Welcome to Sociology at Haverford
Sociology courses help students learn how to “do sociology” by exposing them to exemplars of what sociology has been and by asking them to study micro- and macro-aspects of the “social world.”
We believe that there are a variety of legitimate ways to “do sociology” and we do not seek to privilege any one of them. Our individual courses construct arguments for students to consider, to develop, and to argue against and they provide the analytical and methodological training students need to formulate theoretical arguments and to evaluate those arguments empirically. We want an active engagement from our students as they find their own points-of-view within the discipline, and we expect from them a theoretical and methodological rigor and sophistication within the approaches that they study and adopt.
Inside Sociology @ Haverford
Curriculum
Learn the basis of the academic programs of the Department of Sociology.
Resources
Check out the resource listings and a list of Senior Thesis projects.
News
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After writing her thesis on prison programs, sociology major Juliaty Hermanto '12 was selected by the CPGC to receive Senior Bridge funding for an internship with Span, Inc., an organization that supports inmates and people recently released from prison.Read the full story