The study of sociology encompasses the individual, groups, and society. The major or minor will become proficient in the understanding of social life its characteristics, causes, and consequences. Learning objectives and assessment of learning are described in the Handout for Sociology Students, available in the department office.
Internships are a recommended service learning component.
Graduates will have the knowledge and skills to apply the sociological perspective to their own lives and to the social environment of which they are a part. They will possess what C. Wright Mills called the sociological imagination, where they are able to see how their biography relates to the time in history in which they live. Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. The sociological perspective is crucial for the examined life, a rich interior life in which one s relationships to others and to social institutions are analyzed in this age of rapid social change. Students will have the knowledge and ability to use sociological concepts creatively in analyzing and critically thinking about social phenomena.