The Department of Sociology offers programs leading to a Bachelor of Arts in sociology. Our discipline connects how the experiences and behavior of individuals are shaped by social forces. Students gain understanding of the social world they live in and learn to deal with people and organizations in their everyday lives.

Sociology is a valuable preparation for careers in a wide variety of fields including social research criminology demography social psychology conflict and dispute resolution public administration gerontology education rehabilitation social work and market research. It provides a useful background for law business medicine community planning and policies. Sociology prepares students for most graduate programs in the liberal arts and social sciences. Through its strong emphasis in the core areas of theory and social research the curriculum particularly prepares students for success in studying sociology beyond the B.A.