Major Concentrations
Optional, our major concentrations can be helpful for career and graduate school preparation. Students pursuing a major concentration should be familiar with the Major (BA) Requirements.
This undergraduate concentration is designed for students interested in crime control, corrections, law and law enforcement, and welfare and human services.
1) Core Courses:
- SOC 300: Principles of Sociological Inquiry
- SOC 321: Survey of Sociological Theory
2) Methods/Statistics (one course from):
- SOC 475: Analysis in Survey Research
- SOC 476/476L: Social Statistics with Social Statistics Laboratory
- SOC 478: Analysis in Field Research
3) Electives (based on student's program admission date)
- Spring 2023 and later, six of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- Fall 2022 and earlier, seven of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- SOC 332: Survey of Sociology of Law
- SOC 333: Criminology
- SOC 335: Drugs and Society
- SOC 336: Deviance and Social Control
- SOC 337: Criminal Justice Organizations
- SOC 341: Survey of Social Psychology
- SOC 374: Law, Politics, and Society
- SOC 400: Food, Body, and Women: Analysis of Biopolitics
- SOC 431: Advanced Criminology & Juvenile Delinquency
- SOC 432: Punishment and Society
- SOC 433: Analysis in Law and Social Change
- SOC 435: Women and Crime
- SOC 438: Prisons
- SOC 445: Analysis in Gender Violence
- SOC 446: Gender Violence over the Lifecycle
This undergraduate concentration is designed for students interested in social policy, advocacy, and public engagement on environmental, economic, and social changes.
1) Core Courses:
- SOC 300: Principles of Sociological Inquiry
- SOC 321: Survey of Sociological Theory
2) Methods or Statistics (one course from):
- SOC 475: Analysis in Survey Research
- SOC 476/476L: Social Statistics with Social Statistics Laboratory
- SOC 478: Analysis in Field Research
3) Electives (based on student's program admission date)
- Spring 2023 and later, six of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- Fall 2022 and earlier, seven of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- SOC 301: Survey of Urban Sociology
- SOC 311: Survey of Social Inequality and Stratification
- SOC 313: Survey of Sociology of Work
- SOC 316: Survey of Social Change
- SOC 318: Women and Social Policy
- SOC 332: Survey of Sociology of Law
- SOC 356: Chinese Society and Culture
- SOC 357: Japanese Society and Culture
- SOC 358: Sociology of Korea
- SOC 367: Sustainability, Technoscience, and Social Justice
- SOC 374: Law, Politics, and Society
- SOC 400: Food, Body, and Women: Analysis of Biopolitics
- SOC 401: Analysis in Urban Sociology
- SOC 411: Analysis in Social Stratification
- SOC 412: Analysis in Population and Society
- SOC 413: Analysis in Economy and Society
- SOC 415: Technology and Society
- SOC 418: Gender and Work
- SOC 419: Organizations and Society
- SOC 433: Analysis in Law and Social Change
- SOC 441: Social Structure and the Individual
- SOC 455: Sociology of Religion
- SOC 456: Racism and Ethnicity in Hawai‘i
- SOC 457: Sociology of the Arts
- SOC 458: Analysis in Sports and Society
- SOC 459: Popular Culture
- SOC 492: Politics of Multiculturalism
This undergraduate concentration is designed for students interested in business, nongovernmental organizations, social movement organizations, and governmental organizations.
1) Core Courses:
- SOC 300: Principles of Sociological Inquiry
- SOC 321: Survey of Sociological Theory
2) Methods or Statistics (one course from):
- SOC 475: Analysis in Survey Research
- SOC 476/476L: Social Statistics with Social Statistics Laboratory
- SOC 478: Analysis in Field Research
Note: Taking both SOC 475 and SOC 476/476L is highly recommended for this concentration.
3) Electives (based on student's program admission date)
- Spring 2023 and later, six of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- Fall 2022 and earlier, seven of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- SOC 301: Survey of Urban Sociology
- SOC 311: Survey of Social Inequality and Stratification
- SOC 313: Survey of Sociology of Work
- SOC 316: Survey of Social Change
- SOC 318: Women and Social Policy
- SOC 332: Survey of Sociology of Law
- SOC 341: Survey of Social Psychology
- SOC 362: Sociology of Gender
- SOC 367: Sustainability, Technoscience, and Social Justice
- SOC 374: Law, Politics, and Society
- SOC 401: Analysis in Urban Sociology
- SOC 411: Analysis in Social Stratification
- SOC 412: Analysis in Population and Society
- SOC 413: Analysis in Economy and Society
- SOC 415: Technology and Society
- SOC 418: Gender and Work
- SOC 419: Organizations and Society
- SOC 433: Analysis in Law and Social Change
- SOC 441: Social Structure and the Individual
- SOC 456: Racism and Ethnicity in Hawai‘i
- SOC 492: Politics of Multiculturalism
This undergraduate concentration is designed for students interested in understanding social dynamics, inequality, and gender, race, ethnicity, and social class.
