UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS, MINORS, AND ASSOCIATED AREAS OF STUDY
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIOLOGY Sociology studies societies and human groups. It examines social conflict and cooperation, and the organization of families, communities, workplaces, and nations. The program at UCI covers the breadth of the discipline while giving students opportunities to conduct independent research, to do an internship in the community, to participate in an Honors Program, and to take advantage of departmental opportunities in such areas as human services, diversity, international sociology, and business, economy, and society. All students take basic courses on social institutions, theory, and methods. Students then take more specialized courses such as Race and Ethnicity, Social Psychology, Sociology of Gender, or Chinese Society. Courses are enriched by ongoing faculty research on such topics as the work and family of immigrants to the U.S., economic change in Asia, the relation between women and men in different social classes and ethnic groups, and attitudes to sexual behavior. In addition to developing students' ability to critically analyze and understand social patterns, the major is relevant to professional careers in high school teaching, social work, urban planning, law, business, public health, and government service. It also provides training for advanced graduate work in sociology. - From the 2007-2008 UCI General Catalogue |
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