Sociology and anthropology study human cultures and societies, past and present, on a comparative basis. These disciplines are concerned with analyzing and understanding the social structures and values that shape our lives, as well as the institutions and social forces of our own and other societies. The department offers a wide variety of topics for study, including courses at the introductory and more advanced levels in archaeology, sexuality,...
The Sociology Program seeks to foster the goals of a liberal arts and sciences education by developing in College of Charleston students the ability to understand an increasingly complex, diverse, and ever-changing world through application of the sociological perspective. Through a series of sequential courses, students who major in sociology will gain a fundamental knowledge of the key concepts of sociology, its major theoretical traditions, and...
Sociology, the scientific study of human social behavior, examines the processes and patterns of social interaction, forms of social organization, and influences of social groups, institutions, and structure on behavior.
The goals of the department are to develop the sociological imagination, including a familiarity with sociological concepts, theories, research methods, and research findings; to foster knowledge of, and respect for, diverse social...
This area of study includes intriguing courses, such as Law and Psychology, Victimology and Community Justice. Adding a minor in forensic science or criminology can broaden a student's area of study and possibly offer additional career options.
Criminology is a behavioral science devoted to the study of crime as a social phenomenon. Criminologists employ an interdisciplinary perspective in an attempt to understand the creation and use of laws, patterns...
Sociologists examine social behavior in families, groups, organizations, communities and whole societies, as well as the complexities of connections between cultures and societies in the modern world. A student in the Sociology program at the College of Mount St. Joseph explores social change, social causes and the consequences of human behavior in various social and cultural contexts.
The Mount's Department of Behavioral Sciences offers a major...
Sociology studies groups, the ways people behave in groups and how an individual's attitudes and actions are influenced by them. These include families, schools, religious associations, peer groups, political parties, and work organizations. Thus, sociologists are called on to interpret group conflicts, the assimilation (or non-assimilation) of new persons into a social system and the patterned behavior of people in organizations, to give just a few...
The aims of the Sociology department are to enable students to understand their society, its multicultural dimensions, and its place in the global community; to recognize the impact of major social concerns such as aging, substance abuse, crime, race and ethnicity, illness, and environment on societies; and to analyze data, critique studies, interpret trends, and identify the sources and consequences of social change. The department also aims to introduce...
Study sociology and learn about yourself, the world and how societies function. This highly versatile major will prepare you for a lifetime of exploration and learning.
What is sociology? At its most basic, sociology is an attempt to understand and explain the way that individuals and groups interact within a society.
Thus, a good sociologlogist balances both individual agency and structural constraints.
The sociology and anthropology department challenges students to examine the social and cultural dimensions of the contemporary world. Each discipline combines a humanistic concern for the quality and diversity of human life with a commitment to the empirical analysis of culture and society.
The sociology curriculum features the analysis of social inequality, social institutions, social problems, and social change; courses draw attention to history,...
A Sociology major provides students with a choice of a Social Work emphasis or a General emphasis. The major objectives are for students to:
1) use a sociological perspective in understanding the influence of culture and social structure on human behavior;
2) explore theories, research, and helping skills in sociology and social work;
3) prepare students for a variety of career settings.
A final departmental exit exam is to be passed by all majors...
The sociology curriculum offers structure and flexibility for students majoring or minoring in sociology and for students taking sociology courses for distribution credit. In addition to preparing students for graduate programs in sociology, we provide an excellent liberal arts background for postgraduate and professional training and for careers in public service and administration, law, business, medicine, journalism and many other professions....
Sociology is the study of human social behavior and is concerned with conditions such as crime and delinquency, family problems, social inequality, and organizations in contemporary industrial society. Sociologists are interested not only in understanding social issues and institutions, but also in resolving social problems.
As an applied program, the major prepares students to work in a wide variety of occupations, including education, government,...
Sociology is the study of social life, focusing on the mutual interaction between human groups and institutions. Human beings, through patterned social interactions, construct and reconstruct the social webs within which they live. The nature and type of social relationships are central to their lives. Sociologists study relationships within family units from the most primitive cultures to interactions of large, bureaucratic institutions in major...
Sociology attempts, through systematic research methodologies, to explain and predict small- and large-scale social interactions and social organizations, from individual interactions in everyday life to collective behavior, population movement, and the highly organized behavior of business corporations, national and international organizations.
The Sociology program is designed to develop a special insight and a broad understanding of, and a critical...
At the heart of sociocultural anthropology is a concern with possibilities of difference and the craft of writing.Sociocultural anthropology at Columbia has emerged in recent years as a particularly compelling undergraduate liberal arts major; in the last year or two, the number of majors has more than doubled.Undergraduates come to sociocultural anthropology, not surprisingly, with a wide variety of interests, often pursuing overlapping interests...
Why should I major in this subject? Sociology is the study of associational life. In examining patterns of association, sociologists explore the interactions of people, communities, and organizations. In this sense, sociology is not the study of people; it is the study of the relationships among people. That study includes the associations between people and the products of human interaction such as organizations, technologies, economies, cities,...
Sociology is the scientific study of people. From a broad perspective, sociologists study human social behavior in groups revealing the endless ways that social forces affect us in our daily lives while examining the causes and consequences of those social forces. The Columbus sate University Bachelor of Science in Sociology Program offers a comprehensive curriculum designed to educate students about a broad range of topics in the study of sociology...
Sociology involves studying society, something familiar to us all and yet often taken for granted. Sociology offers a new perspective to view the structures, institutions, groups, patterns, and interactions in which we are all immersed. Students will learn the tools of sociology”the basic concepts, theories, and methods, and how to apply them to the analysis of a variety of topics. The objective of sociology is to be able to discover
and use the ’sociological...
The Social Sciences program aims to develop a student‘s capacity to explore, explain, and interpret both past and present human experience. Through the discipline of sociology, the student will come to better understand and appreciate individuals, society, and the world around us. This interdisciplinary approach creates the framework for understanding the world today by having the student gain insights and knowledge of themselves and other people....
The sociology department provides learning experiences that prepare students to achieve the following outcomes:
use the sociological imagination and demonstrate knowledge of the basic assumptions, guiding questions, concepts, theories and methods of sociology that inform its application
critically use sociological ideas, research methods and sociological evidence to answer questions about society and themselves
Concordia's sociology program is grounded in the liberal arts and prepares students to be critical thinkers about the social world. The sociology major includes core preparation in social theory and research methods and training in three key areas of sociology: classic sociology, the life course and applied sociology. Sociology provides an excellent foundation for graduate work in sociology and related disciplines, law school, and careers in social...
Sociology is the study of social life, social change and the social causes and consequences of human behavior.
Because sociology addresses the most pressing issues of our time, it is a field whose potential is increasingly tapped by those who create programs and craft policies.
Sociologists investigate the structure of societies, organizations and groups and the ways people act and interact within these contexts. Since all human behavior is social,...
Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management (BAOM) degree and examine the human side of managing organizations. Learn to allow for skill development in communication, group behavior, decision-making, human resource management and ethics. Personalize your degree when you pair it with a concentration. Use previous education or work experience...
Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Sociology degree from Ashford University and discover the intricate framework of relationships between individuals and the societies they live in: their composition, organization, culture, and development. Study the social lives of humans, groups and societies from the anonymous contact of individuals to the global social process. Engage in the...
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