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Family Studies Concentration
Students who persue this program take a wide range of classes that are designed to teach them about all facets of the family life cycle - from birth to death - and the variety of issues that families encounter, both ordinary and expected as well as traumatic adn unexpected.
General Education Requirements
The General Education curriculum is much more than "required courses."
These courses are required of all of our students because Longwood University firmly believes that the foundation of a classic liberal arts education is critical to the school's mission to "develop citizen leaders who are prepared to make positive contributions to the common good of society." According to our Dean, Dr. Chuck Ross, "a classic liberal arts and sciences education gives students the foundation to fulfill their roles as citizen leaders, and adapt to the changing world in which we live."
More information about the General Education Goals 1-15, and the courses you can take to satisfy these goals can be found in the current Undergraduate Catalog.
Family Studies Concentration Requirements
- General Education Core Requirements - 38 credits
- Additional Degree Requirements - BA degree - 6 credits
- Additional Degree Requirements – BS degree/6-7 credits
- Major Requirements/41 credits
SOCL 101 (3) Principles of Sociology
SOCL 102 (3) Contemporary Social Problems
SOCL 222 (3) Socialization: Sociology of Child Development
SOCL 233 (3) Race, Class, and Gender
SOCL 241 (3) Sociology of Marriage and the Family
SOCL 345 (3) Research Methods
SOCL 346 (3) Basic Statistics
SOCL 389 (3) Sociological Theory
SOCL 461 (3) Senior Seminar
PSYC 373 (3) Adolescent Development
SOWK 337 (3) Family and Children’s Services
- Choose three credits from the following:
SOCL 331 (3) Social Gerontology
SOWK 305 (3) Social Work with Older Americans
RECR 304 (3) Leisure and Aging
- Choose three credits from the following:
SOCL 306 (3) Stress and Crisis in Families
SOCL 325 (3) Women and Society
SOCL 332 (3) Dying and Death
CRIM 335 (3) Juvenile Delinquency
SOCL 351 (3) Sociology of Family Violence
- Internship/Directed Study (choose 3 credits from the following. 1 credit fulfills Gen Ed Goal 14):
SOCL 490 (3) Directed Independent Study
SOCL 492 (3) Internship in Sociology
SOCL 498 (3) Honors Research in Sociology
- General Electives - BA Degree/35 credits; BS Degree/34-35 credits
Advising Resources
2011 and subsequent catalogs:
- Sociology B.A. or B.S.(pdf)
- Sociology with Family Studies Concentration (pdf)
- Sociology with Pre-Law Concentration (pdf)
- Gen Ed checklist for majors (PDF)
Catalogs prior to 2011:
- Sociology B.A. or B.S.(pdf)
- Sociology with Family Studies Concentration(pdf)
- Sociology with Pre-Law Concentration(pdf)
- Gen Ed checklist for majors (pdf)
