Sociology
Featured News
Queer Lens in Focus’ Explores LGBTQ+ Refugees Living in Athens Greece
March 23, 2019
California State University, Northridge’s associate professor of sociology Moshoula Capous-Deyllas and co-researcher and activist Milia Akkouris, launch the Queer Lens in Focus photo-voice exhibit, which features more than 250 photographs taken by 14 displaced refugees and asylum seekers living in Athens, Greece, that identify as LGBTQ+. For more information, please Read more
Featured Events
Right of Way: Justice and Equity in the Growth of Los Angeles Exhibit Reception
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Celebrate the opening of our new exhibit Right of Way: Justice and Equity in the Growth of Los Angeles, with guest speaker Dr. Loraine Lundquist. Read more
What Can I Do with a BA in Sociology?
Please click on the links below for handouts that were recently given out at sociology department events.
Careers in Sociology & Searching for Jobs (.pdf)
Preparing for the Job Market (.pdf)
Career paths in Social Welfare & Social Justice(.pdf)
Career paths in Human Resources, Career Counseling, and Labor & Community Organizing (.pdf)
For more information regarding the new Criminology and Justice Studies Department, please click on the link provided below.
Criminology and Justice Studies Department
Mission
The Department of Sociology and faculty are committed to creating a supportive environment for student centered learning and achievement. Our students are exposed to all aspects of sociology and acquire sociological perspectives and the techniques for studying society. They learn to critically examine the value assumptions of our institutions and social practices, including the values and practices of our discipline itself. This reflexive stance is an essential element of sociological understanding. Our students will learn how sociology been used to solve problems for clients, foundations, agencies, and the community, and has contributed to social policy formulation and policy analysis. They will learn how sociologists engage in dialog and engagement with different publics in the civil society. Through their education, our students will understand that sociology and civil society are interdependent, both flourishing in an open and democratic discourse on the issues and crises of modernity.