Requirements

The Sociology Distance Education (DE) program is meant to be started the first semester of your junior year.   You must enter the program with a minimum of 60 lower-division units (the university allows a maximum of 70 lower division transfer units). 

Once enrolled in the program, if you take 15 units each semester, make sure you are taking the correct courses, and pass all your classes, you will graduate in 2 years (not including any minors or double majors).  If you take 2 classes per semester plus one summer class each year, you will graduate in 4 years.* Note that there can be variations in this timeline, depending on the units and courses you have transferred in, and the courses you take at Chico State.  See a Major Advisor to plan your schedule to achieve the best possible personal timeline toward graduation.

Here are the course requirements for the major:  40 units

Completion of the following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, is required of all candidates for this degree. Courses in this program may complete more than one graduation requirement.

**Note that the Fundamental Core is usually transferred in, as well as up to 6  units of additional sociology classes, which count toward your electives.  These 6 units do not have to match courses we specifically offer:  we will give lower-division elective credit for any 2 lower-division sociology courses.  Thus, most transfer students have 31 units to complete in the major when they begin our distance ed program.