社会学课程通过使用多种社会学理论和研究方法来培养学生分析社会世界的能力。它强调了社会，文化和历史背景对于理解个人与组成社会的社会结构之间的关系的重要性。学生将有能力广泛和批判性地思考社会组织的多样性，并在本地和全球范围内进行实践。学生还将发展采取纪律严明和学术方法来了解我们所生活的世界的能力。社会学专业的学生在批判性思维，研究，分析，写作和沟通方面的技能得到了极大的发展。社会学专业的学生经常在公共和私营部门从事研究生教育和/或职业。
The sociology program develops the student's ability to analyze the social world by using diverse sociological theories and research methods. It stresses the importance of social, cultural, and historical contexts for understanding relationships between and among individuals and the social structures that make up societies. Students will gain the ability to think broadly and critically about the diversity of social organization and practice locally and globally. Students will also develop the ability to take a disciplined and scholarly approach to understanding the world in which we live. The major in sociology strongly develops skills in critical thinking, research, analysis, writing and communication. Sociology students frequently go on to post-graduate education and/or careers in both public and private employment sectors.