Core Student Learning Outcomes MA
- To demonstrate advanced critical thinking.
- To demonstrate the ability to write in a clear, logical manner.
- To demonstrate the ability to clearly express sociological knowledge in verbal communication.
- To understand, analyze, and assess social experience and behavior, using the core theoretical perspectives in sociology.
- To collect, analyze, and interpret sociological data effectively.
- To understand key social phenomena of deviance, globalization, social change, multiculturalism, structural inequity and the intersection of race, gender, and other forms of stratification.
- To gain in-depth knowledge of a substantive area of sociology.
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We study cultural theories, popular culture, mass media, social movements, body image, globalization, urban & community sociology, and gaming. We study criminal justice, race and crime, law and society, juvenile delinquency, drugs, youth gangs, restorative justice, and at-risk youth. We study development, global feminism, food security, and social movements.
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Sociology is is a broad science, covering many different disciplines the social sciences. Sociology is the study of group life. As a social science, it combines scientific and humanistic perspectives in the study of urban, and rural life, family patterns and relationships, social change, social policy, intergroup relations, social class, environment, technology and communications, health care and illness, social movements, community responses to disasters, and many other social issues.
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We believe UCCS could be the perfect fit for you, based on our award-winning academics, our awe-inspiring campus and the natural beauty of Colorado Springs. You’ll come away from UCCS with a University of Colorado degree, as well as a degree that will empower your career.