Plans following graduation vary dramatically, none of the graduates had identified either jobs or graduate school positions. Despite the lack of a clearly identified future, the respondents exhibited a positive perception of their prospects. Most of the respondents found the required course work to be appropriate and challenging. Responses that addressed areas of improvement exhibited little consistency. Two students suggest a greater emphasis on applied sociology, others felt that a wider range of class choices and professors would improve the program.
Most students perceive their discipline-specific training as adequate or better.
Graduates in Sociology want a liberal education because they typically are here to get an education for the sake of education, or are planning to go on to graduate school. Communication Skills Communication skills remain problematic. Efforts to involve students more completely in the learning process seem reasonably effective among the students in the Sociology option. Sociology option graduates responding to the exit interview expressed no opinions on the issue of communication skills. We have been reasonably successful in developing students' problem-solving skills.