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                                       The Mission and Vision of the Sociology Program

Department Chair

     Stephen Adair

     860-832-2979

 

Office Location

     304 Maria Sanford

 

Faculty

     Stephen Adair (Chair)

     Bruce Day

     Mary Erdmans

     Jessica Greenebaum

     Elizabeth Kaminski

     Beth Merenstein

    John Mitrano

     Amanda Moras

     Fiona Pearson

     John O'Connor

     All Soc faculty

 

  

The Department of Sociology prepares students to become thoughtful, engaged, and responsible citizens in an interdependent world. Students are provided with a firm understanding of the complex social structures and processes that connect their private lives and experiences to their present society as well as to the multi-varied characteristics of a global society. More specifically, the mission of the department is to foster logical and analytical reasoning, social scientific inquiry, a socio/historical consciousness, and an understanding of the relationship between social inequality and matters of social justice.

The integrating principle underlying the curriculum is the linkage between theory, methods, and specific areas of sociological inquiry. This process involves developing the capacities for conceptualizing problems, locating them within general sociological paradigms, and evaluating solutions based on empirical analysis, established research, and the diverse needs, interests, and identities of affected communities.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE B.A. PROGRAM

1) To help students acquire the sociological perspective with its three central aspects: the link between private troubles and public issues (i.e., the individual experience and larger social processes); the preeminence of social structures and their influence; and the value of empirical analysis.

2) To contribute to students' liberal education characterized by: literacy; numeracy; skills in abstract logical thinking; historical consciousness; understanding science and scientific inquiry; values and their relationship to a variety of life situations; international and multicultural experience.

3) To help students develop knowledge and analytical skills necessary for successful careers in community agencies, government, private employment, and not-for-profit organizations.

4) To provide a foundation for graduate and professional education.