It combines scientific and humanistic perspectives in the study of urban and rural life, family patterns and relationships, social change, intergroup relationships, social class, mass media and communications, health seeking behavior, as well as social movements and community responses to disaster - natural and created.
Sociology teaches the student to become an active, rather than a passive, member of society.
By encouraging the student to think about and examine the causes and consequences of group life, students become aware that the positions they occupy in society are influenced by social factors. At The University of Findlay, sociology is offered as either a major or a minor. A carefully coordinated double major in sociology and criminal justice is also available. In addition, a four-year interdisciplinary major in general social studies is offered. This approach allows the student to gain a broad-based liberal arts background with a sociology emphasis.