|
Welcome to the Sociology Department. For detailed information about our program click here 
Sociology students develop skills sought out by social service, human resource, and criminal justice agencies. Graduates with an emphasis in human services/social work will find jobs working with the elderly, youths and families at risk, victims of domestic violence, substance abusers, and the poor. Sociology graduates with a minor in criminal justice will find jobs in law enforcement, corrections, and the law. Graduates who go into human resources will work in employee recruitment and personnel management.
Graduates in Sociology have a liberal arts advantage. Sociology graduates have an advantage because they know how people behave and function in groups--families, organizations, and communities. They also have developed skills relevant for today's highly technical work environments. Graduates tell us that their theory, methods, computer, internship, and speech classes prepared them for today's data-oriented occupations. Students also enjoyed taking Social Problems, Domestic Violence, Anthropology, and Self & Society.
The nine faculty in the SDSU Sociology Department are pledged to produce highly skilled graduates with specialties in criminal justice, human resources, human services, and teaching. We also mentor graduate students specializing in theory, methods, social organization, social deviance, cultural ecology, demography, and family studies.
The Sociology Department also administers the SDSU Rural Life & Census Data Center. The rural life / census data center provides businesses, organizations, and local and county agencies with the latest census and rural life information.
Donna Hess
donna_hess@sdstate.edu
605-688-4132
Sociology Department
Box 504
Brookings, SD 57007-1296
|
|
