Carol Feyen Sociology is the study of society and its component parts, groups, cultures, norms, roles and their institutional and organizational relationships.
Sociology is a discipline in the social sciences and part of the liberal arts approach to education.
This department offers a minor in sociology which requires a minimum of 24 credits including no fewer than 12 credits at the 300 level or above. Students often minor in sociology if their majors are criminal justice or psychology. Both of these disciplines lead to employment in the criminal justice system, or the social welfare system. Students of sociology learn important skills in reading, writing, analysis and logic. Students learn to do research and to interpret social, economic, political, cultural and technological change in a variety of contexts.