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Welcome

Sociology is the study of social life - how societies are organized, and how people interact as individuals and within groups and institutions that shape our everyday worlds and life chances. Sociology provides a unique, critical perspective on the world which enables all of us to view ourselves within larger social structures of society and as agents of social change.

There is a sociology of everything! Sociologists at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ study social inequalities of class, race, gender, sexuality, (dis)ability, and health in urban, national and global contexts. We offer classes in urban sociology and globalization; criminology, law, and juvenile justice; race, ethnicity and immigration; drugs, health, illness, and disability; gender and sexuality; work, organizations, and activism. We also study specific populations such as the homeless, undocumented, Dominican and Latinx populations and New Yorkers.

Our majors and minors learn specific skill sets in theory, critical reasoning, writing, and research methods, including survey techniques, ethnography, interviewing, quantitative and qualitative analyses. These skills prepare students for a wide and diverse range of jobs in public policy, local, state and federal government, education, human and social services, advertising, marketing, research, academia, law, writing and publishing. Our students have also gone on to Master’s and PhD programs in sociology and other fields as well as law and business schools.