Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

The Bachelor of Arts Sociology major at University of South Dakota, students will develop the quantitative, qualitative and problem-solving skills needed to critically think about and address society's challenges. Through classes that encourage students to be reflective and analytical, research opportunities mentored by faculty, and off-campus experiences like internships, students will come to better understand complex social dynamics in a wide variety of areas: family and marital change, religion, education, globalization, health care, crime, mass media, social movements and belief systems. Students will graduate from this program prepared for success in human and social services, public service and government, marketing, nonprofit development, law, journalism and business, among other fields. Also, the field of health care has increasingly focused on the social aspects of health and medicine, making an undergraduate sociology degree an excellent complement to pre-professional programs for medicine, public health, nursing and other health care fields.