Sociology Department

Students who graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology will be able to: 

  1. Analyze and interpret the diversity of social experience using a sociological perspective, especially as they relate to race, class, gender, age, sexual preference, religion, and nationality.

  2. Assess the merits of competing theoretical approaches to formulate empirically researchable questions about social life.

  3. Locate, analyze, assess, and communicate sociological scholarship.

  4. Understand and employ a range of research strategies—quantitative and qualitative—and their applicability to particular research questions, theoretical orientations, and social contexts.

  5. Construct informed theories of social behavior from systematic observation of social life.

  6. Understand the ethical and social justice implications of sociological inquiry.

  7. Apply sociological theory and empirical research to advocate for positive social change.

Students who graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Justice Studies will be able to

1. Analyze and interpret the diversity of social experience associated with criminology and social justice issues, especially as they relate to race, class, gender, age, sexual preference, religion, and nationality.

2. Assess the merits of competing theoretical approaches to formulate empirically researchable questions about criminology and social justice concerns.

3. Locate, analyze, assess, and communicate criminology and social justice scholarship.

4. Understand and employ research strategies and their applicability to particular research questions, theoretical orientations, and social contexts.

5. Construct informed theories of social behavior associated with criminology and social justice from systematic observation of social life.

6. Understand the ethical and social justice implications of criminology and social justice inquiry.

7. Apply criminology and justice studies theories and research to advocate for positive social change.

Fall 2008