As a sociology major at Wilkes, you’ll gain an understanding of human behavior and prepare to become thoughtful and engaged citizens in our ever-changing world. 职业生涯 opportunities include social services, counseling, business and industry, education 和研究.

项目快照

项目类型 格式 学分
大,小 在校园 120(未成年人18)

Why Study 社会学 at Wilkes?

As a sociology major at 推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜, you’ll learn about social problems facing our world in a small-class setting. Conduct your own research as part of your senior capstone project and develop a portfolio of projects to show employers. 你也会 have opportunities to interact with local and state elected officials to voice your concerns about social problems and offer real, practical solutions.

Human beings are incredibly complicated and difficult to study, and Wilkes will give you the tools to understand the world around you. Besides preparing you for a career, the program can also prepare you for graduate study in sociology, law, social work, business or psychology, among others.

What Will You Learn as a 社会学 Student?

  • You’ll learn how to study human behavior scientifically – how to collect data, how to analyze it, and how to understand your results.
  • Develop skills in presenting complicated material in easily accessible ways.
  • You’ll have the opportunity to develop solutions to social problems and present them to government officials.
  • Cultivate communication and presentation skills you’ll put to work interacting with 地方组织.
  • Learn how to work toward making real change in your community.
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项目的亮点

实习

Gain valuable resume-building experience by interning at places like Luzerne County Children and Youth, Children's Service Center, Office of the Aging, Wyoming Valley Drug and Alcohol Services, Domestic Violence Service Center, and the Victims Resource Center.

研究 Opportunities

A three-semester capstone sequence allows you to acquire the research, writing and statistical skills necessary to succeed in today's competitive work environment.

指导

You’ll work one-on-one with faculty to learn the main theoretical and methodological traditions of sociology. Faculty get to know you personally to help you achieve your career goals and plans.

The sociology department is full of professors who have your best interests in mind. My advisor and professor, Dr. Wilczak, has helped me gain experiences that have helped me learn what I can and want to do with my sociology degree.

Ashley Baker ——社会学

认识我们的教师

Our program's faculty are experts in their specialties, providing hands-on mentoring to help you achieve your future academic and career successes.

Dr. 安迪Wilczak

教授

Dr. 安迪Wilczak is a specialist in adolescent violence and victimization and has recently branched out into historical criminology and the sociology of revolutions. He completed his PhD in sociology at Bowling Green State University in 2011. 他的第一个 书, Gender, Crime, and Justice: Exploring the Dynamics is an accessible text that aims to make criminological theory more student-friendly. In addition to this, Dr. Wilczak has also worked extensively in public scholarship, organizing multiple online conferences and running a public scholarship podcast, Untenured Tracks, highlighting the scholarship of junior faculty and graduate students from 世界各地.

Dr. 罗伯特·塔特尔

教授

Dr. 罗伯特·塔特尔 received his PhD from the University of Notre Dame. 他教英语。 variety of courses in the sociology and criminology programs including: The Family, Social Stratification, Family Violence, the 社会学 of Sport, and 研究 Methods.

He has made numerous conference presentations and had several articles published that examine the interface between paid labor and the family. His current research focuses on the sociology of teaching and learning and looks at ways to better deliver a capstone experience to students.

职业生涯 & 结果

受欢迎的职业

  • Community Health Worker
  • 研究助理
  • Market 研究 Analyst
  • 政策分析
  • Management Consultant
  • 人力资源 Representative
  • 社会工作者
  • 调查研究人员

最近的雇主

  • Commonwealth Health First Hospital
  • 格伦米尔斯学校
  • Laurel Creek Counseling
  • Resources for Human Development
  • 发光
  • Women's Resource Center

研究生院

  • Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
  • Marywood大学
  • 宾夕法尼亚州立大学
  • 天普大学