Sociology offers courses that focus on work and the economy, health and medicine, schools, religion, mental illness, politics and government, race and ethnic relations, sexuality, criminal justice, and other topics. Areas of specialization range from cutting-edge quantitative models and experimental designs to qualitative studies using ethnographic and historical materials.
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A good course to take when considering the Sociology major is Introduction to Sociology (SOC-S 100). It will provide a glimpse into the concepts and methods sociologists use while also taking a closer look at the nature of contemporary American society. It is also a required course for our major.
Our department offers a number of additional courses at the 100 and 200 level that may interest you as you work on the major. These courses give you the opportunity to explore topics like "Envisioning the City," "The Economy, Organizations, and Work," and "Social Inequality."
Our department offers two official concentrations within the B.A. program: Law & Society and Social Science & Medicine. These are excellent options for students interested in careers related to the legal and medical systems, respectively.
Sociology majors also have the option of focusing their electives in other specialty areas to create their own unofficial concentrations, such as work and occupations, social psychology, or economics and business.
Contact the academic advisor to discuss these and other possibilities.
This course will focus on immigration, race, and intergroup relations from a sociological perspective. We will examine how immigrants and immigration are constructed as a social problem; the factors that drive conflict, prejudice, and anti-immigrant attitudes; how group boundaries and identities and generated; and the social conditions that promote positive intergroup relations among groups within diverse and multicultural settings.
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