1) Core Courses:
- SOC 300: Principles of Sociological Inquiry
- SOC 321: Survey of Sociological Theory
2) Methods or Statistics (one course from):
- SOC 475: Analysis in Survey Research
- SOC 476/476L: Social Statistics with Social Statistics Laboratory
- SOC 478: Analysis in Field Research
3) Electives (based on student's program admission date)
- Spring 2023 and later, six of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- Fall 2022 and earlier, seven of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- SOC 305: Women and Health
- SOC 311 Survey of Social Inequality and Stratification
- SOC 313 Survey of Sociology of Work
- SOC 318: Women and Social Policy
- SOC 341: Survey of Social Psychology
- SOC 362: Sociology of Gender
- SOC 374: Law, Politics, and Society
- SOC 400: Food, Body, and Women: Analysis of Biopolitics
- SOC 411 Analysis in Social Stratification
- SOC 418: Gender and Work
- SOC 433: Analysis in Law and Social Change
- SOC 435: Women and Crime
- SOC 441: Social Structure and the Individual
- SOC 445: Analysis in Gender Violence
- SOC 446: Gender Violence over the Lifecycle
- SOC 451: Analysis in Marriage and the Family
- SOC 452: Marriage and Family: A Feminist Perspective
- SOC 456 Racism and Ethnicity in Hawai‘i
- SOC 458: Analysis in Sports and Society
- SOC 492 Politics of Multiculturalism
Thus undergraduate concentration is designed for students interested in the health and medical fields, including public health, social work, gerontology, and nursing.
1) Core Courses:
- SOC 300: Principles of Sociological Inquiry
- SOC 321: Survey of Sociological Theory
- Note: SOC 100 or a 200-level SOC course is the prerequisite for 300-level SOC courses.
2) Methods or Statistics (one course from):
- SOC 475: Analysis in Survey Research
- SOC 476/476L: Social Statistics with Social Statistics Laboratory
- SOC 478: Analysis in Field Research
- Note: SOC 300 is the prerequisite for the 400-level SOC courses.
3) Electives (based on student's program admission date)
- Spring 2023 and later, six of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- Fall 2022 and earlier, seven of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- SOC 305: Women and Health
- SOC 335: Survey of Drugs and Society
- SOC 341: Survey of Social Psychology
- SOC 353: Survey of Sociology of Aging
- SOC 354: Survey of Medical Sociology
- SOC 400: Food, Body, and Women: Analysis of Biopolitics
- SOC 412: Analysis in Population and Society
- SOC 419: Organizations and Society
- SOC 441: Social Structure and the Individual
- SOC 445: Analysis in Gender Violence
- SOC 446: Gender Violence over the Lifecycle
- SOC 451: Analysis in Marriage and the Family
- SOC 452: Marriage and Family: A Feminist Perspective
- SOC 453: Analysis in Sociology of Aging
- SOC 454: Analysis in Medical Sociology
This undergraduate concentration is designed for students interested in communities and social issues in Hawaiʻi, Asia, and the Pacific regions.
1) Core Courses:
- SOC 300: Principles of Sociological Inquiry
- SOC 321: Survey of Sociological Theory
2) Methods or Statistics (one course from):
- SOC 475: Analysis in Survey Research
- SOC 476/476L: Social Statistics with Social Statistics Laboratory
- SOC 478: Analysis in Field Research
3) Electives (based on student's program admission date)
- Spring 2023 and later, six of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- Fall 2022 and earlier, seven of the following (at least two must be at the 400-level)
- SOC 301: Survey of Urban Sociology
- SOC 316: Survey of Social Change
- SOC 318: Women and Social Policy
- SOC 332: Survey of Sociology of Law
- SOC 353: Survey of Sociology of Aging
- SOC 354: Survey of Medical Sociology
- SOC 356: Chinese Society and Culture
- SOC 357: Japanese Society and Culture
- SOC 358: Sociology of Korea
- SOC 367: Sustainability, Technoscience, and Social Justice
- SOC 374: Law, Politics, and Society
- SOC 401: Analysis in Urban Sociology
- SOC 412: Analysis in Population and Society
- SOC 413: Analysis in Economy and Society
- SOC 415: Technology and Society
- SOC 418: Gender and Work
- SOC 419: Organizations and Society
- SOC 433: Analysis in Law and Social Change
- SOC 451: Analysis in Marriage and the Family
- SOC 452: Marriage and Family: A Feminist Perspective
- SOC 453: Analysis in Sociology of Aging
- SOC 454: Analysis in Medical Sociology
- SOC 456: Racism and Ethnicity in Hawai‘i
- SOC 457: Sociology of the Arts
- SOC 458: Analysis in Sports and Society
- SOC 459: Popular Culture
- SOC 492: Politics of Multiculturalism
This undergraduate concentration is designed for students interested in academic, business, marketing, and policy research. This concentration complements graduate studies and careers in social policy research and work, marketing and public relations, and social surveys and polling.
1) Core Courses:
- SOC 300: Principles of Sociological Inquiry
- SOC 321: Survey of Sociological Theory
2) Three Methods or Statistics Courses:
- SOC 475: Analysis in Survey Research
- SOC 476/476L: Social Statistics with Social Statistics Laboratory
- SOC 478: Analysis in Field Research
3) Electives (based on student's program admission date)
- Spring 2023 and later, four courses in a substantive area (see above concentrations for options)
- Fall 2022 and earlier, five courses in a substantive area (see above concentrations for options)
