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High School Preparation
High school students planning to major in sociology should obtain a solid background in English, social sciences, and writing skills while completing the courses required for UC admission. Students considering a combined major in sociology and Latin American and Latino studies (LALS) should also acquire as much proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese as possible before attending UC Santa Cruz.
Transfer Preparation
Junior transfer students expressing an interest in sociology should obtain a solid background in English, social sciences, and writing skills while completing their course work in their community college. It is common for transfer students to have completed courses equivalent to Sociology 1, Introduction to Sociology, Sociology 10, Issues and Problems in American Society, or both at their previous school. Transfer course agreements and articulation between the University of California and California community colleges can be accessed on the ASSIST web site.
While it is not a condition of admission, students from California community colleges may complete the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) in preparation for transfer to UC Santa Cruz.
Careers
Business administration
Criminal justice
Crisis center counseling
Education
Family/marital counseling
Gerontology
Intergroup relations
Journalism
Justice system
Juvenile delinquency counseling
Law
Legal aid
Mental health
Personnel work
Politics
Public administration
Public health
Public relations
Rehabilitation counseling
Social work
Sociological research
These are only samples of the field’s many possibilities
Recognition
Assistant Professor Steven McKay was awarded the 2007 Sociology of Labor Book Award from the American Sociological Association for his book, Satanic Mills or Silicon Islands? The Politics of High-Tech Production in the Philippines (Cornell University/ILR Press, 2006).
In recognition of his effective and outstanding teaching skills, the UCSC Academic Senate Committee on Teaching honored Associate Professor Andrew Szasz as one of seven recipients of the Excellence in Teaching Award for 2006-07.
Sociology-sponsored theses have been among those awarded the Dean’s and Chancellor’s Awards numerous times. In 2008 Nicholas Petersen received the awards for his thesis “Lynching and 'Popular Justice': A Comparative Analysis of White and African-American Lynching Incidents, 1882-1930,” sponsored by Hiroshi Fukurai. In 2007 Shaeleya Miller received the awards for her thesis “Beyond Pole-arity: Negotiations and Accountability Among Feminists,” sponsored by Melanie DuPuis.
Alum Focus
Annette Lareau, (B.A., sociology, ’74) is a professor of sociology at the University of Maryland and an expert in the study of childrearing in families of differing ethnicities and social classes. She is the author of two books, Home Advantage and Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life.
Robin Toma (B.A., sociology and economics, ’82) is the executive director of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission. With a master’s degree in urban planning and a law degree from UCLA, Toma, who is Japanese American, played an instrumental role in a class action lawsuit and a political campaign for redress for more than 2,200 former Japanese American internees.
The UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) offers undergraduate students the opportunity to study at more than 100 host universities and colleges worldwide as part of their regular UC academic program. Interested students should meet with an EAP adviser, as well as their College Academic Preceptor, early in their academic career. It is important for sociology students to plan ahead so as to fulfill the necessary major requirements before going abroad.
Academic year programs. The Sociology Department requires majors to pass their lower-division sociology courses (see the Major Course Requirements section below), and three upper-division core courses (103B, 105A, and 105B) prior to study abroad. Up to three approved courses may be used toward the sociology major.
Semester programs. For fall semester, majors must complete their lower-division sociology courses (see the Major Course Requirements section below), and one upper-division core course (105A). For spring semester, majors must pass their lower-division sociology courses and two upper-division core courses (103B and 105B).
Major Course Requirements
The sociology major consists of three lower-division courses, ten upper-division courses, and a comprehensive requirement. The three lower-division courses are Sociology 1, 10, and 15. The ten upper-division courses include four core courses (Sociology 103A, 103B, 105A, and 105B), one course from each of the three clusters, and three additional upper-division courses. The comprehensive requirement may be satisfied in one of two ways: by taking the Capstone Course or by writing a Senior Thesis.
Major Course Requirements for Combined Major
The combined major consists of four lower-division courses, six upper-division core courses, four upper-division elective courses, a language requirement, and a comprehensive requirement. The four lower-division courses consist of two from Sociology and two from LALS. The ten upper-division courses include six core courses (LALS 100A, 100B, Sociology 103A, 103B, 105A, and 105B), two upper-division elective courses from LALS, and two upper-division elective courses from Sociology.
To satisfy the language requirement, students must demonstrate language proficiency equivalent to the completion of Spanish 6 or 56 or Spanish for Spanish Speakers 63 or Portuguese 65A-B. The comprehensive requirement may be satisfied in one of three ways: by taking a senior seminar in LALS, by taking two additional sociology upper-division courses in the cluster III area, or by writing a Senior Thesis.
Major Course Requirements for the Intensive Sociology Major
The intensive sociology major consists of six lower-division courses, 11 upper-division courses, a project practicum, and a comprehensive requirement. The six lower-division courses are Sociology 1, 10, 15, 30A, 30B, and 30C. The 11 upper-division courses include four core courses (Sociology 103A, 103B, 105A, and 105B), one course from each of the three clusters, four additional upper-division elective courses, and a project practicum course, Sociology 196G. The comprehensive requirement may be satisfied in one of two ways: by taking the Capstone Course or by writing a Senior Thesis.
Declaring the Major
All students who listed sociology as their major on their admissions application enter UCSC with the status of proposed sociology. This status is considered undeclared. A GPA of 3.0 in the required lower-division sociology courses is required for acceptance to any sociology major or minor.
The Undergraduate Advisor for Sociology provides academic advising on major requirements, recommends specific courses and areas of study, helps organize the student’s overall curriculum, addresses administrative and academic difficulties, and assists with administrative paperwork and petitions. During the sociology declaration sessions held each quarter, students eligible to declare are given an overview of the program and begin the steps to declare. Additionally, every student is paired with a faculty adviser for additional advising (e.g., course content, independent studies, graduate school).
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