威克森林大学社会学系是一个由教师学者和学生组成的繁荣社区，致力于社会科学研究。社会学历史悠久，为理解所有人类活动的社会基础提供了独特而强大的视角。这种观点背后的基本思想是，我们生活的更大的社会环境影响着我们的社会机构，我们所处的社会群体，我们的教育和职业机会以及我们最私人和个人的经历。学习社会学不仅是通识教育的重要组成部分，而且还为学生从事法律，医学，教育，公共卫生，社会工作，商业，刑事司法，非营利组织和许多其他领域的职业做好准备。
The Department of Sociology at Wake Forest University is a thriving community of teacher-scholars and students devoted to the scientific study of society. Sociology has a rich history and provides a unique and powerful perspective for understanding the social basis of all human activity. The basic idea behind this perspective is that the larger social context in which we live influences our social institutions, the social groups of which we are apart, our educational and occupational opportunities as well as our most private and personal experiences. Studying sociology is not only a critical part of a liberal arts education but prepares students for careers in law, medicine, education, public health, social work, business, criminal justice, non-for-profit organizations, and many other fields.