{"id":1392,"date":"2013-07-24T07:03:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T11:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2013-2014\/sshs\/sociology\/"},"modified":"2015-08-31T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T13:18:27","slug":"sociology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/catalog-2015-2016\/sshs\/sociology\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociology (B.A.)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sociology is unique among the social sciences because it examines the whole of human societies.\u00a0 It focuses on institutional and sociocultural changes rather than on simply economic, political, or technical transformations.\u00a0 For example, sociology provides an understanding of “modernization” and “globalization” by analyzing their impact on culture human subjectivity, power relations, and collective resistance.\u00a0 Sociology prepares students to scientifically study and personally engage with human groups and communities.\u00a0 It links individual biographies with public issues.<\/p>\n
Recognizing the international character of contemporary life, the Sociology program at 秘密研究所 emphasizes internships in local New Jersey and New York communities, as well as in study abroad programs.\u00a0 By engaging in field study internships, sociology majors develop a broad and refined world perspective, and become highly prepared for graduate school and the workforce.<\/p>\n
A degree in Sociology provides our graduates with analytical capacities and practical skills for understanding and working with human groups, and for conducting research using a precise and humanistic scientific methodology.\u00a0 Sociology majors are employed as researchers and human relations personnel in industry and government, human services, and criminal justice.\u00a0 They fill positions in regional and community planning and environmental protection.\u00a0\u00a0 Many of our students enter a range of graduate programs and professions.\u00a0 Students may also select Sociology as one of the suitable majors for Teacher Education and Social Studies certification.<\/p>\n
The Sociology major offers two tracks to 秘密研究所 students interested in studying questions of human diversity, inequality, and social justice in U.S. as well as international societies:<\/p>\n
Students majoring in Sociology are urged to pursue a minor, such as Africana Studies, Anthropology, Gerontology, Latin American Studies, or Women’s Studies.\u00a0 The Sociology major is offered by the School of Social Science and Human Services and leads to a B.A. degree.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Goal 1: <\/strong>A student majoring in sociology will be exposed to research experiences that require posing sociological questions, data gathering with quantitative and\/or qualitative methods, developing theoretical explanations, and bringing the aforementioned data to bear on them.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 1: <\/strong>Be able to support an argument, thesis, hypothesis, or research question by incorporating high quality sources into a research, as indicated by correct usage of bibliographies and in-text citations, that is distributed at the beginning of each semester.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 2: <\/strong>Be able to articulate how a theory or theories explain the relationship between concepts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 3: <\/strong>Be able to demonstrate the ability to correctly describe and\/or conduct either quantitative or qualitative data collection.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 4: <\/strong>Be able to demonstrate the ability to correctly describe and\/or conduct either quantitative or qualitative data analysis.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 5: <\/strong>Be able to successfully bring empirical results (either primary or secondary) to bear on sociological questions or hypotheses.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Outcome 6: <\/strong>Be able to describe the process of protecting human subjects in research studies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Note: A 2.0 GPA in the major is required for graduation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
SOCIOLOGY MAJOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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\n1. PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY CONCENTRATION<\/a>
\n2. CRIMINOLOGY CONCENTRATION<\/a><\/li>\n\n
SOCIOLOGY MINOR<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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