Organizational Studies is designed to provide a broad understanding of the political, social, and economic organizations that make up modern society. Organizational Studies emphasizes a sociological perspective, but incorporates a multi-disciplinary field of study. The major introduces students to a range of theories and methods that social scientists use in the analysis of organizations. Courses are chosen to strengthen an emphasis in administration and management, and from the disciplines of Economics, Political Science, Communications, Psychology, Community & Regional Development, Agricultural & Resource Economics, History, and of course, Sociology. Majors in Organizational Studies will be prepared for a variety of career options. The area of study lends itself to a career in management, or to further professional training for a Master’s degree in public or private management. The program offers an opportunity to develop a multi- disciplinary approach to the understanding of modern society. Students planning to do graduate work in public or private management should complete the Math 16 series (calculus) or the equivalent, and should take Engineering Computer Science 10, or the equivalent to gain knowledge of computing.

LOWER DIVISION REQUIRED - PREPARATORY: 24 - 25 UNITS

A. Sociology 1, Introduction to Sociology or Sociology 2, Self and Society

B. Sociology 5, Global Social Change: An Introduction to Macrosociology or Sociology 11, Sociology of Labor & Employment

C. Sociology 46A, Introduction to Social Research (or equivalent PSC 41 or CMN 102)

D. Sociology 46B, Introduction to Social Research (or equivalent STA 13)

E. Economics 1A, Principles of Microeconomics

F. Economics 1B, Principles of Macroeconomics

UPPER DIVISION REQUIRED - DEPTH: 44 UNITS

A. Sociology 180A Complex Organizations

B. Sociology 106, Intermediate Social Statistics (or equivalent STA 103)

C. Select one course from:

• Communication 130, Group Communication Processes
• Communication 136, Organizational Communication
• Psychology 156, Organizational Psychology

D. Select six (6) courses from this cluster, at least three must be from SOC:

• Agricultural & Resource Economics 112, Fundamental of Business Organization
• American Studies 125, Corporate Cultures

• Community & Regional Development:
  CRD 151 & 151L, Community Field Research: Theory & Analysis/Laboratory
  CRD 152, Community Development
  CRD 154, Social Theory & Community Change
  CRD 156, Community Economic Development
  CRD 158, Small Community Governance
  CRD 162, People, Work, & Technology
  CRD 164, Theories of Organizations & Their Roles in Community Change
  CRD 168, Program Evaluation & the Management of Organizations
  Economics: (Most upper division Economics classes require a prerequisite of ECN 100 or 104)
  ECN 116, Comparative Economic Systems
  ECN 121A, Industrial Organization
  ECN 121B, Industrial Organization
  ECN 151A, Economics of Labor Market
  ECN 151B, Economics of Human Resources
• History:
  HIS 185B, History of Technology in America
  HIS 194D, Business and Labor in Modern Japan
• Political Science:
  POL 107, Environmental Politics and Administration
  POL 180, Bureaucracy in Modern Society
  POL 187, Administrative Theory
• Sociology:
  SOC 100, Classical & Modern Sources of Sociological Theory
  SOC 103, Evaluation Research Methods
  SOC 124, Sociology of Education
  SOC 138, Economic Sociology
  SOC 139, Corporations and Society
  SOC 141, Industrialization & Social Change
  SOC 154, Sociology of Healthcare
  SOC 159, Sociology of Occupations
  SOC 160, Environmental Sociology
  SOC 180B, Complex Organizations
  SOC 181, Social Change Organizations
  SOC 182, Experimental and Utopian Communities
  SOC 183, Comparative Organizations
  SOC 185, Sociology of Social Welfare

E. Select one course from:

• Sociology 128, Interracial Interpersonal Dynamics
• Sociology 130, Race Relations
• Sociology 132, Sociology of Gender
• Sociology 134, Sociology of Racial Ethnic Families
• Sociology 140, Social Stratification
• Sociology 145A, Sociology of Third World Development
• Sociology 145B, Gender and Rural Development in the Third World
• Sociology 172, Ideology of Class, Race and Gender

F. Select one course from:

• Sociology 190X, Seminar in Sociological Analysis
• Sociology 192/193, Internship & Research Practicum/Workshop in Field Research
• Sociology 194HA & 194HB, Special Study for Honors Students (4 of the 8 units may count towards cluster E)
  

• Sociology 195, Special Topics in Sociological Analysis (prerequisite for 190X: senior standing and completion of all major requirements other than 12 units of the Public Administration/Business and Society cluster requirements)

TOTAL FOR ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES MAJOR: 68 - 69 UNITS

The above requirements include changes which were affective Fall 2006.

Continuing students will omit the Soc 180B requirement and choose one more course from section D.

If you have questions, see an advisor