Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Department Chair: Jody Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Danielle Lewis, Ph.D.
Program Learning Outcomes:
1. Identify and apply sociological concepts and theories to understand social phenomena.
2. Use the sociological imagination and knowledge of social theories to analyze social problems and generate and evaluate solutions.
3. Identify how social processes and social institutions create and reproduce structural inequality locally and globally.
4. Identify and apply research methods that generate a sociological understanding of human behavior, social phenomena, and social institutions.
5. Demonstrate the ability to understand, interpret, and analyze qualitative and quantitative data.
6. Convey sociological concepts and understandings in a clear and coherent manner in both written and oral communications.
7. Use sociological knowledge, skills, and theories to engage with and respond to the needs of communities and promote social justice.
8. Demonstrate knowledge of the intersection of socially and culturally constructed identities and articulate the ways in which social and cultural identities impact our engagement with others and systems of power.
Requirements for Major in Sociology (not including General Education Core).