When you major in Sociology, you become acquainted with the discipline’s basic principles, methods, and findings while taking courses that help you discover and understand the social nature of our world. You learn how to practice the methodologies of the scientific study of society and of human social interaction.

Sociology has many subfields, including social psychology, social inequality, deviance, and medical sociology. We study family relationships, work, the economy, schools, gender roles, race, ethnic relations, criminal justice, politics, mental illness, and the impact of social class. Our major is designed to offer paths for students who want to acquire a general background as well as for those who wish to develop particular interests in a sociological subfield.