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Sociology BA Degree

Gain a Multifaceted Foundation in Research and Human Relations

With a bachelor of arts in sociology at The University of Texas at Tyler, you’ll gain skills that benefit you in a wide range of careers because the discipline prepares you to understand the complexity and dynamics of human interaction.  

  • Develop an appreciation of scientific methods used in the study of human behavior, institutions, ethnic groups and societies.
  • Complete your sociology degree through hybrid study—taking classes at the UT Tyler campus and other courses that are offered online. 

Graduates of the UT Tyler bachelor of arts in sociology program are employed as teachers and in community and private service organizations both regionally and nationwide.

Learn more from the Department of Sociology


Bachelor’s in Sociology: Balancing Methodology and Application

  • Gain a broad liberal arts education that is ideal preparation for careers in law, education, social work and counseling. 
  • Learn to think critically using scientific methodologies and conceptual tools that help you understand human behavior in all its diversity. 
  • Complete a senior capstone project that includes field research, original study and the application of scientific methodology.
  • Earn up to 16 credit hours by completing an internship in a public or private community agency.  Students have interned at such organizations as Susan G.  Komen for the Cure (to fight breast cancer) and Parents Anonymous Inc. (to prevent child abuse).  

Students may choose to earn a bachelor of science (BS) in sociology, which does not require 4 semesters of a foreign language and a final written examination, which are part of the BA curriculum.  

Sociology Faculty: Professional. Student-Centered.

  • Learn from professors who have extensive professional experience, many as practicing sociologists.
  • Study with educators who are published authors on such topics as Understanding  the Causes of Abandonment in the Maya Lowlands; Using the Homebook Method for  Teaching Graduate Courses in Social Sciences; and Affinographs: A New Method for  Assessment of Families and Couples.
  • Participate in small classes that ensure one-on-one interaction with your professors and opportunities to work and learn side by side. 
Sociology Courses: Multifaceted. Practical.

Marriage and Family Life  – Examine the structure, function and major changes in the family as a basic social institution. Emphasis is on the family in the United States.

White-Collar Crime – Study the causes, consequences and control of white-collar crime.

Multi-Cultural Studies – Explore relations among cultural groups.


More about UT Tyler’s sociology program of study 

Also see The University of Texas at Tyler master’s degree in sociology

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                             www.uttyler.edu/admissions

 

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