Undergraduate Program

Thank you for your interest in our undergraduate sociology program. We are a vibrant department with faculty studying and teaching a wide variety of fascinating sociological topics. We also have an Internship Program in which students can gain hands-on sociological experience and a chapter of the international sociology honor society, Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD). Dr. Jennifer Keene is the coordinator for the UNLV Sociology Department undergraduate program. For more information about the program, internships, or AKD, please see below and contact Dr. Keene.


The department's undergraduate program has five explicitly stated degree objectives: the sociology graduate should have knowledge of

1. The key concepts, debates, and trends in sociology,

2. The major sociological paradigms and theories, and

3. The variety of methods used in sociological research.

In addition, sociology graduates will be able to

4. Show evidence of the development of a sociological imagination by applying sociological knowledge in their own projects--whether intellectual, personal, and/or political, and

5. Exhibit confidence in expressing ideas orally and in writing as evidenced by successful completion of the sociology curriculum (see Appendix C, degree objectives and assessment.

Undergraduate Coordinator

Dr. Jennifer Keene is the coordinator for the UNLV Sociology Department undergraduate program. If you have any questions which are not addressed by this undergraduate program overview, please contact Dr. Keene at:

Dr. Jennifer Keene
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Department of Sociology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Box 455033
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5033

(702) 895-0239
jkeene@unlv.nevada.edu

Program Overview

Admission
Degree Requirements
Course Offerings
Independent Research and Field
Research
What Can I Do With a Sociology Major?
The Sociology Club
AKD - Sociology Honors Society
Advising