BS Sociology

The Sociology BS major provides students with a sociological perspective on human behavior through coursework and learning experiences that are especially focused on connecting sociological concepts and knowledge with advanced research skills. Students choose an option to pursue an area of specialized interest. Students can tailor advanced coursework around areas such as social inequality, social data, social networks, social change, social diversity, conflict, and cooperation. Courses on these topics examine sociological aspects of race, ethnicity, immigration, gender, health, politics, economics, culture, deviance, religion, social movement organizations, and more. Coursework also includes learning basic principles of the scientific method, research design, logic, data collection, coding, and statistics. Students learn how to pose sociological questions and analyze data to answer those questions.