通过应用研究和推广计划应对大都会中心，边缘地区和农村社区中发生的变化。通过课程，扩展和研究，您可以专注于社区和经济发展，农村少数民族的社会学，营养与健康的社会学，自然资源和环境质量以及农业的社会学。博士 学位可为学生做好职业生涯的准备，使其成为大学机构或政府机构或私营部门的研究科学家。我们系的声誉在很大程度上可以归功于其过去和现在的师资力量。我们目前的教师发表的研究数量超过同类学科，并且在该学科和个人层面（教学和研究方面）均获得了多个奖项。
Address changes occurring in metropolitan centers, fringe areas and rural communities through applied research and extension programs. Through coursework, extension and research, you can focus on community and economic development, sociology of rural minorities, sociology of nutrition and health, natural resources and environmental quality, and sociology of agriculture. The Ph.D. degree prepares students for a career as a university faculty member or research scientist in a government agency or the private sector. The prestige of our department can largely be attributed to its faculty, both past and present. Our current faculty publishes more research than any department of its type, and has won multiple awards at the department and individual level (for both teaching and research).