The curriculum at Rider University includes introductory courses in sociology and anthropology, a sequence of skills courses for majors and minors, and a variety of substantive courses on specific topics. Sociology majors with a grade point average above 3.00 may complete a senior thesis for the sociology honors program.

Career Advising and Planning?

A major in sociology provides an ideal background to pursue a range of careers:

• business careers? (management, marketing and advertising, personnel and human relations);
• criminal justice careers (law enforcement, courts, corrections; juvenile justice);
• social service careers (social work; counseling, administration, drug rehabilitation; health administration; family services; disability services);
• careers in social policy, politics and law (attorney, legal investigator, legal assistant, policy advocate, policy analysis, urban planning, lobbying, philanthropy; public administration, polling, social research);
• educational careers (college professor; college administrator; university student services; social science teacher; school administrator.)

Sociology and Careers?

Sociology is the root of many other areas of study of human endeavor, and remains a source of their new developments. Sociological research and scholarship provided the foundation for management studies, communication and media studies, legal studies, and criminology and criminal justice studies, to name a few. That is why training in sociology can provide excellent background and skills for such a wide range of careers.