Sociology is a behavioral and interpretive science. Sociologists seek to understand and explain how human actions, thoughts and feelings interact with the social environment. Emphasis is placed on how human relationships are formed, how groups emerge, and how institutions, such as the family and religion, are created and maintained. Other specific topics of interest to sociologists range from the most common to the most extraordinary, and from traditional to more deviant types of behavior. Ultimately, the goal of sociological inquiry is to benefit human beings.
Students learn what their society is and why, and also explore their own beliefs and actions.
Most of the people who think of themselves as sociologists or are employed as sociologists have graduate training, but BAs in sociology also are sociologists and hold a wide variety of jobs in the private and public sectors. Majors in sociology are equipped to pursue careers in public, private, and post-graduate sectors in government, industry, and university settings. Those completing a traditional major have pursued careers in sales, personnel work, public relations, and a variety of managerial positions. Those completing either a Law, Justice, and Society or a Social Inequality emphasis can pursue varieties of careers within the criminal justice or political systems. Well Being emphasis have a number of options within the medical field open to them.