Application Submission Deadline: 11:59 pm PST, Friday, March 5, 2021
To qualify for a Department of Sociology Award you must be an enrolled Sociology:
- Major or minor (see criteria below )
- Full-time or part-time during Spring 2021 (see criteria below)
You may apply for multiple awards:
- Only one short essay is required, but if you are applying for multiple awards you must address the criteria of each award
- Your essay should be brief: 500-750 words
Amounts vary depending on the number of winners chosen and donations to the awards fund.
Sociology Award Application(opens in new window)
Award Criteria
- Sociology majors and minors
- Award may be used for expenses for travel to a conference or academic event, study abroad; for research or special projects
- Essay: Should address your commitment to the field of sociology, and describe what you hope to gain from your plans to travel, study abroad, or engage in a special project
- Sociology majors who will graduate in spring, summer or fall of 2021
- CSU, Chico GPA: 3.5 or higher
- This award honors a student for outstanding academic achievement
- Students are nominated for this award by Sociology faculty and you will need to provide the names of your two faculty nominators
- Essay: Should address how your experience in the Sociology program has contributed to your world view and how you expect to use your degree to achieve your career objective
- Sociology majors who will graduate in the spring, summer or fall of 2021
- CSU, Chico GPA of 3.0 or higher
- This award recognizes students who have put their sociological knowledge into action through a civic engagement project, activism, community-based research, or leadership in a campus or community organization
- Essay: Should describe how you have applied your sociological knowledge in hands-on ways for the benefit of others
- Sociology majors: juniors or seniors
- CSU, Chico GPA 3.0
- This award recognizes Sociology juniors or seniors who have overcome obstacles and challenges in life and in their educational pursuits
- Essay: Should address the obstacles you have overcome, your commitment to Sociology, and how the award will contribute to the completion of your degree
- Sociology major or minor
- Cumulative GPA 2.5
- Must have completed at least 45 units by the end of spring 2021
- To encourage and reward extraordinary research and writing in sociology, this cash award recognizes students who have completed at least one research paper with a minimum word count of 2,500 including citations, and an abstract of approximately 100 words
- Research should examine primary and/or secondary data collected for a class assignment or under the direct supervision of a CSU, Chico Sociology faculty member