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Undergraduate Offerings Our program equips students with a diverse skill set, including research proficiencies, analytical expertise, problem-solving and critical thinking abilities. We offer a Bachelor of Arts, which can be an effective stepping-stone on your way to a number of professional careers, including business, law, government, medical, teaching, and more. Our Sociology Minor and Medical Sociology Minor are great ways for students majoring in other areas to effectively round-out their skill set. We also have a Markets & Management Certificate Program, which draws upon a variety of disciplines and provides an innovative, liberal arts approach to business education. Featured Courses SOCIOL 215 Sociology of Racism in America Examines social history of major racial groups in the US and relationships to contemporary standing. Discusses central concepts sociologists use to analyze racial matters. Central theme: "racism" is… read more about Sociology of Racism in America » SOCIOL 219 Juvenile Delinquency The concept and measurement of delinquency and status offending; trends and patterns in the delinquency rate. Theoretical models used to explain the onset of delinquent behavior; environmental and… read more about Juvenile Delinquency » PreviousNext See All Courses Ph.D. Program Our highly competitive Ph.D. program provides an intensive program of study, a supportive research environment, and the opportunity to learn the craft of scholarship from our productive and diverse faculty. We believe in fostering an inclusive environment where differences are respected, valued and integrated into every facet of the graduate experience. Through our commitment to diversity, we have an atmosphere conducive to high quality education and research that supports the broad spectrum of differences of our students, faculty and staff.  Ph.D. Program National Rank #15 Best Colleges to Study Sociology #7 Degrees & Certificates 5 Our Research Our department’s research is focused in six key “clusters” – which provide unique insights into people, institutions and social phenomena. Each of these areas is supported and led by our talented faculty – many of whom covers multiple research areas – who bring their own distinctive approach to the topics. Learn More about our research Research Clusters Culture, Affect & Cognition Health, Demography & the Life Course Organizational & Economic Sociology Race, Ethnicity & Inequality Religion & Social Change Social Networks & Computational Social Science Selected Faculty Books Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make Our Platforms Less Polarizing Chris Bail Privilege Lost: Who Leaves the Upper Middle Class and How They Fall Jessi Streib The Oxford Handbook of Social Networks Ryan Light, James Moody Organizations Evolving Howard E. Aldrich, Martin Ruef, Stephen Lippmann Global Value Chains and Development: Redefining the Contours of 21st Century Capitalism (Development Trajectories in Global Value Chains) Gary Gereffi Race and Rurality in the Global Economy Michaeline A. Crichlow (co-editor) Global Value Chains and International Development: Framework, Findings and Policies Gary Gereffi (co-editor) Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America, Fifth Edition Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction Kieran Healy Local Clusters in Global Value Chains: Linking Actors and Territories Through Manufacturing and Innovation Valentina De Marchi, Eleanora Di Maria, and Gary Gereffi (editors) American Religion: Contemporary Trends, Second Edition Mark Chaves Biodemography of Aging: Determinants of Healthy Life Span and Longevity Anatoliy Yashin, Eric Stallard, and Kenneth C. Land Freedom without Permission: Bodies and Space in the Arab Revolutions Frances Hasso and Zakia Salime (Editors) Writing in Sociology: A Brief Guide Lynn Smith-Lovin, Cary Moskovitz A Gedenkschrift to Randy Hodson: Working with Dignity Lisa A. Keister and Vincent J. 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