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.
Graduate Program
Colloquia
Upcoming Events
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Stefan Timmermans, UCLA
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Professor Stefan Timmermans, UCLA, presents: "The Unclaimed: A Social Barometer of Kinship" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Soc...
Culture & Society Workshop: Walker Brewer
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Walker Brewer "Politics for a Latter-Day: Reconceptualizing Religious Sociali...
Department of Sociology Comparative-Historical Workshop: Greta Kr...
All Day, No Location
Joint Event with University of Chicago: American Political Economy, Past and Present Time/Place: American Bar Foundation, all day* Gret...