2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
    Oct 07, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog

Sociology, AS-LAS for Transfer to UCA BS in Sociology


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NPC Faculty MentorKatelynn Hardage (Katelynn.Hardage@np.edu) 501.760.4373

  • This curriculum is designed for persons who plan to obtain an Associate of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences (AS-LAS) degree at National Park College (NPC) and transfer to the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) to complete a bachelor’s degree.
  • Prerequisite courses and/or developmental courses may need to be taken in addition to this suggested plan of study.

UCA Transfer Admission information and policies

  • Students completing the Associate of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences degree requirements with a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA, will have satisfied the UCA Lower-Division Core and will be admitted to the corresponding degree program as a junior.

UCA Transfer Scholarship information and policies

NPC Honors Program: The NPC Honors Program is accepting applications. Learn more about the NPC Honors Program.

General Education Core - 35 Credit Hours


60 Credit Hours


See your NPC advisor for degree and graduation information

* Denotes NPC courses included in the Arkansas Course Transfer System (ACTS)

Remaining Courses to be Completed at UCA - Sociology: 60 Credit Hours


Major Requirements (12 Credit Hours)

Prefix Course # Course Name Credit Hours
SOC 2321 Social Statistics 3
SOC 3320 Social Research Methods (UD UCA Core: I, C) 3
SOC 4330 Social Theory 3
SOC 4360 Seminar (UD UCA Core: Z) 3

Major Electives (12 Credit Hours)

    Choose Four: 12
SOC 2342 Sociology of Youth  
SOC 2360 Self & Society  
SOC 2361 Deviance & Society  
SOC 3310 Racial & Ethnic Relations (UD UCA Core: D, R)  
SOC 3321 Qualitative Research Methods (UD UCA Core: I, C)  
SOC 3330 Sociology of Sports  
SOC 3340 Urban Sociology  
SOC 3350 Marriages & Families  
SOC 3361 Gender & Society (UD UCA Core: D, R)  
SOC 3381 Death & Dying  
SOC 3398 Travel Seminar  
SOC 4300 Sociology of Religion  
SOC 4301 Social Movements & Social Change  
SOC 4310 Globalization & Development  
SOC 4320 Sociology of Work  
SOC 4331 Social Gerontology  
SOC 4341 Population  
SOC 4342 Stratification  
SOC 4370 Internship  

Minor Field (24 Credit Hours)

    Upper-Division Minor Field Course (UD UCA Core: D) 3
    Upper-Division Minor Field Course (UD UCA Core: R) 3
    Upper-Division Minor Field Course 3
    Upper-Division Minor Field Course 3
    Upper-Division Minor Field Course 3
    Upper-Division Minor Field Course 3
    Upper-Division Minor Field Course 3
    Minor Field Course 3

General Electives (12 Credit Hours)

    Upper-Division General Elective 3
    Upper-Division General Elective 3
    Upper-Division General Elective 3
    General Elective 3
    Total Hours: 120

Academic Year: 2023-2024
Revised: January, 2024