Sociology, Graduate Certificate
The 18-credit graduate sociology certificate program provides the credentials required for instructors to teach sociology courses at community colleges or concurrent enrollment sociology courses in high schools. Minnesota is one of numerous states that requires community college instructors to have at least eighteen graduate credits in a discipline to teach courses in that discipline. The program is designed to be both convenient and attractive to working professionals, as most of its courses will be offered in an online, asynchronous format. The certificate program contains core courses that adequately cover the foundations of the discipline of sociology as well as some elective courses that allow students to explore substantive areas of sociological interest.
Program Requirements
Required Core
(9 credits, all online asynchronous).
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SOC 603: Seminar in Social Psychology (3 credits)
A survey and analysis of major scientific approaches to human social behavior.
Prerequisites: none |
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SOC 606: Seminar in Sociological Theory (3 credits)
An overview of sociological theory that spans the classical and contemporary traditions within the discipline and focuses on current theoretical issues and controversies within the field.
Prerequisites: none
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SOC 608: Seminar in Social Inequality (3 credits)
This course is an analysis of the meaning, social construction and significance of race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and other boundaries within the pluralistic culture of the United States and in a global world. The course unpacks the mechanisms by which inequalities are maintained in organizations of education, politics, labor market, criminal justice system, sports, neighborhood boundaries, marriage and family, migration, nation, and citizenship. The course explores the matrix of domination and structural dimensions of life by considering sociological critiques of social institutional analyses.
Prerequisites: none |
Electives
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Any 9 sociology credits at the 500- or 600-level.
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