Sociology Learning Goals

 

The sociology program has five major learning goals, as follows:

1. Students will understand basic sociological concepts, theories, paradigms in their historical context.
2. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between sociological theory, research design, and interpretation and engage in work developing their research literacy.
3. Students will understand and engage in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analytical processes.
4. Students will be able to communicate, in written and oral form, sociological arguments.
5. Students will be able to exercise their sociological imaginations toward examining our social world as well as its practical uses and applications.