Our Programs and Activities
Why Study Sociology at Northwestern?
As the broadest of all of the social sciences, Sociology provides a wide range of practical and marketable skills, including critical analysis, statistical methods, theory, and field research.
Our majors have gone on to work in law, medicine and public health, consulting, finance, non-profit and public administration, social network research, culture, and the arts.
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Colloquia
The Department of Sociology hosts weekly colloquia, in which speakers from a variety of distinguished institutions from the United States and other countries address a wide range of compelling topics. The colloquium occurs every Thursday, at 1:00 p.m., via Zoom.
Upcoming Events
Jan
14
2021
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, Univ...
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, No Location
Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field presents: Zoom Meeting
Jan
14
2021
Department of Sociology Culture and Society Workshop: Emilio Leh...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, No Location
Emilio Lehoucq presents: The Diffusion of Machine Learning Across American Corporations and Federal State Agencies since the Mid 1980s ...
Jan
21
2021
Department of Sociology Culture and Society Workshop: Onur Özgöde...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, No Location
Onur Özgöde (Harvard) & Margarita Rayzberg (Cornell) presents: COVID Imaginaries: A Comparative Analysis of Political and Economic Tran...