文理学院的社会学系提供硕士学位，必须在三年内完成。在1990年代，该部门选择专注于全球现象及其与国家动态的联系。因此，我们在社会学学科以及大学为提高全球影响力所做的努力中均处于领先地位。我们广泛强调不平等，在环境，性别，健康，国际发展和种族主义等方面，教师具有特定领域的专长。我们是一个在方法论上多元化的部门，涵盖定量和定性方法。总而言之，我们的目标是教给学生如何使用最佳方法来告知我们这个时代最紧迫的研究问题。社会学系同时提供硕士学位和博士学位。学位课程。我们的博士课程在全国排名，反映了我们学生在各种环境中
The Department of Sociology, in the College of Arts and Sciences, offers a terminal master's degree which must be completed in three years. In the 1990s, the department chose to focus on global phenomena, as well as their connection to national dynamics. We thus take a leading position in the discipline of sociology and in the university's efforts to become more globally relevant. We broadly emphasize inequalities, with specific areas of faculty expertise in the environment, gender, health, international development, and racism, among others. We are a methodologically diverse department that spans both quantitative and qualitative methods. In sum, we aim to teach students how to use the best methods available to inform the most pressing research questions of our time. The Department of Sociology offers both an M.A. and Ph.D. degree program. Our doctoral program is nationally ranked, which reflects the placement of our students in a wide variety of settings including research universities, elite liberal arts schools, teaching schools, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. Recent graduates have been hired for positions at: University of Pittsburgh, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, SUNY-Brockport, California State University-Bakersfield, University of Memphis, University of Northern Colorado, New York University (Postdoctoral Position), University of Stockholm (Postdoctoral Position), Yale University (Research Scientist), and the United Nations Statistics Division.