W2-1 Sociology and Sociologists


A Short Summary of ‘Introduction to Sociology/Being a Sociologist’

This article was about what we can learn when we major in Sociology and what kind of occupations we can have after graduating a major of Sociology. Basically, there are two ways of path you can go after graduation and this is mostly the same in all majors in Liberal Arts. First is employment and second is studying further. Mostly, students choose to get employed and the range of employment varies from educations to marketing etc.


Something I learned after reading ‘Introduction to Sociology/Being a Sociologist’

Before reading this piece of information in wikibooks, I didn’t know that there was such a variety of field a sociology major can go. I only thought of sociology itself, not the connected fields around it. Also, I was surprised that 1/4 of PhD sociologists choose to work outside sociology academia. PhD degree sociologists are the ones who studied sociology more than anyone but they leave all their major knowledge alone and start new life? It would have been a great decision and a challenge for them.

Something I want to know more about this topic?

I am curious why students choose sociology for there major and what kind of vision they look at when choosing sociology as there major.

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