SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

FACULTY

COURSE SCHEDULE & DESCRIPTION

INTERNSHIPS

EXIT EXAM

MOST INFLUENTIAL JOURNALS

ISA TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE CENTURY

SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS

RURAL LIFE / CENSUS DATA CENTER

FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO MAJORED IN SOCIOLOGY

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

    

 

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN SOCIOLOGY

GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN SOCIOLOGY

 

Welcome to the Sociology Department's webpage.

Sociology students develop skills sought out by social service, human resource, and criminal justice agencies.  Undergraduates with an emphasis in human services will find jobs working with the elderly, youths and families at risk, victims of domestic violence, substance abusers, and the poor.  Sociology graduates with a minor in criminal justice will find positions in law enforcement, corrections, juvenile justice, child protection, court services, and the law.  Graduates who go into human resources will work in employee recruitment, personnel management, customer relations, marketing, and sales. 

Graduates in Sociology have a liberal arts advantage.  Sociology graduates have an advantage because they know how people behave and function in families, organizations, and communities.  They also have developed skills relevant for today's highly technical work environments.  Graduates tell us that their theory, methods, computer, and speech classes prepared them for today's data-oriented and people-oriented occupations.  Students also enjoyed taking Social Problems, Domestic Violence, Anthropology, and Self & Society.

The nine faculty in the SDSU Sociology Department are pledged to produce highly skilled graduates with specialties in criminal justice, human resources, human services, and teaching. We also mentor graduate students specializing in theory, methods, social organization, social deviance, cultural ecology, demography, and family studies.

The Sociology Department also administers the SDSU Rural Life & Census Data Center. The Rural Life & Census Data Center provides businesses, organizations, news media, and local and county agencies with the latest census and rural life information.

Donald Arwood
donald.arwood@sdstate.edu
605-688-4132