Sociology Program

Within UNF’s Department of Sociology & Anthropology, the Sociology program seeks to provide its students with a sound comprehension of the field, and to encourage the development of new knowledge through faculty scholarship. Our educational aim at the undergraduate level is to facilitate mastery of theoretical, methodological and empirical work in Sociology as a specialized field and as a component of a broader Liberal Arts education. Our commitment to research reflects broad interests and aspirations, as we aim to contribute both general and applied research on local, national and global social issues. Finally, our faculty and students are committed to serving the diverse communities in which they live and work, including the University, the discipline, and the region.

We offer an undergraduate minor in Sociology and a BA in Sociology in which students select one of two concentrations: (1) General Sociology and (2) Social Welfare.  

Click here for the Sociology Program's Academic Learning Compact.

Sociology Minor

Sociology Major: General Sociology Concentration

Sociology Major: Social Welfare Concentration

Sociology Links

• What do you do with a degree in sociology? Check out the following two links: The American Sociological Association's Careers in Sociology webpage and the Careers in Sociology page on Marion Hughes' (Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminal Justice
Towson University) website.

• Sociological Tour through Cyberspace. An exhaustive collection of sociology links, as well as specific "tours" through various subfields in the discipline. The tours for death and dying, social psychology, race and ethnicity, and demography are especially good. Spend some time with these links. You'll learn a lot. The Sociological Tour through Cyberspace is like an online Sociology 101 textbook.

• SocioSite. This is the most extensive sociology site on the web, and a great place to click around. The subject links provide information on dozens of relevant topics within the discipline.

• Allyn and Bacon Sociology Links. This set of links is sorted by subject. Not as comprehensive as SocioSite, but a little more manageable.

• American Sociological Association. The website of the largest professional association for sociologists. There is a special section for students which has some good information on what you can do with a degree in sociology, and some tips on how to use a sociology degree as preparation for a career in business.

• Social Science Information Gateway is another "mega site" will thousands of links to social science resources on the web. The principal advantage of this site is that it provides links not just for sociology, but for related disciplines as well.

• Sociolog is a sociology mega site maintained by Julian Dierkes. It is fully searchable, and contains Dierkes's best of the web links for sociologists. There are also links to all of the sociology departments in North America, and a large list of links to e-journals and online publishing outlets.

• The Sociology links of the Open Directory Project have an international flavor, and if you're looking for information about sociology outside North America, this is a good place to start. This site also has links to sociology departments, e-journals, and professional associations.

• The Sociology Virtual library is a mega site with links to listservs and usenet groups related to sociology. It also has a list of research centers and departments. The best thing about this site is its large collection of online course materials and examples of class websites posted by professors around the globe. Very inspiring, and humbling.