The emphasis of sociology is on urban-industrial society. In sociology courses students can learn how to conduct research by developing questionnaires or through firsthand participant observation. Sociologists on the Mills faculty introduce students to an understanding of issues relating to social life, human behavior, and society. Courses explore social problems such as racism, poverty, and criminality. Students may also study utopian literature and communities.
Community service is emphasized.
Recommended Students intending to pursue graduate study in anthropology or sociology should note that proficiency in statistics, computer skills, and one or more foreign languages is highly desirable. Prehistoric styles of life reconstructed by workers in archaeology. Cultural Anthropology Cultural anthropology is the study of the peoples of the world with special emphasis on non-Euroamerican tribal and traditional societies. Includes family and social organization, language, ecology and economics, political structure, life cycle, personality, art, symbolic and religious systems. Examples will be drawn from native societies in Africa, South and North America, Australia, Asia and the Pacific.