Sociology - Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Main Campus

Sociology from Pennsylvania State University - Penn State Main Campus is a Campus Master Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The graduate program in Sociology offers advanced education for students who intend to pursue academic careers in sociology or who aspire to nonacademic research positions. The M.A. and Ph.D. programs provide training in general social theory, research methodology, statistics, and a number of traditional and developing substantive specialties. In consultation with faculty advisers, students select two specialties that are among the department\\\'s strengths, such as classical and contemporary theory; community and environment; demography; family, life course, and aging; quantitative methods; social psychology; and stratification and social change. Alternate specialty areas not listed above may be selected as the major or the minor, with the approval of the graduate committee. Students may elect to pursue a dual-title degree in Sociology and Demography. For details, refer to the Demography program description. A separate Ph.D. program in Crime, Law, and Justice is also housed within the department. Please see the CLJ program description for details. All students who intend to pursue doctoral work are expected to earn an M.A. degree in their normal progress to the Ph.D. Course work outside the department is encouraged. Areas of study related to sociology, such as rural sociology , geography, economics, business administration, statistics, cultural anthropology, political science, and human development and family studies are available at the University. Special department-related research and training facilities include on-site computer laboratories and the Social Science Research Center, the Population Research Institute, the Center for Research on Crime and Justice, and the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing. Additional University facilities used by sociology faculty and graduate students include the Computation Center (containing information about the extensive databases provided through the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) and the Gerontology Center. View more details on Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.