我们的博士生在一个非正式，友好的思想上严格的环境中继续学习。在CWRU的学习为指导和与教师建立紧密的工作关系提供了绝佳的机会。这些机会包括有意义地动手参与研究项目，例如管理数据收集，准备研究经费的赠款申请，在国家和国际会议上发表论文以及与教师合作撰写和出版。作为研究学徒计划的一部分，学生有机会参加一系列实证项目，其中包括一些由国立卫生研究院支持的项目。我们的学生也有机会与其他学校的研究人员合作，包括医学院，法学院，弗朗西斯·佩恩·博尔顿护理学院和曼德尔应用社会科学学院。
Become an expert in human social behavior, patterns of social relationships and social interaction with a PhD in Sociology from Case Western Reserve University, one of the top research universities in the U.S. Here, youll learn from internationally renowned faculty in a supportive yet intellectually rigorous environment. As you develop close working relationships with our faculty, youll gain mentors who will guide you throughout the program and beyond. <br><br>With globalization and the increasing diversity of our society, many employers look favorably on the breadth of knowledge and perspective that PhD graduates in sociology bring to workplaces, including those in medicine and law. Graduates of our program have gone on to work at research institutions, universities, and in medicine, private industry, and the public sector. Youll specialize in four unique areas: age and the life course, medical sociology, social inequality, and research methods. Beyond our core curriculum, you can further focus on a wide range of topics including health disparities, stress and coping, human rights, illness experience, gender and sexualities, racial inequality, mass incarceration, social movements and identity, and immigation.