社会学家研究与家庭生活，种族，性别，阶级，性别，偏差，自我，社会变化，城市化，老龄化，出生和死亡以及许多应用主题相关的动力动态。社会学专业的学生探索个体代理影响和受社会结构限制的方式。我们的学位课程除了为学生准备社会学及相关领域的研究生工作外，还向学生介绍关键的过程和方法。
Through innovative scholarship, teaching and community service, we craft, translate, and disseminate sociological knowledge to foster social justice, equality, and policy transformation. We specialize in promoting deeper public understanding of global, urban, and community inequalities related to social class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, aging, education, and health and illness. We are a leading urban sociology department and a center of excellence for scholarly research, undergraduate education, graduate training, and community engagement.