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Sociology
Passaic County Community College
http://www.pccc.edu/prospective/academics/academic-departments/humanities
What is Sociology?
Job Prospects
Sociology is the study of the social world
around us, the social causes and
consequences of human behavior.
Sociologists investigate the structure of
groups, organizations, and societies, and
how people interact within these
contexts. The subject matter of
sociology ranges widely, from the media,
religion, racial inequality, subcultures,
technology, social control, deviance,
popular culture, gender, social
institutions and theory are some of
sociology's concerns. Sociology looks
beyond taken-for-granted views of
reality to provide deeper, more
illuminating and challenging
understandings of social life. Through its
particular analytical perspective,
theoretical approaches, and research
methods, sociology expands our
awareness and helps us to understand
more clearly the forces shaping the
particulars of our own lives.
With the completion of a B.A. degree in
Sociology graduates may obtain jobs in the
following areas:
Skills students will
learn
• College Settings
In admissions, alumni relations, or placement
offices
Taking sociology classes will help
students gain important skills. You may
learn specific marketable skills, such as
writing, communication, thinking,
application and how to utilize the
scientific methods to study human
behavior. More generally, you will learn
how to engage in critical analysis, an
ability that will serve you well no matter
what your future career. Sociology also
helps students to understand more
clearly the forces shaping the particulars
of their own lives. The ability to see and
understand this connection between
large-scale social forces and personal
experience is what C. Wright Mills called
“the sociological imagination,” offers
invaluable academic preparation for our
personal and professional lives in an
ever-changing society.
• Health Services
In family planning, substance abuse,
rehabilitation counseling, health planning,
hospital admissions, and insurance companies
• Social Services
In rehabilitation, case management, group
work with youth or the elderly, recreation, or
administration
• Community Work
In fund-raising for social service organizations,
nonprofits, child-care or community
development agencies, or environmental
groups
• Corrections
In probation, parole, or other criminal justice
work
• Business
In advertising, marketing and consumer
research, insurance, real estate, personnel
work, training, or sales
•
Publishing, Journalism, and
Public Relations
In writing, research, and editing
• Government Services
In federal, state, and local government jobs in
such areas as transportation, housing,
agriculture, and labor
• Teaching
In elementary and secondary schools, with
appropriate teacher certification.
Read more at www.asanet.org
(Pictures: Sociology Professor Edward
Mosley interacts with students).
Contact Info:
· Edward R. Mosley
Chair/Humanities
Room: 000 - Library
1 College Boulevard
Paterson, NJ 07505
Phone: 1-973-684-69121
Email: [email protected]
· Sonia M. Brown
Instructor/Sociology
Room: H012- Hamilton Hall
188 Ellison Avenue
Paterson, NJ 07505
Phone: 1-973-684-6652
Email: [email protected]