Sociology Classes at Arapahoe Community College in Colorado, near Denver

What is Sociology?

Sociology is:

the systematic study of human social behavior, groups and societies, like families, gangs, businesses, political movements, or racial groups
the empirical study of the development, structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of human beings.
the scientific analysis of social institutions as a functioning whole and as they relate to the rest of society.
an integral part of any liberal arts education that will help you Do More!

	"Sociology...is a science which attempts the interpretive understanding of social action in order thereby to arrive at a causal explanation of its course and effects." - Max Weber
	"Individual natures are merely the indeterminate material which the social factor determines and transforms." - Emile Durkheim
	"...the human essence is no abstraction inherent in each single individual. In its reality it is the ensemble of social relations." - Karl Marx

With a background in Sociology, you can work in government, university teaching, social research, social work, criminal justice, or many other fields.
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