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Ever wonder how you can get more involved with your major while changing the world at the same time? Through Changemaker Maps, you are equipped with the knowledge and connections to engage with social innovation in your own major.
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FIELD OVERVIEW
Sociology can help explain the contexts, conditions, and influences we all have one each otherand each others well-being. Many good-intentioned development projects at poverty alleviation have failed due to a lack of understanding of the sociological impacts of their actions. You can use your sociology degree to advise efforts in every sector in the best practices for successful implementation an entire community will adopt.
CLASSES
STAT 121: Principles of Statistics SOC 112: Current Social Problems SOC 300: Methods of Research SOC 301: Applied Social Research Methods SOC 422: Inequality and Sociology SOC 429: Theory of Social Change and Modernization ANTHR 441: Anthropology of Development
ON-CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS
SID (Students for International Development) NMSA (Nonprofit Management Student Association) SSA (Sociology Student Association) Free the slaves
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
ted.com (especially tedxbyu.com) Sign up to receive emails from Kennedy Center and Ballard Center socialentrepreneurshipandgrants.com sociologywire.com
SOCIOLOGY
PROFESSORS
Ralph Brown: Worked on USAID projects in Kenya and Indonesia with expertise in rural, agricultrual, and community development. Director of the International Development minor and Executive Director of the rural Sociological Society. Ben Gibbs: Research focuses on social problems, especially educational and childhood development. Tim Heaton: Research focuses on family characteristics and child health in Latin America. Currently he is analyzing religious group differences in socio-economic status and health. Carol Ward: Researches social change processes and sociology of rural and urban communities. She has extensive experience in Ethnography and qualitative methods, survey methods, and applied social research methods. MPA (Masters of Public Administration)-Learn public policy and how to manage all kinds of organizations geared toward making a large-scale impact in almost any sector. MSW (Masters of Social Work)-Learn to help individuals or affect communities at large through organizaing community action and/or policy analysis. MS/PhD in Sociology-Further your knowledge of sociology and gain more experience researching, discovering new trends, and contributing to the field.
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COMPETITIONS/CONFERENCES
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