Psychology:

Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior and mental process.  The growing emphasis on neuroscience and genetics as a means to understand the effect of biology on behavior in the 21st century places this discipline in a strong position in the field of science.  Psychology offers more diversity in the types of employment than most degrees in other fields. An undergraduate degree in psychology at Edward Waters College will prepare students for a graduate level degree in the field that would eventually qualify them as a psychologist or other related professions like counseling, consultants and occupational rehabilitation. A bachelors of arts from this discipline would equip the graduates for various professional work settings like:

Colleges and universities,

Hospitals and health clinics

Rehabilitation facilities

Elementary and secondary schools,

Business, industries and government

Sociology:

 Majors in Sociology:

Students majoring in Sociology at Edward Waters College must satisfy a general educational requirement consisting of the core curriculum of the program. The General Sociology concentration offers the students an opportunity into various sub disciplines. Sociology majors can also do a minor in other disciplines like Psychology, Criminal Justice and Business Administration at the College. These other disciplines and their courses could be found in the College catalogue or  at the College Website.

Proposed Goal for Sociology Department.

Students who major in the Sociology degree program would be able to:

• Examine and focus on human behavior and make connection between individual lives and larger social forces
• Study group dynamic and determine the ways people are influenced by social interaction.
• Distinguish various concepts like social inequalities, gender relations, deviance, aging, changes in the family and organizational dynamics.
• Be able to apply sociological perspectives in their professional career and everyday lives.
• Make a critical evaluation of information base on sociology theories.
• Conduct social research using sociology research principles of scientific inquiry
• Be able to analyze and interpret data based on various theoretical frame works.

Career Path/ Profession in Sociology:

Majors in Sociology generally have four broad career paths such as the following:

• Business position such as sales, marketing or human resource departments.
• Government agencies and urban planning.
• Social Services in private sectors including work with children, elderly in nursing homes and community action programs.
• Professional sociologists teach at the college level or consulting in business and nonprofit organizations.
• Some majors in sociology may opt to do law and end up in criminal justice field.