Reinhardt College

Department of Sociology

About the Program

Last Updated: 
January 01, 2009

We offer a major in Sociology with a concentration in family studies. Strengths of the department include fathering and issues of gender, family violence, and diversity. We emphasize theory and quantitative methods with a two semester class rotation in methods and statistics with an SPSS lab.

Program Overview

Program Administrator: 
Dr. Donald G. Gregory (coordinator)
Department Emphasis: 
Area Percentage
  Family Science29%
  Research Methods & Statistics23%
  Inequity17%
  Theory17%
  Human Development14%
Campus Enrollment: 
1,084
Programs Options: 
Undergraduate

Undergraduate Program

Program Options: 
  • Family Studies/Social Services
Courses Offered: 
  • Marriages and Families
  • Parenting Roles: Mothering and Fathering
  • Family Violence
  • Gender and Society
  • Lifespan Development
  • History of Children and Childhood
  • Social Inequality: Class, Race, and Gender
  • Global Social Problems

Faculty

Faculty at Reinhardt College