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Knowledge + Skills = A Valuable College Experience
Do today’s bachelor’s degree recipients graduate with the requisite skills and abilities, coupled with their content knowledge, to be successful in the workplace? In this podcast, Dr. Eric Landrum, Psychology, explores this knowledge vs. skills debate.
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Welcome to the Sociology Department!
Sociology investigates how people interact with the institutions we have created. The ‘sociological imagination’ looks deeply into social relations, discovering how normal daily interactions hide complex relationships.
“Remember… all I’m offering is the truth. Nothing more.” Morpheus, The Matrix
We study the key divisions of society: class, race, gender, and sexuality. For instance: how does pove
rty endure amidst the vast creation of wealth? Why do men get paid more as women excel in college? How can new cultural practices overcome old forms of subjugation?
Our subjects range from the interpersonal to the global, from prison behavior to mass mobilizations. We are interested in the social order, social inequality, and social change.
A large and growing field, sociology trains students in critical thinking, creative problem solving, and rigorous ways to analyze torrents of information – all key skills in our knowledge economy.
Soc News
* Student Lesley
Yang wins Summer Research Opportunity Program award to research at Penn State.
* Scheffer Scholarship winners announced!!