Sociologists typically focus on patterned and group behaviors.
Sociology students explore many different facets of human interaction and behavior such as intergroup relationships, race, social class and gender issues, social change, crime and delinquency, and family patterns. Anthropology students learn about human diversity, both past and present, by examining archaeological findings and accounts of life in contemporary societies around the world. Sociology students may enroll as either liberal arts or secondary education majors or minors. A liberal arts minor in anthropology also is available for students. In addition to its programs in sociology and anthropology, the department has administrative responsibility for an interdisciplinary comprehensive major in criminal justice and an interdisciplinary minor in family studies.