{"id":77,"date":"2025-04-09T18:01:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T22:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2025-08-04T14:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T18:00:30","slug":"academics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/academics\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:30rem;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1600\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-297\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/academics-hero.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 30%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 30%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ask-the-hard-questions\">Ask the hard questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">At Clark, the sociology faculty is committed to developing an analytic capacity in students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Through the examination of social processes, such as social stratification, social movements and social change, and through an investigation of diverse social institutions, such as the law, the family, medicine and religion, students acquire the conceptual and analytical tools to enhance their understanding of their own lives and the world around them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The skills and competencies we seek to develop in our majors include critical thinking, writing, quantitative literacy, comparative analysis, and logical reasoning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"flex-basis:302px\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile has-white-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"undergraduate students in sociology\" class=\"wp-image-79 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sociology-b-a\">Sociology, B.A.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As a sociology major,&nbsp; you\u2019ll study a broad field that is unified by its theoretical attention to history, culture, and social structure, as well as their effects on human behavior. At Clark, our approach to the discipline is grounded in empirical social science and classical theoretical traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"arrow\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/sociology-b-a\/\">Explore the sociology major<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns equal-height is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-328c6305 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/research\/undergraduate-research\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"undergraduate students with professor\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/undergraduate-research-hero.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-undergraduate-research\">Undergraduate research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sociology students are encouraged to conduct research on their own or in collaboration with fellow students or faculty. Students in the department\u2019s honors program work closely with a professor to create a thesis on a topic of choice.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/careers-and-internships\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"female filling out form\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/careers-internships-hero.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-careers-and-internships\">Careers and internships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sociology majors pursue a range of internship experiences in nonprofit, health care, and government offices. They also are prepared for a variety of occupations, including academia, marketing, and government, or graduate study.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/studyabroad\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"Student with notebook in front of international building\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/study-abroad-block.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-study-abroad\">Study abroad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A study abroad experience lets students step outside their own society and makes a set of structures \u2014 laws, customs, inequalities \u2014 more visible. This clarity is core to sociological thinking and valuable in social justice work.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSociology has given me the tools to see the world through a lens of justice and transformation. I am proud to be part of a community that values critical thinking, equity, and meaningful change.\u201d<\/p>\n<cite>Valeria Rafucci, \u201922<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-style-panel has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"A student leans forward to speak to a peer during a class on class, status, and power\" class=\"wp-image-206 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-1536x918.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sociology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/Class-Status-Power-3-2048x1224.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Office Location<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group icon map is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Jefferson Academic Center, Room 401<br>950 Main Street<br>Worcester, MA 01610<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"icon tel\">1-508-793-7243<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"icon fax\">1-508-793-7754 (Fax)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask the hard questions At Clark, the sociology faculty is committed to developing an analytic capacity in students. 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