We are happy to announce that U.P.E.I. SENATE has approved the reinstatement of the Sociology Minor.

All students presently registered qualify regardless of the year they registered at the University. 

For the requirements for the SOCIO Minor, please visit the Academic Calendar in the navigation bar to your left.

 Requirements for a Minor in Sociology

A. * Six semester hours of Sociology 101 and 102; or Sociology 101 and Anthropology 106; or Anthropology 105 and 106.

B. Five additional Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology courses:
·         two must be at the 300 or 400 level
·         three must be at or above the 200 level.

C. To qualify for a minor, students are required to have an overall average of 65% in all courses with no mark below 60%.

* For Anthropology majors, their two introductory courses applied towards their major cannot be applied to their Sociology minor. Anthropology Majors wishing to do a Sociology minor must take two additional introductory courses or one additional introductory course and a 200-level elective from our Department.

A Sociology Minor is not available to students with a joint major in Sociology and Anthropology.