The Sociology major is made up of 33 total credits, consisting of 18 total credits of core classes and 15 credits of elective credits. Majors may also choose to take on an emphasis for further focus of their Sociology education.

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A minor in Sociology is a good addition for many disciplines within the natural and physical sciences, social sciences or humanities.

A minimum of 21 Sociology credits are required for Sociology minors.

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The HHS minor is an interdisciplinary program for students interested in public health, medicine, nursing, population studies, health administration, and others who seek to develop their health-related education through perspectives beyond the traditional, biomedical lens.

A minimum of 21 credits are required for the HHS minor.

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This certificate is a great for students interested in areas such as social services, organizational leadership, human resources, management, community organizing, health fields, population studies, teaching, and public administration who are seeking to further develop their intercultural knowledge and competency.

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The Sociology program at UWO is highly collaborative and has partnerships with a variety of other people and programs. Our new 4+1, Sociology to MPA dual-degree pathway allows sociology students to take graduate classes that count both towards their undergraduate degree and a Master of Public Administration with our program colleagues who run this outstanding program! Because there was a good deal of complementarity and cross-listing already with the Criminal Justice and Environmental Studies programs, we developed streamlined double majors with both, allowing students to pair Sociology with one of these other outstanding majors and still graduate on time. We also worked with a number of other programs to develop the interdisciplinary Health, Humanities, & Society minor (HHS) to help students understand health from a variety of lenses beyond solely the biomedical model. Finally, there are other programs that prominently feature Sociology courses in their curriculum. Learn more below!