https://www.uwplatt.edu/program/sociology
Program Coordinator: Claudine Pied
Office: 159 Gardner Hall
Phone: 608.342.6028
Email: piedc@uwplatt.edu
About the Sociology Program and Minor
Sociology is the study of society and its component cultures, norms, roles, and their institutional and organizational relationships. Sociology is a discipline in the social sciences and part of the liberal arts approach to education. The UW-Platteville Department of History and Social Sciences offers a minor in sociology that requires a minimum of 21 credits, including no fewer than 12 credits at the 3000 level or above.
Students often minor in sociology if their majors are criminal justice, political science, history, or psychology. These disciplines lead to employment in the criminal justice system, the social welfare system, and other government and nonprofit sector jobs.
In their classes, sociology students learn important skills in research, reading, writing, analysis, and logic. They learn to interpret social, economic, political, cultural, and technical change and construct evidence-based policy solutions to social and environmental problems.
Faculty and Lecturers
Additional information about the Faculty and Lecturers below may be found in the Faculty and Academic Staff section of this catalog.
