Minor in Sociology
Students taking up sociology as a minor are encouraged to read subjects which complement their interests and open up new intellectual horizons. A minor in sociology requires reading five subjects, including one required subject (HS101 Person and Society) and four Electives.
Students are required to achieve a "C" grade or better in HS101 Person and Society to continue in the Sociology Minor. Students are also required to maintain a GPA of "C for their Sociology subjects to graduate with a Minor in Sociology.
Required subject
HS101/HS1001 Person and Society (3 AUs)
Electives
HS102/HS1002 Singapore Society in Transition (3 AUs)
HS103/HS1003 Social Problems in a Global Context (3 AUs)
HS101/HS1001 is a pre-requisite for the following 200/2000-level electives:
(Students from intake 2010 and before will take the courses at 200-level at 4 AUs each)
(Students from intake 2011 and after will take the courses at 2000-level at 3 AUs each)
HS201/HS2001 Classical Social Theory
HS202/HS2002 Doing Social Research
HS203/HS2003 Economy and Society
HS204/HS2004 Culture, Self and Identity
HS205/HS2005 Organisations and Organisational Change
HS207/HS2007 Understanding Globalisation
HS208/HS2008 Social Class and Inequality
HS209/HS2009 Sociology of the Life Course
HS211/HS2011 Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations
HS212/HS2012 Sociology of Language
HS214/HS2014 The Changing Family
HS215/HS2015 Education and Society
HS217/HS2017 Social Psychology
HS218/HS2018 Media and Society
HS219/HS2019 Science, Technology and Society
HS222/HS2022 Population & Society
HS223/HS2023 Environmental Sociology
HS226/HS2026 Deviance and Society
For the following 300/3000-level electives, the pre-requisites are any two 200/2000-level Sociology core courses (HS201/HS2001, HS202/HS2002, HS203/HS2003, HS204/HS2004 and HS205/HS2005) unless a waiver is permitted by the Division.
(Students from intake 2010 and before will take the courses at 300-level at 4 AUs each)
(Students from intake 2011 and after will take the courses at 3000-level at 3 AUs each)
For HS301/HS3001 and HS302/HS3002, however, note the more specific pre-requisites.
HS301/HS3001 Contemporary Social Theory
(Pre-requisite: HS201/HS2001 and any one of the other 200/2000-level core courses)
HS302/HS3002 Understanding Social Statistics
(Pre-requisite: HS202/HS2002 and any one of the other 200/2000-level core courses)
HS304/HS3004 Cities and Urban Life
HS305/HS3005 Sociology of Migration
HS306/HS3006 Sociology of Risk and Crisis
HS307/HS3007 Religion and Society
HS308/HS3008 Sociology of Emotions
HS311/HS3011 Power, Politics and the State
HS314/HS3014 Health, Medicine and Society
HS315/HS3015 Development and Social Change
HS316/HS3016 Societies in Comparative Perspective
HS317/HS3017 Sociology of Tourism
HS318/HS3018 Sociology of Gender
HS319/HS3019 Sexuality and Society
HS350/HS3050 Society and Culture in Southeast Asia
HS351/HS3051 Contemporary Chinese Societies
HS352/HS3052 Comparative Asian Societies
HS353/HS3053 Graying Society: Issues and Challenges
Second Major
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) offers Second Major programmes to students enrolled in HSS. Students who qualify will have the option of pursuing a second major within HSS (Chinese, Economics, English Literature, Psychology or Sociology) or a second major in Communication Studies offered by the School of Communication and Information.
The Second Major programme will allow HSS students to take advantage of the synergies between two disciplines – for example, English Literature and Communication Studies; Psychology and Sociology; or Economics and Business. It is an excellent programme for students who can cope with the rigour. Students can go beyond their narrow specialisation and acquire the depth and breadth of a multi-disciplinary education. Graduates with such training are becoming increasingly attractive to employers.
Second Major students will graduate with a BA.Hons degree in their First Major. The Second Major will be shown on the final transcript.
See the main HSS website for details.