Courses in sociology are designed to provide students with critical thinking, analytical problem solving, and effective communication skills in preparing them for both academic and non-academic professional careers, as well as graduate studies for advanced degrees. Our program sets focus on social inequalities, international studies, social policy, conflict-resolution, ethics, and service.

Sociology is the systematic and scientific study of human social behavior. The discipline of sociology focuses on social change by examining inequalities of race, ethnicity, class, gender and age. It studies the major institutions of society: economics, politics, education, family, religion, medicine and criminal justice. While emphasizing the study of contemporary American society, sociology also incorporates historical and global perspectives.

Sociologists study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. They investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these contexts. Since all human behavior is social, the subject matter of sociology ranges: