Bachelor of Arts
Winthrop offers the intimate faculty-student connection and quality of a private institution, but with a public university price-tag. The complimentary way that sociology, criminology and anthropology courses overlap in our program gives our students much more breadth than they get at other institutions. What unites these three areas of study is our faculty’s focus on social inequality and social change. Winthrop’s sociology, criminology and anthropology program is unique in its multidisciplinary perspective, its intense focus on career-readiness courses and its high-touch approach to student mentoring.
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Sociology is the study of human social behavior, its causes and consequences. The subject matter ranges from the intimate family to mob behavior; from crime to religion; from the divisions based on race, sex and social class, to the shared beliefs of an entire society and culture; from the sociology of work to the sociology of sport. Few fields of study have such a broad scope and relevance to problems and issues of society today.
This option provides training for a wide variety of occupations such as law enforcement and the judiciary.
Students in this concentration are exposed to all areas of specialization: cultural, biological, archaelogy and linguistics. Students will be well-grounded in a variety of social science methods. Careers include teaching, research and museum work.
This option studies racial and ethnic relations, gender and sexuality, social class and economic analysis, as well as inequalities related to age and disability.
100 percent of majors develop their own research question, engage in research ethics training, analyze data, write up a report, and present their findings.
Books for the first five core classes are provided to students for free, along with free tutoring in the department's work center.
Students take a career development course freshman year, meet with faculty advisors every semester, and take Senior Seminar before graduating.
"I was able to secure a job immediately after graduation, and also get accepted to graduate school a year later. The sociological elements that I learned have helped me eliminate my own biases and allowed me to see the world from the perspective of others."