Program Description
The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology is concerned with the functions, societal institutions, and social aspects of human behavior and interpersonal relationships. The program emphasizes social services, career preparation, and community-related activities that reflect the University's urban environment. Graduates of this program will have the content knowledge and foundation for better understanding and engaging with the globalizing world. Students will be equipped with the tools needed to make sense of the shifting social world and contribute solutions to difficult social problems in work settings as varied as education, social services, and business as well as pursue advanced graduate level social science study.
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the Sociology Program will be able to:
- Evaluate ethical dilemmas, standards of conduct, and/or professional formation in sociological research and inquiry.
- Describe the role of culture and social structure in shaping individual lives and be able to provide and recognize examples of this process.
- Interpret and communicate the “sociological perspective” and the diverse intersections of social categories and frames of analysis to promote social justice in a global context, including race, class, gender, sexuality, age, religion, and nationality.
- Identify sociological theories and core concepts of social structure; culture; social stratification and inequality; race, ethnicity, and gender; and globalization.
- Apply qualitative and quantitative research strategies and methodologies to examine social problems and human conditions.
- Translate publicly available data (census data, polling data, etc.) into discursive English to highlight in a theoretically informed way trends and relationships between variables.
