• Cooking Class in San José, Costa Rica Trip, 2022.

    Cooking Class in San José, Costa Rica Trip, 2022. 

  • Students participate in Tunnel of Oppression, an MLK Day event, highlighting inequality in American society.
    Students participate in Tunnel of Oppression, an MLK Day event, highlighting inequality in American society.
  • Sociology students studying abroad in Stockholm, studying gender equality in Swedish society.
    Sociology students studying abroad in Stockholm, studying gender equality in Swedish society.

We do research in our service and service through our research.

The Department of Sociology at Emory & Henry offers students the chance to see America and the world from new perspectives. With a strong tradition of undergraduate research and community engagement, the department emphasizes active learning to prepare students to address social issues with a strong educational foundation.

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts, Sociology

    To introduce students to the theoretical and empirical foundations of sociology and develop their skills in critical evaluation, data collection, and data analysis in order to prepare them for careers in business, policy analysis, program evaluation, or human services as well as for continued study of sociology in graduate programs across the country.

  • Bachelor of Arts, Sociology-Health and Human Services

    To introduce students to the theoretical and empirical foundations of sociology and develop their skills in critical evaluation, data collection, and data analysis in order to prepare them to apply a social justice lens to careers in business, policy, or evaluation as well as position them strongly for continued study of sociology and related fields in graduate programs across the country.

  • Bachelor of Arts, Sociology-Inequality

    To introduce students to the theoretical and empirical foundations of sociology and develop their skills in critical evaluation, data collection, and data analysis in order to prepare them to apply a social justice lens to careers in business, policy, or evaluation as well as position them strongly for continued study of sociology and related fields in graduate programs across the country.

  • Minor, Sociology

    A student may minor in sociology by completing 101, 102, SOSS 200 and three additional Sociology courses, one of which must be at the three hundred level, and approved by the department chair/advisor.

Applied Data Analysis Concentration

An Applied Data Analysis concentration will enhance your skills in research, data gathering, and project management. This concentration is taught by faculty with backgrounds in sociology, economics, political science, law, international relations, geography, and earth and environmental sciences. Find out more about this program here.

Student Research

  • <h4 class="lw_blurbs_title">Portrait of a Tipping Point: Karl Marx and Capitalism in Crisis</h4><div class="lw_blurbs_body"><p> In his senior honors thesis, <strong>Zachary McKenney ’10</strong>, a political science and sociology double major, explores Karl Marx’s account of the collapse of capitalist economies. He shows that even though the fall of communist countries in eastern Europe in the late 1980s was widely taken to be “proof” that Marx’s economic predictions were false, the 2008 economic crisis was actually caused by critical failures of the capital market systems that Marx anticipated long ago. He argues that Marx’s predictions were in fact very accurate and offers some thoughts on why Marx’s economic predictions can be prescient even if his political conclusions have proven to be problematic. Zak is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in political theory.</p></div>