11-12 on Mon. To me, sociology is the most challenging and rewarding discipline in the university. It seeks to identify the forces and practices that link each of us to the lives of others and to the culture and the society in which we live.
Sociology encompasses all aspects of human experience.
Its subject matter ranges from the very large, such as the development of capitalist-industrial society, or the organization of the world economy, to the very small, such as the rules that operate during a chance and brief meeting on a street while waiting for a bus. Sociology is both a logical analysis of social relations and an impassioned effort to think with vision and understanding. It passes through an indefinite line between science and art, and in some ways is the meeting ground between them. It is a science in the sense that some sociologists attempt to analyze social reality using rigorous scientific techniques. It is an art in the sense that others strive for a depth of understanding that plays with the problems of perspective.