Graduate Studies
UW's strong graduate program concentrates on building professional skills and enhancing theoretical knowledge. In this photo, Professor Holmes is advising Shinze Kato on his masters' thesis. Students earning a master's in sociology are equipped to move into either a higher level professional job or a Ph.D. program. At any one time, there are about 20 social-work graduate students at UW, with about half of them receiving departmental assistance. (UW Photo)
The Study of People and Society
Fascinated by how human groups function? Then the field of sociology may be for you.
Sociology is the systematic study of the development, interaction, and behavior of organized human groups-from family units, to cities, to large political systems and nations. Specializations include Social Inequality (race, class and gender), Political Sociology, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of the Family, Sociology of Law, Deviance, and Global Comparative Sociology.
Today's sociologists use observation, surveys, statistical analysis, and controlled experiments to examine the many characteristics of societies, both large and small.
