Career Opportunities
- Professor
- Researcher
- Population Specialist
- Gerontologist
- Child Advocate
- Demographic Analyst
- Adoption Agent
- Epidemiologist
- Clergy
- Community Planner
- Career Services
- Counselor
- Social Welfare Examiner
- Advertising
What to Expect
Hub/Support/Tutoring
HUB
Travel/Global Trips
- Sociology trip to Hawaii
Club/Social
- Sociology Club
- Alpha Kappa Delta
- Phi Delta Psi
Awards/Honors
- Alpha Kappa Delt
- Lambda Alpha Honor Society
- Phi Chi Honor Society
Service
- The Social Problem class has an embedded service project per semester.
- Students in Demography class participate and conduct Point-in-Time (PIT) count for sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness in the community.
- Capstone class completes a service project per semester.
Capstone
The sociology capstone explores the potentials for, and problems of, a distinctively Christian social science, emphasizing the need for individual integration of one’s social science perspective into his/her own experience of Christian discipleship. This course also examines the unique nature of sociology, as both a calling and profession, which equips it to effectively serve the mission of the Church and to improve human social conditions.
Internships/Practicum
- Non-profit social service organizations
- Churches
- Juvenile Detention Center
- Bradley County Jail
- Tennessee Bureau of Investigations
- Homeland Security
- Vive for Dream
- Child Protective Services
- Counseling Field Experience
- Adult/juvenile drug court
- Bradley/Cleveland Urban Planning Office
- The Caring Place
Research
- Sociology Research Methods students present their research at the Ollie J. Lee Symposium
- Most students in sociology presents their research at the annual Southern Sociological Society.
- Students in demography present their research in the stakeholders and/or community members.
- Students doing research present their findings in brown bag meetings.
- Behavioral and Social Sciences Laboratory (Mayfield Annex)
- Ethnographic Research Requirement (ANTH)
Home/Location
Students spend most of their time in the Humanities building and on the third floor great room.