What category would SOCIOLOGY fall under in colleges? and what colleges offer degrees in it?
I have been looking at careers online and the most interesting to me is the study of sociology...but idk what colleges offer degrees in that...i also want to attend a college in california.......i plan on going to a community college first and then transferring...can anyone help me! :)
What are the best colleges for sociology?
JNUDUBHUJMIGOOD LUCK
My community college doesn't offer a social work major, What can be my alternative?
I'm about to register for classes at a community college. I'm planning to transfer to a cal state to get a bachelors degree in social work. My problem is that the community college i'm going to attend doesn't offer a social work major... but they offer a major in sociology. If I take sociology electives at my community college, will i still be able to attain my bachelors degree in social work at the cal state? And if the cal state I have in mind doesn't offer a social work major either, should i major in sociology there as well? With a bachelors degree in sociology, will i be able to work as a social worker? Or are the two majors not equivalent? Sorry for the long list of questions! I'm a bit clueless.
Should I take human geography or sociology at university?
Should I take human geography or sociology at university?This would depend on your interests. Being a geographer, I have a bit of a bias, but I assume that’s part of the reason I got this question. Although I’ve studied a lot of human geography, many of my strengths are more in the realm of physical geography and GIS. That might be one of the differences. Because human geography studies (or can study) sociology over space, there is an element that cannot be avoided: the spatial relations and interaction. From one of the websites I found: “As sociologists we seek to explain and interpret how people are shaped by social relations, and how society changes as a result of human interaction.” Human geography tends to add the dimension of space and geographic relations to that, which can be a bit more physical and mathematical.Depending on what you want to focus on, you can probably do it in either sociology or human geography. But in geography, you’ll end up studying what’s around your interests as well, and what influences them over space.
Social Sciences: What is the difference between sociology and anthropology?
While scholars from the two fields increasingly collaborate with one another (and other fields) to answer large questions about humans, they each ask different questions from different perspectives. Sociology is the study of societies and their structures, whereas anthropology is the study of culture. Culture can be defined as collective meanings, beliefs, and behaviors, and how they manifest, change, and why. Anthropology has four subfields (archaeology, linguistic anthropology, biological anthropology, and cultural anthropology). Each subfield considers the concept of culture from different aspects. Anthropology uses different methods and methodologies than sociology, concentrating on generating qualitative ethnographies via participating and observing cultures of all sorts, and by conducting deep interviews. Researchers tend to invest years in their data-gathering process. Sociology tends to be more quantitative, drawing on larger data sets and survey-generated data, not trying to answer questions about meaning but rather trying to decipher grander patterns. Both fields can, however, employ quantitative and qualitative data to answer their respective questions. Both might apply their findings to solve humanitarian problems.
What jobs can one get with a masters degree or PhD in sociology?
You need to look for a job before you graduate, and the process should start ideally speaking, at least a year ahead. This would give you an idea of the condition of the labour market as well as help in networking with people. Ph.Ds in Sociology can work in the following areas: Academia: Teaching and Researching in a college/university. Pay is good these days, irrespective of the country. Usually you need a post-doc experience to get into tenure-track positions, though I've seen some people completely skip this step based on their publications and their impact factor. A good practice is to teach full undergraduate courses as adjunct professors (or sessionals as they are called in Canada) in different universities, ideally... at least 2 years before you graduate. It gives you confidence, good test of teaching skills, adds on to your teaching repertoire in CV, and helps you in networking. From my experience, the pay is just slightly better than being a graduate student and peanuts compared to the amount of work you need to do (and how full profs are paid), but the networking experience is priceless. Sociologist: If you don't like teaching, and particularly when funding in academia runs low, you can work in particular research labs/academic institutions as a Sociologist, where you use your researching skills. I don't know where you are living at the moment. In case you're living in the U.S., the U.S. Bureau of labour statistics expects an above average growth rate (15%) in this area between 2012-2022. Pay is considerably good. I did my Ph.D from Canada, and several of my friends and seniors went to work in Statistics Canada, just to give you an example.Policy Analyst: You work as a researcher in government institutions and deal with confidential (or not) government data, examine patterns and behaviours and try to find solutions. This area in the U.S. has an even higher expected growth than the previous category.I highly recommend going through this free pdf by American Sociological Association on the job search process: Page on asanet.org.Good Luck!
What is it like to major in sociology?
It is an easy major to get into, but incredibly hard to graduate from if you went to a good program. I highly recommend picking a school which prides itself on its sociology research. You need to be very creative on how you market yourself when looking for a job. Sociology WILL equip you for the world in ways no one outside of the field will understand. Youll feel like everyone around you is taking stupid pills half of the time. Most people take their world for face value, but you wont be able to. Most jobs which require sociological degrees are academic.That being said, be ready for ALOT of reading. Some of it will feel esoteric and hard to put together with all of the symbolic language (Especially the old stuff from Marx, Weber, Gramsci, Foucault, etc). You need to forge a relationship with your professor and your peers, because while these classes are relatively easy to pass, they are VERY HARD to excel at unless you ask questions. You can fall under the radar easily if you dont speak up. It isnt like an engineering class where if youre drowning, it is obvious to the professor or TA.You will be stereotyped to death as a communist or as a "leftist." The more you know as a citizen, the more the government will fear of you, naturally.TL;DR - Incredibly rewarding, incessantly difficult to justify to people around you, but you wont need to!
UCSB v. CSULB for sociology major?
I wouldn't recommend being a sociology major. There aren't any jobs with that degree. If you insist on being a sociology major, I would say go to CSULB. Because you wont be able to pay off your school debt if you are a sociology major. Really, you should just go to a CC then go to a Cal State if you insist on being a Sociology major. It doesn't matter because you wont be able to get a job when you graduate. Have you ever read anything about the major or careers with that major? There is nothing. Go to your school counselor at your high school and ask them about different majors. Ask them what majors will give you a job when you graduate. Don't waste your time or money on being a sociology major. There is no future there.
Why did you major in sociology?
Long story: I think humans are so interesting so I decided to be a human bio major in community college and I LOVED it. For me, understanding humans was extremely interesting, and looking at it from a biological perspective made it even better.Unfortunately, all the jobs/careers associated with a biology degree were careers I was not interested in. I didn't wanted to be a doctor, I didn’t wanted to be a researcher, working in a lab, etc.So I decided to take a sociology class for the first and not only did I fell in love but it clicked with my personally: this was the way I can help people. You understand how a good society works, economic and social inequality, social constructs and how they affect you, etc. I can go on but basically, sociology explains why the world is, how it is, and it tells you why you should fix it and how. And frankly, you can do A LOT with a sociology degree.Short story: was a human bio major, hated the careers. Took a sociology class and I fell in love with it.