Sociology Learning Goals
The sociology program has five major learning goals, as follows:
- Students will understand basic sociological concepts, theories, paradigms in their historical context.
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between sociological theory, research design, and interpretation and engage in work developing their research literacy.
- Students will understand and engage in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analytical processes.
- Students will be able to communicate, in written and oral form, sociological arguments.
- Students will be able to exercise their sociological imaginations toward examining our social world as well as its practical uses and applications.