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Notre Dame's Department of Sociology features undergraduate and graduate programs, innovative research opportunities that cut across disciplinary boundaries, and award-winning faculty who are widely recognized for their scholarly publications.

The department's signature strengths are in cultural sociology, the sociology of education, political sociology and social movements, and the sociology of religion.

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To affirm the human dignity of all, the members of this department support and actively work to ensure the inclusion of our faculty, staff and students regardless of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation.

 

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Exemplary Undergraduate Teachers and Advisers
May 09, 2012

Twelve College of Arts and Letters faculty members have received 2012 Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and one was honored with a Dockweiler Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising.

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Sociology Alumni Employ Skills in Varied Professions
April 25, 2012

As a sociology major at the University of Notre Dame, Joshua Cook ’10 learned about everything from criminal behavior to popular culture to family dynamics. And the deeper he got into his studies, he says, the more he realized that “understanding human behavior could serve as a great foundation for a career in a variety of fields, including the business world.”

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Upcoming Events

Department Colloquium - Jennifer Lena (Barnard College)
Fri., Apr. 13, 2012 11:30AM - 1:00PM
Location: Flanner G-20
"Banding Together: How Communities Create Genres in Popular Music"

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