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Sociology

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Why Study Sociology at Northwestern?

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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.

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 12:30 p.m.

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Latest News

 
Congratulations to Simone Ispa-Landa
Clay Davis Receives Hacker-Nicholas Mullins Award
Qi Song at University of Toronto
Taylor Domingos Wins American Society of Criminology Award
Taylor Domingos in Feminist Criminology

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