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Overview
Sociology is the branch of the social sciences that examines the causes and consequences of group behavior. Sociologists focus their research on social interaction and institutions to explain why people behave the way they do. In our courses, sociology students explore many different aspects of society, such as interpersonal communication, race relations, class inequality, population dynamics, gender relations, social movements, and the family.
The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire offers a major and minor in sociology. Sociology students may enroll as either liberal arts or secondary education majors and minors.
In addition to its programs in sociology the department has administrative responsibility for the interdisciplinary minor in family studies. The family studies minor focuses on relationships and changes in the family from the perspective of sociology, psychology, religious studies, history, anthropology, and social work.
Sociology course work also is found in
the following interdisciplinary programs: the criminal justice
comprehensive major, the gerontology minor, the women's studies
major, minor and certificate, the broadfield teaching social
studies major and minor, and the environment, society, and culture
minor.
