General Sociology Concentration Requirements : Sociology : UMass Amherst

These requirements apply to students entering UMass Amherst in Fall 2026 or later.

Please note: There is no "double dipping" within the major, meaning that a single course cannot fulfill more than one requirement.

7 Required Courses

One 100-Level Sociology Course

SOCIOL 212: Elementary Statistics

SOCIOL 213: Data Collection and Analysis

SOCIOL 301: Writing in Sociology

SOCIOL 302: Foundations in Sociological Theory

International or Intercultural Course

One 200+ Level Sociology Elective

3 Distribution Requirement

Students will take one Criminology, Law, & Deviance elective, one Social Inequality & Diversity elective, and one Culture, Organizations, & Institutions elective.

Culture, Organizations, & Institutions Elective Options

Criminology, Law, & Deviance Elective Options

3 Sociology Elective Courses

Students will take ONE (1) additional 200+ level elective and TWO (2) additional 300+ level electives.

SOCIOL 204: Labor & the Global Economy	SOCIOL 287: Sexuality & Society
SOCIOL 220: Sociology of American Culture	SOCIOL 288: Introduction of Latin American Culture
SOCIOL 240: Sociology of Asian American Experience	SOCIOL 321: Sociology of Religion
SOCIOL 244: Sociology of Immigration	SOCIOL 330: Asian Americans & Inequality
SOCIOL 245: Race & Society	SOCIOL 334: Sociology of International Disasters
SOCIOL 252: Intro to Human Rights	SOCIOL 360: Urban Sociology
SOCIOL 261: Population Studies	SOCIOL 382: Sociology of Childhood
SOCIOL 262: Globalization & Inequality	SOCIOL 388: Gender & Globalization
SOCIOL 271: Global City
SOCIOL 283: Gender & Society

SOCIOL 201: Women & Work	SOCIOL 326: Asian Americans in Media & Pop Culture
SOCIOL 203: Sports, Labor, & Social Injustice	SOCIOL 328: Introduction to Social Work
SOCIOL 224: Social Class & Inequality	SOCIOL 329: Social Movements
SOCIOL 225: Sociology of Food & Culture	SOCIOL 330: Asian Americans & Inequality
SOCIOL 240: Sociology of Asian American Experience	SOCIOL 334: Sociology of International Disasters
SOCIOL 244: Sociology of Immigration	SOCIOL 335: Radical Movements
SOCIOL 245: Race & Society	SOCIOL 336: Clinical Practice in Social Work
SOCIOL 262: Globalization & Inequality	SOCIOL 360: Urban Sociology
SOCIOL 283: Gender & Society	SOCIOL 385: Gender & Family
SOCIOL 288: Introduction of Latin American Culture	SOCIOL 388: Gender & Globalization
SOCIOL 290S: Policy & Social Inequality	SOCIOL 461: Seminar on Race & Racism
SOCIOL 316: Environment & Society

SOCIOL 204: Labor & the Global Economy	SOCIOL 320: Sociology of Eating Disorders
SOCIOL 220: Sociology of American Culture	SOCIOL 321: Sociology of Religion
SOCIOL 222: The Family	SOCIOL 322: Sociology of Education
SOCIOL 223: Work and Society	SOCIOL 325: Political Sociology
SOCIOL 225: Sociology of Food & Culture	SOCIOL 331: Food and Labor
SOCIOL 232: Sociology of Higher Ed	SOCIOL 337: Sociology of Aspirations
SOCIOL 261: Population Studies	SOCIOL 341: Social Welfare
SOCIOL 271: Global City	SOCIOL 351: Social Network Analysis
SOCIOL 281: Society and the Individual	SOCIOL 352: Media, Technology, & Sociology
SOCIOL 284: Sociology of Identity	SOCIOL 353: Sociology of Medicine
SOCIOL 287: Sexuality and Society	SOCIOL 356: Social Forces, Health, & Lifecourse
SOCIOL 290E: Political Economy & Labor	SOCIOL 364: Sociology of Mental Health
SOCIOL 290Z: Generation Z Culture	SOCIOL 382: Sociology of Childhood
SOCIOL 292W: Labor & Work in the US	SOCIOL 384: Sociology of Love
SOCIOL 386: Complex Organizations	SOCIOL 390C: Comparative Social Policy
SOCIOL 420: Getting a Job: Social Forces Behind Modern Economy	SOCIOL 492P: Civil Resistance & Social Change

SOCIOL 241: Criminology	SOCIOL 344: Gender & Crime
SOCIOL 242: Drugs & Society	SOCIOL 345: Juvenile Delinquency
SOCIOL 248: Conformity & Deviance	SOCIOL 346: Communities & Crime
SOCIOL 252: Intro to Human Rights	SOCIOL 347: Corporate Crime
SOCIOL 323: Sociology of Law	SOCIOL 349: Race, Class, & Crime
SOCIOL 340: Probation & Parole	SOCIOL 374: Gender, Crime, & Family
SOCIOL 342: Deviance & Social Order	SOCIOL 395K: Domestic Violence
SOCIOL 343: Hate Crime in America