hello!!! i wanted to ask if you know some info about the sociology major? such as how big the classes are and what subjects you’re required to take in the senior years of high school to get into this course
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hi there!
you’re in luck — i do know things about the sociology major.
apart from the standard social science admissions requirements, you don’t really need to take anything specific in the senior years of high school to get into the sociology POSts. instead, your first-year prerequisites will be considered when you apply to the program after second year. basically, you need to get a certain grade in both SOC100 and SOC150 to be admitted to the soc major. that grade cutoff changes year to year, so unfortunately i can’t be more specific about it.
those first-year classes, SOC100 and SOC150, are really big. in non-covid years, they’re held in con hall. if i recall correctly, i think the enrollment is usually anywhere from 1000 to 1400 students. don’t quote me on those exact numbers. basically, it’s a crowd.
as with most programs, as you become an upper year, the class sizes will shrink. the standard second-year sociology requirements are probably around 200 to 300 students large, and once you hit fourth year, you’re looking at 15-person classes.
if you want to know specific class sizes as they are right now, you can look the sociology courses listed on this page up on the timetable and check the “space availability” section.
the last note i’ll make is that you’ll need to take at least one statistics class to graduate with a sociology major. a lot of students don’t realize that when they request it as a POSt, and they end up dropping down to a minor to avoid that pesky stats requirement. switching POSts around can be inconvenient, so if you want to avoid math and statistics at all costs, the sociology major may not be for you! but if you’re willing to take that challenge on, it’s really just one course, and i’m sure you can get through it.
i’m not sure what else you want to know about the sociology major, so drop me another question if there’s any specific information you’re seeking and i can try to find it for you. hope this was helpful, and thank you for waiting for this answer!
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