The Sociology Department is a community of critical scholars who analyze the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality as the context of social interaction and the construction of difference in society. Faculty members utilize qualitative and quantitative methods to develop insight into a wide range of substantive areas and to understand vital issues of the day.

The department seeks to engage students in critical examination of their own social world and those beyond their personal experience, and examine how society reproduces itself in the individual and how individuals think and behave within institutional contexts.

Students can study sociology through a major or minor. There are two major pathways available: a Bachelor of Science (BS) or a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Alternatively, there are two minor pathways available: a minor in sociology or a minor in Aging and Adult Life.

View the Sociology BA or BS Major Course Catalog requirements page, Minor Course Catalog requirements page, or the Aging and Adult Life requirements page.