Student Learning Goals

Below are the departmental learning goals mapped to College-wide goals for student learning.

1. Knowledge
   • Acquire knowledge about human society through the study of sociology and related disciplines. (Ia, Ib, Ic)
   • Understand core sociological concepts such as social structure, social inequality, socialization, social norms, social roles, social identities, social institutions, social theory, social research.  (Ib, IIIa)
   • Recognize variation in human behavior and social systems over time and place. (Ia, Ib, IIIb)
2. Intellectual Skills and Practice
   • Use sociological imagination; understand the intersection of biography and history. (Ia, Ib, Ic, IIa, IIIa)
   • Gather, analyze, integrate, and apply varied forms of social scientific evidence. (Ib, Ic, IIa, IIb, IIc, IVa)
   • Engage diversity to practice sociology, collaboratively and across social identities. (Ib, IIc, IId, IIIb, IIIc)
3. Values and Transformation
   • Interrogate one’s own values in relation to sociological learning. (IIa, IIe, IIIa, IIIv)
   • Apply sociological knowledge and learning to matters of personal and social concern. (Ia, IIIb, IIc, IId, IIe, IIIc, IIId, IVa, IVc)
   • Carry sociology into life at and beyond college. (IIe, IIIc, IIId, IVc)