The Sociology program at Murray State University offers an undergraduate major and minor. Through these programs,
- Students gain sociological training and learn to apply sociological knowledge in seeking solutions to local, state, national, and international problems.
- This undergraduate program also prepares students to consume and engage in sociological research by obtaining both quantitative and qualitative research skills during their training.
- Many of the faculty also collaborate with students on research and publishing. Faculty research and teaching interests include areas such as
- Social inequalities,
- Criminology and Deviance,
- Media and Culture,
- Gender, Race/Ethnicity,
- Immigration and Globalization, and various topics relating to work and the economy.