Degrees Offered

Interdisciplinary Health and Social Justice Certificate

Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives, this 12-credit program highlights the systemic factors behind health, disease, and healthcare. You'll develop an understanding of inequities in health outcomes tied to race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual identity, gender identity, and other sociocultural factors, and explore the health consequences of chronic stress linked to discrimination, oppression, poverty, and working and living conditions. The program challenges you to analyze and strategize the roles of public health educators, practitioners, and community members in promoting health equity.

The certificate requires IHSJ 2500 – Health and Social Justice, followed by three courses across three disciplines, for a total of 12 credits.

Sociology and Community Development Major

Sociology is the systematic study of society in all its forms, from the interactions of individuals to the dynamics of large organizations. This major emphasizes both the theoretical and applied sides of the field. Applied sociology uses sociological theories and methods to analyze and address the personal, structural, and societal issues we encounter in everyday life.

As a sociology major, you'll be able to apply a sociological perspective across a wide range of careers in sectors such as business, healthcare administration, criminal justice, social services, and government. Because the discipline builds investigative skills and experience working with diverse groups, it also provides a strong foundation for journalism, education, politics, public relations, and public administration.

The major prepares students for graduate work in the social sciences, from the M.A. to the Ph.D., and the APSU Department of Sociology has a strong track record of placing undergraduates in top graduate programs in sociology and related fields. All sociology majors complete a departmental exit exam during the semester before graduation.

Minors

Beyond the major, you can also pursue a minor. These more specialized programs let students in any major focus on a curriculum that ties more directly into their vocational interests.

Course Offerings

Annual schedule for upper-division sociology (SOC) courses:

SOC 1010 and SOC 1040 are offered online every term

*Offered as a summer course.