Brigham Young University’s Sociology Department is known for its excellence in teaching and research. Our department has been recognized for its commitment to undergraduate education and training. We aim to provide students with an education that compels them to a life of service, empathy, compassion, and sociological insights that they can bring to their employment, families, and communities.

Our faculty produce cutting edge research on many areas of sociological study including the family, race/ethnicity, education, immigration, crime, community, culture, religion, and health. Our scholars make important contributions to our discipline and society through their scholarship. The department is also the current home of the Rural Sociological Society’s flagship journal Rural Sociology.

Our department is proud to make our educational and empirical contributions to sociology at a religious institution that combines our discipline with our religious principles.

Read more about our program here.

1. Go to MyMap, (go to "Explore Majors & Minors" and click on "Change" next to your major).
2. Some majors are open and some are not. Depending on which major you are changing to, you may need to make an appointment to meet a faculty member in your department. They will give you a form to submit to the Advisement Center office.
3. If you have more than 90 BYU credit hours, you may submit a major change request form, but you must meet with your major advisor for it to be approved.
   
   • If it is an open major, the Advisement Center will approve it within 5 business days, and you will be notified via Ymessage.
4. Once your major has been approved, you may plan your courses with MyMap.

*any unfinished activity after two weeks pertaining to your major change request form will result in your request being denied.

1. Contact your academic advisor to learn about minors that go well with your major.
2. Once the minor is decided you must contact the advisement center for it to be added. Most minors are open and can be added right away, but some are not. Closed minor approval will go through the academic advisor and you will complete a declaration form.

* Make the request through your major advisement center unless it is one of the following:

1. Contact the Fine Arts and Communications Advisement Center for all minors in their College.
2. Contact the Liberal Arts Advisement Center for the following minors: Editing, French, International Cinema Studies, Italian, Spanish Teaching, or Writing & Rhetoric.
3. Please note: all teaching/education minors require that you have a teaching/education major.

1. Go to MyMap, (go to "Explore Majors & Minors" and click on "Change" next to your major).
2. Some majors are open and some are not. Depending on which major you are changing to, you may need to make an appointment to meet a faculty member in your department. They will give you a form to submit to the Advisement Center office.
3. If you have more than 90 BYU credit hours, you may submit a major change request form, but you must meet with your major advisor for it to be approved.
   
   • If it is an open major, the Advisement Center will approve it within 5 business days, and you will be notified via Ymessage.
4. Once your major has been approved, you may plan your courses with MyMap.

*any unfinished activity after two weeks pertaining to your major change request form will result in your request being denied.