UCF Sociology | Undergraduate Programs
See the system.
Solve the problem.
Study the institutions, communities, and social conditions that shape everyday life. Build the research, analytical, and writing skills to investigate health, crime, inequality, technology, and more.
Bachelor’s Degrees
Sociology B.A. and B.S.
Explore how people, groups, organizations, and institutions interact. Study health, crime, families, culture, inequality, and social change while learning to develop research questions, interpret data, evaluate explanations, and communicate findings.
Both degrees require 120 total credit hours and include social theory, statistics, and research methods. Complete an individual original research project through Data Analysis: Capstone.
| Degree | Additional Preparation |
|---|---|
| Sociology B.A. | Proficiency equivalent to two semesters of college instruction in a foreign language or American Sign Language. |
| Sociology B.S. | An additional approved methods course. The B.S. has no additional foreign-language graduation requirement. |
The general degrees offer room to explore several areas of sociology. The B.S. also offers the focused tracks below.
Focused Study. Original Research.
Two Sociology B.S. Tracks
Connect your interests in health or crime and justice with research training. Both pathways combine a focused curriculum with statistics, research methods, advanced methods, data analysis, and an original research project and capstone.
Sociology B.S. Track
Medical Sociology
Understand health.
Learn to investigate it.
Examine how living and working conditions, inequality, public policy, and healthcare institutions influence health, illness, and access to care.
Prepare for health research, community health, healthcare organizations, and policy, or further study in public health, sociology, social work, medicine, and related fields.
Considering a clinical program? Plan for its additional prerequisites with advising.
Sociology B.S. Track
Crime, Law & Deviance
Understand crime.
Learn to investigate it.
Investigate why crime occurs, how laws are created and enforced, who experiences victimization, and how communities and institutions respond to harm.
Prepare for justice-related organizations, victim services, community programs, public agencies, policy, and research, or further study in sociology, criminology, criminal justice, public policy, and law.
An Interdisciplinary Degree
Social Sciences B.S.
Combine perspectives across disciplines.
Examine the social world through several fields of study. Build your degree around three approved social science minors, alongside statistics and an approved research methods course.
Approved minors span anthropology, communication, political science, psychology, sociology, and women’s and gender studies. Options include medical sociology, medical anthropology, human communication, political science, psychology, and more.
Work with advising to choose an approved combination, meet each minor’s requirements, and connect your coursework with your academic and career interests.
Your Degree at a Glance
3 approved minors
Only one minor from any department or school.
120 credit hours
Total degree requirement.
Complement Your Major
Seven Undergraduate Minors
Add a sociological perspective to your current major. These minors are for students majoring in fields other than Sociology, with options in health, crime, culture, inequality, global issues, and spatial analysis.
| Minor | What You’ll Study |
|---|---|
| Sociology 18 credit hours |
Build a broad understanding of social life, institutions, and behavior through a flexible selection of sociology courses. |
| Medical Sociology 18 credit hours |
Examine how social conditions influence health, illness, access to care, and the organization of healthcare. |
| Crime, Law & Deviance 18 credit hours |
Investigate crime, delinquency, deviance, victimization, and the relationships between law and society. |
| Social Structures and Opportunity See current requirements |
Study class, status, and power, and how social structures shape access to resources and opportunities. |
| Mass Culture and Collective Behavior 18 credit hours |
Explore popular culture, religion, sports, leisure, consumption, public opinion, and social movements. |
| Global Sociology 16 credit hours |
Examine social problems across societies. Includes study abroad and independent study; plan those experiences with advising. |
| Spatial Sociology See current requirements |
Use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to investigate social and environmental disparities, health, and crime through spatial analysis. |
Requirements differ by minor. Review the current catalog and speak with advising about required courses, prerequisites, and how a minor fits your degree plan.
Undergraduate Certificate
Science, Technology & Society
Complement your major with an interdisciplinary examination of science, technology, and social change. Explore artificial intelligence, biotechnology, digital media, and other innovations through questions about ethics, policy, institutions, and inequality.
The Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Certificate develops your ability to assess technological change and explain its consequences to audiences with different backgrounds. These skills support work in technology, research, policy, communication, and public service.
15 credit hours
Core course
SYP 2422 – Science, Technology, and Society
Approved electives
Two Humanities electives
Two Social Science electives
Plan Your Next Step
Find the program that fits your goals.
Undergraduate advising can help you compare degrees and minors, see how completed coursework applies, and plan a track, minor, or certificate.
Talk with Undergraduate Advising
Confirm requirements for your catalog year using official program information, your degree audit, and advising. Check sections, prerequisites, and availability in myUCF before enrolling.
Questions About These Programs?
Dr. Angela Vergara
Sociology Undergraduate Director and Social Sciences Program Director
Angela.Vergara@ucf.edu
Department of Sociology
Howard Phillips Hall (HPH), Room 403
407-823-3744
sociology@ucf.edu
Department Website