Sociology - Barnard College

Sociology from Barnard College is a Campus Bachelor Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. Sociology is a diverse academic discipline that draws its strength, and coherence, from a collective commitment to developing and testing theoretical principles about social life with empirical evidence. This commitment to systematic empirical research, across a range of methodological approaches, represents the strength of the discipline and the potential for a distinctive undergraduate experience for Sociology majors at Barnard. These approaches include varieties of quantitative data collection and analysis, participant observation, intensive interviewing, historical-archival research, and discourse analysis. The Department provides students with expertise in three areas: (1) a common foundation in the discipline's core theories and methodologies to analyze social life; (2) exposure to a range of substantive questions that motivate sociological research; and (3) direct research experience both within the classroom and under faculty supervision in the Senior Thesis Seminar. All students taking courses in Sociology at Barnard can expect to learn about the crucial links between theory and empirical evidence for public policy, political and social debate, and civic engagement more broadly defined. Sociology majors will develop critical analytic and research skills that they can take with them into their professional careers, whether they continue on to graduate study in sociology or choose to enter such fields as business, education, law, nonprofit enterprise or public policy. View more details on Barnard College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.