

The bachelor’s in sociology degree at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio combines a liberal arts education with a Catholic understanding of the human person for a fascinating undergraduate program that integrates Catholic faith, reason, and culture. Understand the nature of human communities such as families, religion, race, and nation. Analyze various social institutions that may affect their behavior, including media, peer groups, and political systems. Compare and contrast how a culture views a specific issue with how the Catholic Church views it. Use statistics and research data to make a stronger argument.
Here are just a few other ways Franciscan’s sociology bachelor’s degree program stands out from the rest:
Sociology as a career can take many different paths. Franciscan University prepares you to continue your education in a graduate school program or join the workforce in a variety of fields, such as criminology and criminal justice, social work, mental health, administration of justice, probation work, civil service, and regional and urban planning. Here are just a few examples of what jobs may be available to you with a sociology degree.
Graduate Schools or Programs for Sociology Majors
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Sociology is the scientific study of human behavior involving two or more individuals. Franciscan University takes a different approach to sociology as a major to help you understand why people do what they do. You’ll learn principles of discourse, logic, and method within a Catholic framework to grow intellectually — and spiritually — while preparing for a variety of jobs for sociology majors.
Guided by Catholic values, the new inter-disciplinary minor in criminology draws from political science, business, human life studies, philosophy, and legal studies. Its attention to the needs of the victims and the perpetrators of crime prepares students for a variety of jobs in law enforcement, courts, corrections and treatment, juvenile justice, and information security.
Explore ethical questions in contemporary culture through faithful Catholic scholarly reflection. The Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio hosts research, writing, and academic conferences that address topics ranging from sexuality and marriage, life and death, war and peace, and economic and social justice.
Grow, develop, and be formed into a more mature student by spending a semester in Franciscan’s Austrian program. You’ll expand your major in unbelievable ways by traveling to places such as Rome and the holy sites of Christendom, and through courses taught at a 14th-century monastery that also serves as your home.
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