Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

Study Group - California State University San Marcos

USA,California

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48 Months

Duration

CAD 18,160/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 70 FREE

Application Fee

Aug 2025

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USA, California

Type: University

Location Type: Semi-Urban

Founded: 1989

Total Students: 16,000 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

333 S Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos, CA 92096, United States

Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

Program Overview

Sociology is the study of human societies; of the institutions, organizations, and groups that compose them; and of the way individuals and groups relate to one another. One of the discipline’s special emphases will be to offer comparative, cross-national, and cross-cultural perspectives throughout the curriculum. Sociological knowledge is vital to the understanding of contemporary problems such as crime, poverty, overpopulation, mental illness, and aging.  Studying this field is highly relevant to careers in human services, research, and government which try to address these problems.

To study the broad subject of soci­ology, a student needs to acquire information (what we know), methodology (how we know), and theory (how we explain).  A major in sociology will require students to develop background and strength in each of these domains.  Students may choose to concentrate more fully in a particular content area of sociology, such as health, welfare and education; crime and deviance; socialization, aging, and the life course; social structure, mobility, inequality; or gender and ethnicity by selecting a set of courses which focus in related fields.

Students who graduate with a B.A.in Sociology will be able to:

  • Analyze and interpret the diversity of social experience using a sociological perspective.
  • Assess competing theoretical approaches to societal problems of publics with differing and multiple interests; specify structural or institutional sources of these social problems; and, propose and assess policies, interventions and/or modes of advocacy that will enact positive change.
  • Locate, analyze, assess, and communicate sociological scholarship.
  • Articulate the applicability of and demonstrate ability to employ a range of research strategies — quantitative and qualitative — to particular research questions, theoretical orientations, and social contexts.
  • Articulate the ethical and social justice implications of sociological inquiry.

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