Department of Sociology and Communication
Welcome to the Department of Sociology and Communication! Please take some time to look at our degree programs and learn about our stellar community of faculty and staff. We are home to the sociology and communication programs and the interdisciplinary Mexican American, Latinx, and Borderland Studies minor. We have dynamic faculty engaged in high-impact teaching and research.
The Sociology Program at A&M-San Antonio offers majors/minors an opportunity to develop team building, critical thinking skills, community engagement, and creative research. We offer both a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. The sociology faculty at A&M-San Antonio has research and teaching interests in various fields of inquiry–women, gender, and sexuality studies, aging, environmental sociology, science and technology, race and ethnic relations, urban sociology, security studies, human rights, and Latinx studies. Faculty are engaged in research funded by the National Science Foundation. The 21st century presents renewed challenges of social oppression, economic exploitation, and environmental crises. As sociologists, we are steadfastly committed to knowledge production that ushers social awareness and the potential for policy changes that create a more just and egalitarian society. Our alumni thrive in business, marketing, criminal justice, law, social work, human relations, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), health care, and more. Sociology alumni also regularly begin graduate school studies in sociology and related fields.
The Communication Program provides a broad understanding of the study of mass communication institutions, processes, research methods, and analysis. The study of communication will equip you to understand and evaluate the role of communication as a set of principles and strategies for understanding relationships, exercising individual and collective rights, and the skills to enact effective problem-solving, team-building , and conflict-resolution methods to become effective citizens and lifelong learners. The communication program offers a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with mass communication and media tracks. The communication faculty is a mix of research faculty and former professional journalists. The communication program is home to the award-winning Jaguar Student Media. Our students produce The Mesquite News, El Espejo Magazine, and Enlace Newscast. Our students earn regional and national distinction annually, competing for and winning awards, scholarships, grants, and professional development opportunities.
Please take a look at what our department has to offer. If you are interested in pursuing one of our degrees or working with one of our outstanding faculty, please reach out. I look forward to seeing you!
Contact Information
Dr. Joseph M Simpson Department Chair CAB 347E Joseph.Simpson@tamusa.edu
Communication
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| COMM 1307 | Intro to Mass Communication | 3 |
| COMM 1315 | Fundamentals of Public Speaking | 3 |
| COMM 1318 | Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
| COMM 2300 | Multimedia Literacy | 3 |
| COMM 2305 | News Editing | 3 |
| COMM 2311 | Media Writing | 3 |
| COMM 2312 | Multimedia Literacy | 3 |
| COMM 3301 | Reporting | 3 |
| COMM 3302 | Feature Writing | 3 |
| COMM 3303 | Feature Writing | 3 |
| COMM 3304 | Multimedia Storytelling | 3 |
| COMM 3305 | Web Design Principles | 3 |
| COMM 3307 | Video Storytelling | 3 |
| COMM 3308 | Scriptwriting | 3 |
| COMM 3310 | Social Media for Journalists | 3 |
| COMM 3311 | Magazine Design/Production | 3 |
| COMM 3312 | Media Design | 3 |
| COMM 3313 | Podcasting | 3 |
| COMM 3321 | Principles of Advertising | 3 |
| COMM 3328 | Photojournalism | 3 |
| COMM 3341 | Research Methods | 3 |
| COMM 3350 | Theories of Communication | 3 |
| COMM 3351 | Media Effects | 3 |
| COMM 3360 | Intercultural Communication | 3 |
| COMM 4303 | History of Journalism | 3 |
| COMM 4306 | Selected Topics in Comm | 3 |
| COMM 4309 | Minorities in the Media | 3 |
| COMM 4310 | Persuasion | 3 |
| COMM 4315 | Media Ethics | 3 |
| COMM 4316 | TV News | 3 |
| COMM 4317 | Media Law | 3 |
| COMM 4322 | Public Relations | 3 |
| COMM 4323 | Public Relations Strategies | 3 |
| COMM 4325 | Writing for Public Relations | 3 |
