Department Writing Requirement:
All majors shall successfully complete the existing program requirements. Program requirements involve
extensive writing in at least 83 percent of the course offerings. To complete program requirements, students are
required to write a variety of papers and essays. It is the responsibility of the faculty, in consultation with the
department chair, to identify students with deficient writing skills. Students identified as needing work in improving
their writing will be notified at the beginning of the following semester. In consultation with their faculty advisor,
the student will be required to complete one of the following options: Satisfactory completion (C- or better) of
Engl 100, College Writing I. If the student has previously completed Engl 100, satisfactory completion of Engl 200,
College Writing II is required. Satisfactory completion of Socl 199, Writing for the Social Sciences
(to be done as a directed study).

NOTE:
1) A student who has received credit for a statistics course in another department should apply for a waiver
for Socl 211. (Credit will not be granted for more than one 200-level statistics course.) If the waiver is
approved, the student must replace Socl 211 with a sociology elective in order to reach the 36 hours in
sociology required for the major (or 18 hours required for the minor).
2) No more than 3 of the 18 total elective hours may be earned through Internships and Directed Study.
Internships may not be counted toward the required six hours of 300-level electives.
3) No more than 6 hours at the 100-level may be applied to the major.


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