S ociology is the stude of social life and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Subject matter ranges from family life to hostile mob, from crime to religion, from the divisions of race and social class to the shared beliefs of a common culture, from poverty to law, from the sociology of work to the sociology of sport.
Few fields have such a broad scope.
Many students use Sociology as preparation for graduate studies in law, business, education, and medicine. Many students also go on to graduate study in Sociology itself. More and more, there are specific career areas that Sociology majors successfully pursue. A major in Sociology also may be comvined with an emphasis in other fields. Sociology is used in various humanities such as Theology, Social History, Art History, Philosophy, Literary Criticism, and American Studies.