Sociology

The Sociology BA program equips you with the tools to critically examine the social world around you, like the institutions and policies that shape opportunities as well as cultures, social norms, and social contexts that influence identity and behavior.

Focusing on issues ranging from race, gender, immigration, culture, and religion, you’re encouraged to critically engage with contemporary social challenges at both local and global scales.

Explore Wide, Then Focus

The program provides you with maximum exposure to the breadth of the field before offering four concentrations in a chosen area of interest. All areas emphasize social action. Choose from:

• Sociology (self-design)
• Local and Global Communities and Social Change
• Social or Health Advocacy
• Education and Society

Courses

A sampling of the coursework offered includes:

• Self and Society
• Class, Power and Privilege
• Culture, Consumption, and the City
• Birth and Death
• Families, Communities, Cultures

See the Courses page for more.

Professor Lisa Jean Moore leads a group exploring the habitat and plight of the horseshoe crab on Brooklyn's Plumb Beach.