BA in Sociology

Sociology is the study of the various ways that people interact and organize themselves in nations and families, cities and tribes, in factories, churches, schools and gangs.The subject matter is the world around us. A sociologist might study the work life of waitresses, the role of men in raising children, white-collar crime, poverty and injustice, how and why people oppose nuclear power, the way rumors spread or why the birth rate in the United States is declining. The perspective gained from sociology teaches us to look in a different way at the world we often take for granted. Introducing students to sociology as a social science, the department seeks to develop a critical understanding of the ways in which people relate to each other through the organization of society and the ways in which social structures influence our lives.