Sociology - Marlboro College

Sociology from Marlboro College is a Campus Bachelor Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. Sociology is the study of the relationship between civilizational trends and the lives of human beings in varieties of societies, communities and milieus throughout the world. The task of sociology is to describe, analyze and interpret social worlds in their economic, political, cultural, class, ethnic and gender complexity. Sociology is an interdisciplinary perspective that relies heavily on history, political economy, philosophy and the other social sciences in its pursuit of understanding. Students who wish to study human beings in relationship to society must become sensitive to the ways in which different varieties of intellectuals, scholars, scientists and artists approach their subject matter and grapple with the ?human condition.? A broad background in the liberal arts is, therefore, essential to the serious student of sociology . Sociology courses are designed to help students develop the following skills: 1. To understand the theoretical assumptions, methodological approaches and working traditions in the sociological perspective. 2. To explore what sociology is, what sociologists do and how they do it through a close reading and analysis of studies by sociologists, anthropologists, historians and others. 3. To develop descriptive, analytical and interpretive skills by conducting sociological research. 4. To develop writing, oral and other skills for communicating the finding of research. 5. To develop ways of incorporating varieties of scholarly research and other experience into a sociological perspective. Education in the sociological perspective offers the student a theoretical framework and methodological basis for studying anything that involves human beings in social worlds in their historical or contemporary panorama of possibilities. Research interests that are focused on in classes: 1. Contemporary American society 2. The education and socialization of youth 3. American foreign policy 4. The performing arts 5. Globalization and its effects on particular nations and communities in Europe, Latin America and Asia The student is encouraged to develop his or her own research interests beyond the areas focused on in classes. Methodological approaches for conducting research include reading, archival research, interviewing, participant observation field work, survey and incorporating observations of social life, films, plays, mass media, etc., into one's own analysis. Whatever is directly or indirectly available to students' experience can be integrated into one's research interests. Classes support the use of these research methodologies. View more details on Marlboro College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.