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Sociology

Sociology is:

  • the study of society
     
  • a social science involving the study of the social lives of people, groups, and societies
     
  • the study of our behavior as social beings, covering everything from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes
     
  • the scientific study of social aggregations, the entities through which humans move throughout their lives
     
  • an overarching unification of all studies of humankind, including history, psychology, and economics

See which Sociology courses are currently being offered.