Eye-Opening Experience
A three-week summer program in Shanghai is designed to introduce students from the nation's least populous state (Wyoming) to the world's most populous nation (China). Lectures, discussions, field trips, and cultural activities are incorporated into the curriculum to enrich students' learning and living experience in this culturally complex and fascinating country. (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.
