<p>Hi I'm thinking that I want to major in Sociology but I fear that I would be the only guy in the department. Are there any guys here majoring in Sociology?</p>
<p>If you’re straight, how is this a problem?</p>
<p>A girls major?
You will do great in higher education with that line of thinking.
There are plenty of men in women’s studies programs.</p>
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Really? Not at my college…</p>
<p>Yes, it is. If you major in sociology, your brain chemistry will change.</p>
<p>I’m a sociology major and there are aways quite a few guys in my sociology classes. And most of them are sociology majors so I wouldn’t say that its a “girl’s major”
But if that is what you are passionate about studying who cares</p>
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<p>I wonder why … ;)</p>
<p>Sort of off topic but are sociology majors usually able to move on to law school? I am interested in sociology (probably criminal justice focus) but wasn’t sure if that was something I could use trying to get into law school.</p>
<p>Yes. You can go to law school with a wide variety of majors. I personally know a sociology major who is starting law school this fall.</p>
<p>Well, I think you might be thinking about Woman’s Studies, which is a sub-field. But even then, there is no particular field that is one sex specific.</p>
<p>I’m a sociology major and I’ve been to a few conferences. Most recently, I attended one at SUNY Binghamton and I can honestly say that, between grad students and professors, it was about 75% male.</p>
<p>I will go with manofaith on this one. How could you being surrounded by girls be a bad thing in college.</p>
<p>The sociology majors I personally know are bitter girls who would, without warning, go off on rants on how their lives suck and how the world persecutes them and also rant on how black people have it bad and how the government is evillllll. If sociology departments actually do have a fair number of these angsty chicks, I would understand people’s reluctance to join.</p>
<p>yes</p>
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<p>I think that its a ■■■■■ major, does that count?</p>
<p>^ No. You have to explain your answer.</p>
<p>the real question is… what do you know about sociology and why are you thinking about taking it? if that question is your only concern, and that’s direct reflection of how much you think, you’re not ready to go to unversity and waste so much money.</p>
<p>go get a job at some manly place… and grow your maturity level a lil… no offense.</p>
<p>take few courses, like intro to sociology, talk to counsellors, department chair, look at other majors of your interest then decide if you want to stay in sociology or switch to some other major</p>
<p>Not ■■■■■■■■, but I am just an 18 year old with too much on my mind. I think Sociology and studying about people would be interesting, as with Psychology but time and time again I hear it is a “useless” major. </p>
<p>It doesn’t help me when I read that the only good paying jobs are all science/business/engineering, which does seem like it’d make sense since those majors are guaranteed for jobs worldwide and what not. But can someone clarify on this? </p>
<p>Like I can’t really see much with a sociology degree?</p>
<p>With psychology, I could perhaps take that knowledge into doing some kind of police or investigative work with of course some kind of studying in criminal justice?</p>
<p>bostonman- I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately because I might want to major in sociology. So many people ask “what can you do with that?”, and lots of students at my school are business majors and so I see the pluses of that in terms of job placement/practicality. However, sociology is a solid field in terms of depth, history, legitimacy, as opposed to majoring in something like marketing which doesn’t involve as much, shall we say in-depth intellect. For example, I’m thinking of double majoring, or at least minoring, in marketing so that I can have those skills and be in the pool for business-oriented jobs, without being solely a business major. </p>
<p>From the advice I’ve been getting lately, I’ve heard a lot of people encouraging me to take prereq’s for business/education (whatever you’re interested in that may happen to be more practical), so that I can focus on those fields in graduate school if I want to. I don’t think sociology is any less practical than psych, english, or history.</p>
<p>Its kind of a useless major…</p>