Sociology is the study of social life, social change, and the social causes and consequences of human behaviour. It is an expanding field that addresses challenging issues such as family dynamics, inequality, patterns of behaviour, and forces for social change and resistance. Sociologists' research can be applied to virtually any aspect of social life, from crime to corporate downsizing.
Careers
Graduates can work in aging/youth services, health services, community work, criminology/corrections, government services, and teaching.
Occupational fields also include social research, teaching, personnel, industrial relations, journalism, applied sociology or anthropology, religion, gerontology, foreign service, and social and cultural research.
Expertise in a specific subject may be crucial to an employer, such as aging, adolescence, demography, community organization, crime and law, health care, marriage and family, sexuality, poverty, religion, work and occupations, and race and ethnic relations.
Expected July, November 2025
Start date
January 2025
College of Liberal Arts
Middle Tenneessee State University,
1301 East Main Street,
MURFREESBORO,
Tennessee,
37132, United States
Students must have official high school or university transcripts and it must be mailed directly from your high school or university to MTSU.
English proficiency scores: IELTS score of 5.5 or above; TOEFL iBT score of 61 or above (Computer-based 173 or above or paper-based 500 or above; TOEFL Essential at 6.5 level; Duolingo English Test with a score of 85 or above; iTEP score of 3.5 or above; The ELS completion certificate of level 110.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.