Sociology is the study of social interaction, social groups, institutions, and social structures. Sociologists examine the contexts of human action, including systems of beliefs and values, patterns of social relations, and the processes whereby social institutions are created, maintained, and transformed.

Mga Resulta ng Pagkatuto ng Programa

The sociology curriculum prepares students graduating with a bachelor of arts degree to demonstrate the following program learning outcomes:

✔ Critical Thinking: Demonstrate critical thinking skills by analyzing and evaluating social, political, and/or cultural arguments, across a variety of areas such as inequality; social problems; and race, class, and gender.

✔ Sociological Understanding: Demonstrate sociological understandings of phenomena, for example, how individual biographies are shaped by social structures, social institutions, cultural practices, and multiple axes of difference and/or inequality.

✔ Written and Oral Communication: Formulate effective and convincing written and/or oral arguments.

✔ Social Theory: Demonstrate the ability to use several of the major classical or contemporary perspectives in social theory.

✔ Research Methodology: Demonstrate the ability to use several of the major social science research methodologies.