women in Society
ANT 320 Religion end Culture
SOC 300 Race and Ethnic Relations (or SOC/ANT 301 World Patterns of Race and Ethnicity)
ANT 362 Japanese Culture and Society
ANT 365 Modern Chinese Culture

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