2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Sociology Minor

Description. The Sociology minor considers the following areas in the study of modern society: social groups, social organization, the sociology of institutions such as law, the courts, the family, the process of interaction, social disorganization and change. Topics such as violence, delinquency, deviant behavior, social control, and ethnic, race and class relations are central to the minor concentration. Issues of culture, personality and urbanization are also covered.

Credits. 18

Minor coordinator. Professors Robert Garot, Fall 2024 (212-237-8680, rgarot@jjay.cuny.edu) and Richard Ocejo, Spring 2025 (rocejo@jjay.cuny.edu), Department of Sociology 

Advising resources.  Department of Sociology advising (socadvising@jjay.cuny.edu)

Requirements. Students wishing to minor in Sociology must complete 18 credits (six courses) of courses at any level. SOC 101, which fulfills the Flexible Core: Individual & Society area of the college's general education program, must be among the six courses.  A maximum of two courses can overlap with a student’s major, other minor or program.

Part One. Required Course

SOC 101Introduction to Sociology

3

Subtotal: 3

Part Two. Electives

Select any five SOC courses or GEN 350 or SSC 325.  At least one course must be at the 300-level or above.

The list of suggested courses are included below but any sociology courses can be used to fulfill Part Two.

SOC 104Tabloid Justice: Causes & Consequences of Crime Sensationalism

3

SOC 106Sexual Identity & U.S. Society: LGBT Perspectives

3

SOC 201Urban Sociology: The Study of City Life

3

SOC 202Sociology of Families

3

SOC 206The Sociology of Conflict and Dispute Resolution

3

SOC 209Sociology of Work, Occupations, and Organizations

3

SOC 213Sociology of Race and Ethnic Relations

3

SOC 215Women and Social Control in the U.S.

3

SOC 222Crime, Media and Public Opinion

3

SOC 227Sociology of Mental Health

3

SOC 232Social Stratification

3

SOC 240Deviance and Conformity

3

SOC 243Sociology of Sexualities

3

SOC 251Sociology of Human Rights

3

SOC 252Environmental Sociology

3

SOC 253Sociology of Global Migration

3

SOC 275Political Imprisonment

3

SOC 278/POL 278Political Sociology

3

SOC 302Social Problems

3

SOC 305The Sociology of Law

3

SOC 308The Sociology of Violence

3

SOC 310/ANT 310/PSY 310Culture and Personality

3

SOC 312Classical Sociological Theories

3

SOC 314Theories of Social Order

3

SOC 315Contemporary Sociological Theories

3

SOC 343Global Social Movements

3

SOC 346Sport in Global Perspective

3

SOC 348Abolition: From Slavery to Supermax

3

SOC 350Social Change

3

SOC 354Gangs and Transnationalism

3

SOC 364Food Justice

3

SOC 366Drugs in U.S. Society

3

SOC 377Internships for Sociology

3

SOC 386Selected Topics in Sociology

3

SOC 387Faculty Mentored Research Experience in Sociology

3

SOC 420/CRJ 420Women and Crime

3

GEN 350Feminist and Critical Methodologies

3

SSC 325Research Methods in Criminology and Sociology

3

Subtotal: 15

SOC 104 and SOC 106 can only be taken by freshmen.

Total Credit Hours: 18