Major in Sociology

Why Major in Sociology?

1. Provides majors with a strong base from which to launch careers in the medical, legal, administrative, or public service fields.
2. Helps students discover how people create the societies in which they live.
3. Teaches data collecting methods and analytical skills.
4. Exposes students to cross-cultural perspective on social values, rules, and law,
5. Examines social constructs such as race and gender that assign social statuses to people and organize their daily lives.
6. Focuses on how people organize in social movements, create alternative lifestyles, and use popular culture such as media, to confront the status quo and change their societies.
7. Entices our best students to become Sociology professors.

If you have always wanted “to think outside the box” and quietly dared to imagine that “things are not always what they seem,” try sociology.  Browse through the Sociology section of the Tufts Bulletin; you are sure to find courses there that excite your interest.

Introducing A New Option for Sociology Majors Beginning in Fall 2006!

• Specialize in an area of interest within Sociology
• Make connections among the courses in your major
• Study an area in depth (and perhaps develop a related Senior Honors Thesis topic).
• Get to know other Sociology majors within your cluster
• Build your resume for a future career within a particular focus

Sociology Clusters
In order to assist you in choosing courses, the Sociology faculty has developed two cluster areas. These two reflect the current strengths of the department. More may be offered in the future. However, the goal of the clusters is to offer in-depth study in a few areas rather than a wide breadth of possibilities.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS OPTION, SEE YOUR ADVISOR and COMPLETE THE DEPARTMENT FORM to “declare” your entry into your cluster!  Tips on Making the Most of Your Advisor >>
 

Minor in Sociology

The Sociology Department offers a minor program.

Requirements

• Soc 1 and
• Soc 101 or Soc 102
• Three additional courses with common area of interest or concern approved by Sociology Minor Advisor Susan Ostrander susan.ostrander@tufts.edu. Two of these three must be 100 level courses.
• One Soc class numbered 180 or above in the same common area.

The sign-up sheets are located in the department office, Eaton Hall, room 115.