Sociology Prof. John B. Pryle, Chairperson Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. The B.S. degree program in Sociology is an excellent basic education for many varied occupations and professions. Sociology can provide a rich supply of knowledge and many distinctive and unique ways of looking at the world as to generate and develop new ideas and assess the old.
Sociologists seek to develop self-knowledge.
They also seek to understand human relationships, the ways in which people are affected by their groups, family problems, children's problems, urban-suburban life, population crises, health and illness, death and dying. If you are interested in gaining more knowledge about these issues, then sociology is an area of study you should strongly consider. Areas of study and specialty subjects within the discipline of sociology include marriage and the family, criminology, social problems, urbanization, race relations, ethnicity, anthropology, community organization, child welfare, social work, juvenile delinquency, crime and corrections, aging, demography, medical sociology, sociology of sport, and related fields. Persons holding a bachelor's degree in sociology are frequently employed in helping professions, in business and industry, in state and local governmental agencies, in research institutes and non-profit organizations, sales, marketing and market research, human resources management, etc. Some graduates in the sociology program go on for a master's degree in sociology and become administrators and supervisors in various government agencies as well as in private business and industrial organizations.