| COMM 4326 | Public Relations Case Studies | 3 |
| COMM 4335 | Video Production & Editing | 3 |
| COMM 4337 | Adv Television Prod & Directn | 3 |
| COMM 4391 | Independent Study in Comm | 3 |
| COMM 4392 | Internship | 3 |
| COMM 4393 | Senior Communications Seminar | 3 |
Sociology
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SOCI 1301 | Principles of Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 1306 | Social Problems | 3 |
| SOCI 2330 | The Craft of Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 2356 | Gender and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 2361 | Introduction to Mexican American, Latinx, and Borderlands Studies | 3 |
| SOCI 2386 | Intro to Borderlands Studies | 3 |
| SOCI 3302 | Social Deviance | 3 |
| SOCI 3304 | Sociology of Popular Culture | 3 |
| SOCI 3310 | Sociological Theory | 3 |
| SOCI 3311 | Social Psychology | 3 |
| SOCI 3312 | Health and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 3313 | LGBTQ+ | 3 |
| SOCI 3320 | Research Methods in Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 3322 | Juvenile Delinquency | 3 |
| SOCI 3330 | Statistics for Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 3340 | Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 3350 | Myths & Reality-Marrige/Family | 3 |
| SOCI 3360 | Inequality and Social Stratification | 3 |
| SOCI 3361 | Mexican Americans: Identity, Movements, and Social Justice | 3 |
| SOCI 3362 | Immigration, Racial Politics, and Nation | 3 |
| SOCI 3364 | Sociology of Religion | 3 |
| SOCI 3365 | Social Movements | 3 |
| SOCI 3370 | Introduction to Human Services | 3 |
| SOCI 4320 | Law and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 4331 | Demography & Population Problems | 3 |
| SOCI 4340 | Topics: Environmental Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 4341 | Water and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 4342 | Technology and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 4343 | Social & Natural Systems of the United States-Mexico Borderlands | 3 |
| SOCI 4344 | Urban Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 4350 | Selected Topics in Family | 3 |
| SOCI 4351 | Families and Inequality | 3 |
| SOCI 4352 | Deconstructing Disney: Race, Gender, and Age | 3 |
| SOCI 4353 | Mexican American Families | 3 |
| SOCI 4354 | Sex, Sexuality, and Society | 3 |
| SOCI 4362 | Race and Ethnicity | 3 |
| SOCI 4363 | Afrx-Latinxs: Race, Culture, and Transnationalism | 3 |
| SOCI 4364 | Women of Color | 3 |
| SOCI 4366 | Regression & Data Analysis Soc | 3 |
| SOCI 4371 | Aging in America | 3 |
| SOCI 4372 | Death and Dying | 3 |
| SOCI 4380 | Selected Topics in Sociology | 3 |
| SOCI 4391 | Sociology Internship | 3 |
| SOCI 4392 | Sociology Capstone | 3 |
| SOCI 4393 | Directed Research in Sociology | 3 |
Communication
| Course | Fall Even Year | Spring Even Year | Fall Odd Year | Spring Odd Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMM 1307 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 1315 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 1318 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 2305 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 2311 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 2312 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 3301 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 3328 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 3341 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 3350 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 3351 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 3360 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 4310 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 4317 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 4322 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 4392 | X | X | X | X |
| COMM 4393 | X | X | X | X |
Sociology
| Course | Fall Even Year | Spring Even Year | Fall Odd Year | Spring Odd Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCI 1301 | X | X | X | X |
| SOCI 1306 | X | X | X | X |
| SOCI 2330 | X | X | X | X |
| SOCI 3310 | X | X | X | X |
| SOCI 3312 | X | X | X | X |
| SOCI 3320 | X | X | X | X |
| SOCI 3330 | X | X | X | X |
| SOCI 3340 | X | X | ||
| SOCI 4331 | X | X | X | X |
| SOCI 4366 | X | X | ||
| SOCI 4392 | X | X | X | X |