Sociology

Overview

Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. Sociologists investigate the structure of groups, organizations, and societies and how people interact within these contexts. Since all human behavior is social, the subject matter of sociology ranges quite a bit!

Course offerings

Sociology courses will equip students with preliminary knowledge and the ability to better understand the function in their local communities and in a rapidly changing global world. Students may choose to pursue graduate and further studies of the discipline. Those opting for immediate employment after completing their liberal arts education might investigate opportunities in human and social services, public relations, community organizing and development, non-profit and family support organizations, research assistantships, law, civil service, and much more!

Catalog: View Sociology Courses

Our faculty

Sociology faculty at Soka are teachers, scholars in their fields, and scholar-activists in their communities, but also they apply their research to address major social problems and bring their knowledge, lessons learned, and experiences from local, national, and global communities into their classrooms. The sociology faculty at Soka have training across the field of sociology to include expertise in theory and methods, inequality, institutions, socialization, social change and social movements, and with specific interest classes created around feminist and queer theory, sexuality, performance, the body, health, the family, education, and beyond.