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About SociologySociology Department OfferingsThe Sociology Department at Hunter College offers a solid general sociology curriculum. The department is distinctive due to its many undergraduate courses that prepare students for an advanced degree in Social Work or Social Policy, and the unique Graduate Program in Applied Digital Sociology including the Five-Year BA/MS in Sociology/Applied Digital Sociology option. BA in SociologyA major in sociology requires that a student take a set of required courses no matter what exactly their career plans are. Beyond that, students should choose their electives carefully, in view of what they want to do after obtaining the bachelor's degree. Sociology provides several answers to this important question:
MS in Applied Digital SociologySocial research is a fast moving field with challenging, creative, and well-paid positions in numerous public and private-sector fields including market research, media, policy analysis, program planning and evaluation, and sociomedical research. Hunter College offers a unique program leading to the MS in Applied Digital Sociology degree, providing a strong foundation for a career in research and related areas. Our program, now more than 25 years old, has an outstanding employment record in both the public and private sectors, and is highly regarded by area research professionals. Our graduates work as research directors, data analysts, and consultants for organizations like ABC, Children's Television Workshop, Cornell University Medical College, Lifetime Television, McCann-Erickson Worldwide, National Development and Research, The National Urban League, The New York Times, and Young and Rubicam. Designed to accommodate working students (all courses are offered at night) the 30-credit course of study can be completed on a part-time basis in three years. The MS degree leaves open the option of a PhD. Alumni from our program have gone on to enter doctoral programs at Columbia University, the CUNY Graduate Center, Rutgers, NYU, and SUNY, to name a few recent destinations. PhD in SociologyApart from PhD-level university jobs, very few people with sociology degrees work as "sociologists." Instead, the research, analysis and writing skills that we practice are essential parts of many diverse fields within and beyond the social sciences.
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