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The Department of Sociology at Bowling Green State University has been a distinct academic unit since 1934. With a faculty
of 20 professors and 7 full-time lecturers and instructors, our mission is to contribute to the liberal education of all students
by providing a broad understanding of human behavior and social institutions. We offer academically challenging courses taught
by highly accomplished scholars who are among the university leaders in funded research and publications. The department also
provides students with opportunities to assist faculty with their ongoing sociological research projects.
The Sociology undergraduate curriculum emphasizes these four learning objectives:
(1) The development of a sociological perspective--a recognition of the importance of culture and social structure as fundamental
social forces that influence human behavior at the individual, group, organizational, institutional, and societal levels.
An understanding of basic sociological constructs and theories relevant to particular subareas of the discipline (e.g., criminology,
demography, social psychology) and the ability to apply these to various areas of social life (e.g., family, education, government,
community, business).
(2) An understanding of the diverse ways in which sociologists gather, interpret, and evaluate data, with a particular focus
on the measurement of sociological constructs, inferring causal relationships, generalizing from samples to populations, and
performing basic statistical analyses.
(3) The ability to articulate sociologically informed opinions and arguments concerning social and behavioral phenomena, and
the ability to critically read and understand an argument and to critically evaluate that argument.
(4) An understanding of the similarities and dissimilarities of behaviors, attitudes, values, beliefs, and opinions across
diverse social groups, and an appreciation of how various aspects of the social experience (e.g., occupational opportunities,
crime, fertility) are structured or influenced by such factors as race, ethnicity, age, gender, and social class.
For more information about the undergraduate program in sociology write, call or e-mail:
Martha Mazzarella
Director of Undergraduate Studies Department of Sociology
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403 419-372-2297
mterrie@bgsu.edu
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