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社会与社会工作学系“, 社会学 学位

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START ON YOUR CAREER PATH WITH A SOCIOLOGY DEGREE

社会学 is the scientific study of social life, 社会变革, and the social causes and consequences of human behavior. 社会学家调查群体的结构, 组织, and societies and how people interact within these contexts. Potential career paths include community and human service, 执法和刑事司法, 公共服务, 教学, 一般业务及管理.

The sociology degree is offered at both the 斯蒂文斯波恩特 and Wausau campuses. 学生 majoring in sociology are assigned a sociology adviser at the beginning of their junior year.

为什么在线上巴黎人官方学习社会学?

社会学是一个非常多面手的学位, 在UWSP, we focus on the skills and perspectives graduates need in order to improve 组织, 社区, 和社会. Entry-level positions for sociology degree majors are common in the public sector and can involve case work, 方案规划, 开发和评估, 基于机构或外联服务, 调查研究, 统计分析.

职业发展机会

学生 are encouraged to explore career options throughout their time at UWSP to understand the abundance of options available with a degree in sociology. Graduates pursue careers in the private sector as well as advanced degrees in graduate school.

实习项目

Internships are a type of experiential learning that provide students with both observational and hands-on knowledge to enhance their academic endeavors and increase their ability to perform professionally. The 社会与社会工作学系“, has relationships with numerous community agencies across the state involving many different client populations and types of work. Interns acquire transformative knowledge to succeed in social service, 非营利组织, 以及地方和州政府.
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A sociology degree from the 威斯康星大学史蒂文斯角分校 is excellent as a liberal arts foundation for other specialties such as advertising, 业务, 咨询, 工程, 新闻, 医学, 规划, 公共事务, 宗教及社会服务.

Completing an internship as your final undergraduate experience allows for a natural bridge into the professional world and/or graduate school. It also allows you to have a strong foundation of coursework completed before being out in the field.  

学生 are eligible for application into field when they meet the following criteria:
1. Attainment of senior standing by the time internship is anticipated to start
2. 累计平均绩点至少达到2分.50
3. Attainment of GPA in 社会学 主要 of at least 2.75
4. 接受实习申请

程序结构
社会学492 - 3至6克. Observation and applied sociology practice under the guidance of cooperating field placement supervisors in an approved social service agency; emphasis on guided applied sociology. 社会学 majors may apply for placement with field coordinator and chair. (Prereq:高级地位) 
社会学493 — Required weekly seminar that goes along with the internship—1 credit for each semester you are interning—an opportunity to learn from others who are currently interning, 流程挑战和经验, and discuss topics of importance to 社会学 practice—required journaling and presentations. 

参与校园活动

本署主办 社会学与社会工作组织, a student organization that involves students in extra-curricular activities related to sociology and social work. The organization participates in a wide variety of activities such as fund raising for cancer research, food drives and numerous other local volunteer activities.

线上巴黎人官方 also sponsors a chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta honor society, an organization that acknowledges and promotes excellence in the study of sociology, 社会学对社会问题的研究, and other social and intellectual activities that will lead to involvement in the human condition.

沃索校区赞助了 社会服务社, a club for students of all majors on the Wausau campus.  The club is involved in social justice and advocacy work on the campus and in the Wausau community.

More opportunities can be found on the 斯蒂文斯波恩特 Involvement Network (自旋).

现场工作经历

Our students work first-hand with environmental justice 组织, 游说团体, and community revitalization projects they would not otherwise experience. Multi-day trips immerse our students in the work of social justice nonprofit agencies in Chicago, 密尔沃基, and Minneapolis to help them prepare themselves as future professionals.

研究的机会

学生 may participate in student-led and faculty-mentored research with the opportunity to present at the 安ual College of Letters and Science Undergraduate Research Symposium and other venues.
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认识你的老师

所有社会学教员都拥有博士学位.D. Our diverse faculty, with backgrounds from around the U.S. 在世界各地, has expertise in a wide range of subjects including gender and sexuality, 种族与民族关系, 人口统计学, 宗教社会学, 医学社会学, 犯罪学, 社区研究, 全球问题, 和更多的.

大卫·巴里

  • 社会学副教授
(715) 346-4197

M. 大卫:

  • 社会学副教授

多萝西·德·波尔

  • 社会学教授
  • 刑事司法小协调员

玛吉Bohm-Jordan

  • 社会学助理教授
715-346-3060

安Herda-Rapp

  • 社会学教授
715-261-6269