Research Degrees: Anthropology & Sociology a majority of our PhD graduates have embarked on an academic career, taking up lectureships in universities in the UK as well as abroad, or pursuing further their interests through post-doctoral fellowships and other research-based posts.

Does human behaviour interest you ?Are you fascinated by a multidisciplinary field that is centred on understanding human behaviour and mental processes? Or are you interested in society as a whole and the science of political science? If so, take a few semester courses that will provide students with broad-based and cohesive knowledge of analytical, interpretive and integrative skills that not only have a practical value for society as a whole but moreover, are necessary and required competencies in a range of employment contexts. Join the Semester Study Abroad Programme today! Choose from a variety of bachelor and master’s courses, across a wide range of disciplines for international credit transfer.

This program is designed to offer both background and current trends in labor, community and social justice organizing. This includes labor-management issues and relations, union, worker collective and community organizing and social justice movement building.

Sociology is the study of human groups, social interaction, and the causes and effects of social relationships. The sociology curriculum prepares students for careers that require an understanding of groups, communities, social organizations, and society. Students anticipating careers in areas such as professional ministry, business, government, teaching, and criminal justice can particularly benefit from courses in sociology. The curriculum also prepares students for graduate work in sociology. Areas of study include community, criminology, race and ethnic relations, sociological research, social stratification and mobility, and social theory.

Sociology and anthropology are distinct from other social sciences in their holistic approach to the study of human life, encompassing social, cultural, economic, political and psychological aspects. Students in DePauw’s sociology and anthropology programs learn to think creatively and to meaningfully link individual biographical events to larger social patterns in society. They acquire sophisticated data collection and analysis skills, using qualitative and quantitative methods; cultivate a sensitivity to issues of social stratification and social justice; and consider the ethical implications of their knowledge.

Students in the Sociology Department study social life in all its fascinating complexity. Majors and minors select from courses on a wide range on topics relevant to what’s happening in the world right now: inequality, religious conflict, political polarization, police reform, immigration, race relations, and more.

Sociology is the study of social phenomena, from social movements to social change. Sociology seeks to relate our individual biographies to the larger social contexts in which we live, connecting individuals, groups and social institutions. Sociologists study diverse topics such as culture, gender and sexuality, health, inequality, subcultures, demographic trends, and more.

Sociology is an ideal major for students who want to understand the social world, processes of social change, and how social context affects individual behaviors and decisions. Sociology majors learn the quantitative and qualitative tools of social scientific analysis, and how to apply them toward a systematic, evidence-based knowledge of the social world.

In the Department of Sociology, we engage with the pressing social issues of our time. Sociology teaches you to make connections between individual experiences and broader social structures and processes. Criminology is a subfield of Sociology, and is the study of legal and extra-legal sanctions, including their effects on individuals, the police, corrections, the judiciary, the state, and social and governmental reactions to it.

This course is designed to prepare mature students for university level study. If you want to work in Health & Social Care, Social Work, Primary Teaching, Law and many other careers with a strong social sciences basis, this course will provide excellent preparation for a suitable Higher Education degree. In 2022-23, 100% of students on our Access Social Sciences diplomas secured offers of university places. This compares with a progression rate of just 55.4% across all Access diploma courses in England and Wales.

Engage in a virtual semester, allowing international perspectives and global contexts to converge at your own desk. With weekly lessons, CEA’s faculty will use various formats to present relevant material, and teach and offer case studies to enrich your learning experience. The Liberal Arts & Social Sciences curriculum gives you access to international content and expertise not typically accessible on your home campus. Courses represent a variety of disciplines (Art History, Communication, Cultural Studies, Psychology, Philosophy, and Sociology) and offer the possibility to learn about and from cultures in Argentina, France, Ireland, Italy and Spain. With unique features that create opportunities for cultural engagement, CEA’s virtual study environment will set you up for success in the global, online world that awaits you upon graduation.

In the Franklin College Department of Sociology, you can learn how to study social situations, work with data and apply theoretical insights. You can be informed, knowledgeable and wise – prepared for a wide range of careers. If you are curious about how people get things done, then sociology is the discipline for you. You will like sociology if you like studying people. Sociology majors usually focus on criminal justice, nonprofit leadership or pure sociology, but you can also develop an individualized major, using sociological methods to research a field for which you are passionate.

Sociology reveals patterns in the way we organize and interact as people. It sheds light on everything from the media to our criminal justice system to our connection with the natural world. In both the Sociology and the combined Sociology-Environmental Studies majors at Whitman, you’ll gain the tools to understand how your story intersects with bigger social forces. And you’ll do it at one of the best Sociology undergraduate programs in the Northwest. If you wonder about the relationships, systems and conflicts that shape our world, then consider a bachelor’s in Sociology at Whitman.

Our program offers a combined major and minor in anthropology and sociology. We provide a solid foundation in social science research and writing skills and offer a range of interesting courses that will help you better understand the complexities of human behavior and social structures. Some of our particular areas of focus include health and wellbeing, health care systems, inequality and social and racial justice, cultural sustainability, and identity. You’ll also have opportunities to participate in community-based learning and can choose to take up a health and medicine concentration or a social justice concentration, if it suits your needs.

Sociology is concerned primarily with the scientific study of social groups and social relations. Sociologists seek to understand how societies, institutions, organizations and other social forces shape and are shaped by individuals. One of the department's primary aims is to provide students with the analytical critical skills needed to understand and evaluate social institutions and social change more effectively.