• Spring 2024 Priority Deadline: November 6, 2023
• Spring 2024 Regular Deadline: December 4, 2023

The BA in Sociology online degree prepares students to adapt and succeed in career paths shaped by rapid social change and an increasingly global, technology-driven labor market. Students in the program develop the research and communication skills they need to address challenges posed by their changing and culturally diverse social worlds. They develop the creative, critical thinking, research, problem-solving, and communication skills required to resolve social problems and issues in their communities, organizations, and the broader society.

Students in the program:

• Frame questions and analyze data
• Examine global and local inequalities and their impact on human lives
• Explain the effects of immigration and demographic transitions on social institutions
• Provide explanations for enduring and transient patterns of inequality
• Write a clear and concise sociological analysis

Career Prospects

The BA in Sociology degree prepares students for graduate or law school and for careers in a variety of settings and fields:

• Human resources research and administration
• Health and human services research and management
• Criminal justice, law enforcement, and corrections
• Education & training, teaching, and administrative support services
• Marketing, marketing research, and sales
• Arts organizations research, development, and administration
• Government and demographic research
• Social policy analysis and advocacy
• Organizational analysis and community building

Articulation Agreements

Articulation agreements are formal agreements between CUNY School of Professional Studies, (CUNY SPS) and two-year colleges and universities, allowing students to transfer the maximum number of credits with ease to our BA in Sociology program from institutions with which we have an established transfer process in place.

• Borough of Manhattan Community College - AA in Sociology (PDF)
• Kingsborough Community College - AA in Liberal Arts (PDF)

Meet our Faculty

• Terri Anderson
• David Halle
• Abigail Kolker
• Antonia Levy
• Melanie Lorek
• Sara Martucci
• Lianna Scull