Sociology Major
Career Information
Possible Job
Titles
Health and Human Services
- Social worker*
- Public health educator*
- Advocate (e.g. children, ethnic
group members, aging)
- Genetic counselor*
- Physician*
- Transplant registry database
manager*
- Job counselor
- Health-service administrator*
Research/Education
- Archaeologist*
- Bilingual/bicultural program
specialist
- Museum education director
- Academic advisor/counselor*
- Teacher of English as a second
language (ESL)
- Computer simulation model
designer*
- College administrator*
- Compensation analyst*
- Collections manager*
- Foundation program manager
- Marketing researcher
- Media planner
- Corporate trainer
- Demographer
- Editor
- Vocational teacher (of adults)
Other
- Research aide
- Salesperson
- Sociologist
- Youth Worker
- Lawyer
- Public Health Educator
- Director, Volunteer Services
- Career Counselor
- Demographer
- Criminologist
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Government/Public Service
- Friend of the Court caseworker
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
researcher*
- National/state park interpreter
- International agency
representative
- Attorney*
- Congressional committee staff
director
- Coroner/medical examiner*
- Head Start program director
- State/federal government policy
analyst
- Public administrator*
- Urban planner
Business
- Actuary*
- Industrial psychologist*
- Employment recruiter
- Loan officer/bank employee
- Union legal counsel*
- Environmental impact assessment
researcher
- Travel agent/guide
- Journalist
- Human resources manager
- Management consultant
- Advertising account executive
- Art director
- Salesperson
- Executive search consultant
- Hotel manager
Other
- Advocate
- Anthropologist
- Community planner
- Customer relations rep.
- Human resources assistant
- Human Services worker
- Legislative aide
- Management Trainee
- Officer, Foreign Service
- Administrator (salary, wage,
social welfare)
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*Denotes additional education
required.
Typical Places of Employment
- Banks
- Government
- Centers for the handicapped
- Insurance Companies
- Children's Protective Services
- Legal Aid
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- Correctional Facilities
- Market Research Firms
- Court Systems
- Retailers
- Family Counseling Service
- Youth Services Bureau
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Typical
Work Activities
- Collect data
- Communications skills
- Use research methods
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- Use statistical techniques
- Recognize a problem through
observation and experimentation
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Additional
Info in Career Services
These publications must be used in the Career
Services Office. However there are many
brochures and magazines such as Resume Writing,
Interviewing and Job Choices that you may take
with you.
- Careers in Criminal Justice
- Careers in Criminology
- Careers for Non-Conformists
- Good Works: A Guide to Careers
in Social Change
- Guide to Careers in the FBI
- Great Jobs for Anthropology
Majors
- Great Jobs for Criminal Justice
Majors
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- Great Jobs for Sociology Majors
- Liberal Arts Jobs
- Resumes for Social Service
Careers
- Take Your Soul To Work
- 100 Jobs in Social Change
- 100 Best Careers in Crime
Fighting
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To see a complete list of career books
located at the Career Services Office click
here.
Alumni Resources
(Listed below are examples of SU Alumni and
their Jobs in this major-For more alumni
resources, go to
Mentor Network)
| ALUMNI NAME |
GRAD. DATE |
CURRENT JOB |
ORGANIZATION |
| Lauren Askew |
2008 |
Child Protective Services
Investigator |
Department of Social Services Anne
Arundel County |
| Natalie Davis |
2005 |
Executive Coordinator |
George Washington School of Medicine |
| Courtney Topolski |
1998 |
Academic Advisor |
UMBC |
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