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Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

The BA degree plants career seeds that bloom in surprising ways. You'll be prepared for advanced graduate work or to enter the job market with a solid career strategy and skills to back it up. Earn a major or minor in sociology, detailed in the undergraduate degree requirements page. Complete the degree on campus, entirely online, or in a unique blend of the two.

The Bachelor of Arts in Sociology requires a total of 120 credits, including 32 credits earned in sociology. In addition to required sociology courses, CU Denver has a set of core university requirements for all undergraduates. These include courses in the humanities, social sciences, behavioral sciences, and natural/physical sciences. CU Denver also requires that students demonstrate competency in mathematics and writing, either through testing or coursework. Details on these requirements are available from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

?Students can earn a Bachelor of Arts in sociology through on-campus classes or by doing the degree entirely online. Of the 32 credits of coursework required in sociology, at least 16 credits must be earned in 3000 or 4000-level courses. The maximum number of credits permitted in the major is 56. Within the major, 19 credits are earned in required sociology courses, leaving 15-29 elective credits in sociology. A minimum grade of "C-" or better must be earned in the sociology electives (F’s are not averaged in).

Intakes

Jan
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Aug

Application Processing Time in Days: 30

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Finding a Job
The first and best place to look for student employment opportunities will be on Handshake, CU Denver's online job board. Not sure how to navigate the site? Stop in for our drop in hours during QuickTips and we can sit down together to work on a search strategy.

Types of Employment
Work-Study
Work-Study is a financial aid award that allows undergraduate and graduate students to work part-time to earn money to pay for educational expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to the recipient's course of study. Students earning work-study funds are paid bi-weekly. If awarded work-study, students may search open positions on the Handshake job board.

Students can be awarded Federal or Colorado Work Study. Not sure if you have Work-Study? It will be a specific line item in your financial aid award package located in your student portal.

Student Hourly
Student Hourly positions are on-campus positions funded by a university department’s budget. Work-study and/or financial aid is not required for this type of employment. All hourly students must be enrolled in some credit-earning capacity during the semester in which you are employed. Students may search open positions on the Handshake job board.

Regular Hourly
Regular Hourly positions are offered by businesses in the surrounding Denver community, and are not affiliated with the university. All students, regardless of enrollment or financial need, may apply for these positions through the Handshake job board.

PSW Opportunity

3 years PSW

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Our students are among the best and brightest - motivated individuals who are driven to pursue their passion. The middle 50% of our admitted freshmen had between a 3.23 and 3.93 GPA and scored between a 1070 and 1260 on the SAT, 21-27 on the ACT.

English Language Proficiency Tests

CU Denver accepts the following tests as proof of English language proficiency.

MINIMUM SCORE REQUIREMENTS

Proof of English Language Proficiency

Test TOEFL iBT IELTS Academic PTE Academic Duolingo English Test

Overall Score 79 6.5 58 105

Subscores

- Reading 18 5.5 42 Literacy: 85

- Listening 17 5.5 42 Conversation: 85

- Speaking 20 5.5 42 Comprehension: 85

- Writing 17 5.5 42 Production: 85

University of Colorado Denver

Denver , Colorado ,United States