DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Program & Courses Undergraduate

Courses

Areas of Specialization

Sociology Program

Social Work Program

Anthropology Program

Field Research Course

Double Major in Sociology

Minor in Sociology

Students enrolled in the Social Work Program at Peking University are required to complete a total of 139 credits to meet the graduation requirements. This includes: Compulsory Social Work Courses (53 credits), Social Work Elective Courses (20 credits), and Open Electives (18 credits). The remaining 48 credits are compulsory General Education Courses required by the school.

1. Compulsory Social Work Courses: 53 credits

1-1 Foundation Sociology Courses: 20 credits

Course ID	Course Name	Credits	Total Hours	Suggested Course Schedule (Year & Semester)
00332580	Advanced Mathematics (D)	4	68	Y1S1
03130010	Introduction to Sociology	4	68	Y1S1
03131010	Issues of Sociology	2	34	Y1S1
02330003	Introduction to Philosophy	3	51	Y2S1
03131500	Methods of Social Survey and Social Research	4	68	Y2S1
02533160	Principles of Economics (I)	3	51	Y2S1

1-2 Core Social Work Courses: 30 credits

Course ID	Course Name	Credits	Total Hours	Suggested Course Schedule (Year & Semester)
03131190	Introduction to Social Work	4	68	Y1S2
03130210	Social Psychology	4	68	Y1S2
03100130	Western Sociological Theory (Part 1)	2	34	Y1S2
03130020	Western Sociological Theory (Part 2)	2	34	Y2S1
03130420	Social Case Work	3	51	Y2S1
03130430	Group Work	3	51	Y2S2
03131220	Community Work	3	51	Y2S2
03130480	Social Administration	3	51	Y3S1
03130470	Social Policy	2	34	Y3S2
03132550	Field Research	4	68	Y3 (Any Semester)

1-3 Undergraduate Thesis: 3 credits

2. Electives: 38 credits

2-1 Social Work Elective Courses: 20 credits

Note: A total of 20 credits should be chosen from the list below.

Course ID	Course Name	Credits	Total Hours	Suggested Course Schedule (Year & Semester)
03132110	Argumentative Essay Writing	1	17	Y1S2
03130120	Social Statistics	4	68	Y2S1
03130590	Chinese Society	2	34	Y2S1
03131260	Analytical Techniques of Data	2	34	Y2S2
03130050	History of Chinese Social Thoughts	2	34	Y2S2
03130840	Labor Sociology	2	34	Y3S1
03130660	Sociology of Development	2	34	Y3S1
03130460	Social Security	3	51	Y3S1
03131570	Social Stratification and Social Mobility	2	34	Y3S1
03130790	Poverty and Development	2	34	Y3S1
03130710	Sociology of Crime	2	34	Y3S1
03130250	Rural Sociology	2	34	Y3S2
03130190	Urban Sociology	2	34	Y3S2
03131410	Sociological Study on Suicide	2	34	Y3S2
03131230	Practice of Social Work*	4	68	Y3S2
03131520	Selected Readings from Marxist-Leninist Classics	2	34	Y3S2
03131390	China Social Welfare	2	34	Y4S1
	Research Training	3-4		Y2S2

Note: ‘Practice of Social Work' is a Core Course for students specializing in Social Work.

2-2 Open Elective: 18 credits

Requirements:

(1) A minimum of 8 credits must be selected from courses offered by the department;

(2) Remaining 10 credits can be comprised of courses offered by any department. (Credits from a minor can be used to fulfill this portion of credits. However, courses with the same name offered by other departments will not count towards valid credits if chosen.)

Course ID	Course Name	Credits	Total Hours
03111400	Domination and Society: Max Weber's Economy and Society	2	34
03130150	Social Anthropology	3	51
03130270	Social Gerontology	2	34
03130280	Gender Studies	2	34
03130321	Social History of China	2	34
03130322	Research of the Japanese Society	2	34
03130340	Sociology of Religion	2	34
03130400	The Thinking of Sociology of Education	2	34
03130560	Sociology of Organization	2	34
03130640	Economic Sociology	2	34
03130700	Historical Sociology	2	34
03130880	History of Western Social Thoughts	2	34
03130903	The Study of Society	2	34
03130904	Freud and Psychoanalysis	2	34
03130906	Introduction to Social Sciences Research Methods	2	34
03131131	The Sociology of Family	4	68
03131290	Medical Sociology	2	34
03131360	Ethnicity and Society	2	34
03131530	Social Demography	2	34
03131700	Anthropology of Politics	2	34
03131740	The History of Chinese Sociology	2	34
03131840	Networks and Crowds	3	51
03131880	Sociological Perspectives: Selected Readings	2	34
03131900	Game Theory for Social Scientists	2	34
03131910	Topics on Chinese Social Thoughts	3	51
03131920	Introduction to Social Science Research	4	68
03131930	Introduction of Ethnic Studies	2	34
03131940	Social Network Analysis	3	51
03131950	National and Ethnic Issues of China during the 20th Century	2	34
03131960	Identity Politics	2	34
03131980	Museum Anthropology and Cultural Exhibitions	2	34
03131990	Anthropology of Art	2	34
03132000	Anthropological Theory	3	51
03132010	History of Anthropology	2	34
03132020	Research Methods of Anthropology	3	51
03132030	Anthropological Lectures	3	51
03132040	Visual Anthropology	4	68
03132070	Introduction to Medical Anthropology	2	34
03132090	Myth, Folklore and Popular Culture in Europe	2	34
03132100	Welfare States: Origins and Development	2	34
03132130	Sociology and Chinese Society	2	34
03132140	Thesis Writing Practicum	2	34
03132150	Generations and Youth	2	34
03132160	Seminar on History and Politics	2	34
03132170	Digital Society Introduction	2	34
03132180	Economic Anthropology	2	34
03132500	Social Study Practicum	2	34
03133190	Special Topics on China's Ethnic Relations and Frontier Integration	2	34
03139110	Sociological Perspectives of Dying and Death	2	34
03139130	Modern Western Social Thoughts	2	34

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