We invite you to major in sociology at Charleston Southern University.
Sociology is the scientific study of human social behavior.
It focuses on the factors that organize and structure social activities, as well as those that disorganize and threaten to dissolve them. As a social science, sociology applies objective and systematic methods of investigation to the discovery and identification of regularities in social life and to the understanding of the processes by which they are established and changed. A major in sociology is attractive to persons preparing for further study and for professional careers, as well as to those seeking a liberal education and immediate employment. As part of a liberal arts program, sociology enables students to understand the social environment in which they live and the social forces that shape their personalities, actions, and interactions with others. As a pre- professional program, the sociology major provides a good background for persons entering the human services, criminal justice, law, education, journalism, planning, public reactions, or personnel services.