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UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM- OVERVIEW
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Faculty in the Department of Rural Sociology are committed to providing a quality educational experience for undergraduates. Each of our majors is assigned a faculty advisor, and professors meet with their advisees each semester to provide guidance in course selection and the overall design of each student's academic program.
Rural Sociology faculty teach a wide range of courses for both beginning and advanced students. A set of 200-level courses, open to freshmen, is designed to offer students without previous exposure to sociology an introduction to the discipline through the exploration of particular subject areas. Taking one of the following courses may be a good way for you to explore what Rural Sociology has to offer. The Department's introductory offerings currently include:
140: Introduction to Rural Sociology and Development
215: Gender and Work in Rural America
217: Political Economy of Rural America
222: Food, Culture, and Society
230: Agriculture and Social Change in Western History
248: Environment, Natural Resources, and Community
266: People and Places
Students who choose to major in Rural Sociology take a common core of theory and methods courses, but they also select an area of concentration from among three options:
Social Science
Natural Resources
International Agriculture and Natural Resources
These concentrations allow students to choose a curriculum best suited to their particular needs and interests. Many courses offered by the Department of Sociology are cross-listed with the Department of Rural Sociology, and Rural Sociology majors thus have a very wide range of courses available to them for satisfying degree requirements. In addition, Rural sociology students often build on their major by selecting one of the certificate programs available from the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences or from other UW-Madison colleges.
- What Are They Doing with a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology?
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Findings from the 2007 follow-up of a 2005 survey of senior sociology majors show that more sociology BAs are working, that many are employed in social services or administration and management, and that how closely current activities are related to sociology impacts overall satisfaction with the major. Download this and other free data and research briefs from the online ASA Research Program page. http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/research_and_stats/research_index_page
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
(608) 262-1510
contact@drs.wisc.edu
350 Agricultural Hall
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
DEPARTMENT OFFICE HOURS:
WEEKDAYS:
07:45am - 11:45am
12:30pm - 16:30pm
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Degree: BS - International Agriculture and Natural Resources (AIN)