社会学博士课程为学生提供从事研究和教学职业的准备。虽然我们大多数毕业生在大学任教，但其他毕业生则在政府机构，医疗和心理健康中心，咨询公司或其他非营利性或研究机构担任研究职务。研究生的工作面向以下一个或多个部门类别：比较和历史社会学，文化/知识，经济社会学和组织，家庭/性别/性，全球，区域和跨国社会学，卫生，医学和生物社会相互作用，法律和犯罪学，方法，政治社会学和社会运动，种族以及种族，宗教，社交网络，社会分层，理论。本系的研究生通常会在本系工作期间参加一个或多个讲习班，计划和中心。这可以是一个家庭中的一个
The doctoral program in sociology prepares students for careers in research and teaching. While most of our graduates teach in colleges and universities, others hold research appointments in government agencies, medical and mental health centers, consulting firms, or other non-profit or research settings. Graduate student work is oriented to one or more of the following departmental clusters: Comparative and Historical Sociology, Culture/Knowledge, Economic Sociology and Organizations, Family/Gender/Sexuality, Global, Regional and Transnational Sociology, Health, Medicine, and Biosocial Interactions, Law and Criminology, Methods, Political Sociology and Social Movements, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Social Networks, Social Stratification, Theory.