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Career Details :: Sociologists

Description

Study human society and social behavior by examining the groups and social institutions that people form, as well as various social, religious, political, and business organizations. May study the behavior and interaction of groups, trace their origin and growth, and analyze the influence of group activities on individual members.

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Education

Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Some may require a bachelor's degree.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers.

Tasks

• Collects and analyzes scientific data concerning social phenomena, such as community, associations, social institutions, ethnic minorities, and social change.
• Plans and directs research on crime and prevention, group relations in industrial organization, urban communities, and physical environment and technology.
• Develops approaches to solution of group's problems, based on findings and incorporating sociological research and study in related disciplines.
• Constructs and tests methods of data collection.
• Develops research designs on basis of existing knowledge and evolving theory.
• Observes group interaction and interviews group members to identify problems and collect data related to factors, such as group organization and authority relationships.
• Collects information and makes judgments through observation, interview, and review of documents.
• Develops intervention procedures, utilizing techniques such as interviews, consultations, role playing, and participant observation of group interaction, to facilitate solution.
• Analyzes and evaluates data.
• Directs work of statistical clerks, statisticians, and others.
• Collaborates with research workers in other disciplines.
• Prepares publications and reports on subjects, such as social factors that affect health, demographic characteristics, and social and racial discrimination in society.
• Interprets methods employed and findings to individuals within agency and community.
• Consults with lawmakers, administrators, and other officials who deal with problems of social change.
• Monitors group interaction and role affiliations to evaluate progress and to determine need for additional change.

Related Careers

• Anthropologists
  
• Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School
  
• Educational Psychologists
  
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
  
• Political Scientists
  
• Urban and Regional Planners
  

Important Abilities

• Written Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Deductive Reasoning

General Work Activities

• Processing Information
• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Analyzing Data or Information
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events

Important Skills

• Information Gathering
  
• Writing
  
• Reading Comprehension
  
• Critical Thinking
  
• Active Learning
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Indoors
• Sitting
• Consequence of Error

Related Majors

Major	Add to XapPack
Administration of Justice	[ add ]
Anthropology	[ add ]
Anthropology/Archaeology	[ add ]
Anthropology/Human Biology	[ add ]
Anthropology/Human Relations	[ add ]
Anthropology/Linguistics	[ add ]
Anthropology/Religion	[ add ]
Anthropology/Sociology	[ add ]
Applied Sociology	[ add ]
Archaeology/Anthropology	[ add ]
Business/Government	[ add ]
Classics/Anthropology	[ add ]
Communication/Politics/Law	[ add ]
Comprehensive Social Studies/Political Science	[ add ]
Comprehensive Social Studies/Sociology	[ add ]
Correctional Studies	[ add ]
Crime/Justice	[ add ]
Crime/Law/Deviance	[ add ]
Criminal Justice	[ add ]
Criminal Justice Studies	[ add ]
Criminal Justice/Criminology	[ add ]
Criminal Justice/Economic Crime Investigation	[ add ]
Criminal Justice/Human Services	[ add ]
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement	[ add ]
Criminal Justice/Political Science	[ add ]
Criminal Justice/Security Administration	[ add ]
Criminal Social Justice	[ add ]
Criminal/Juvenile Justice	[ add ]
Criminal/Social Justice	[ add ]
Criminalistics	[ add ]
Criminology	[ add ]
Criminology/Corrections	[ add ]
Criminology/Criminal Justice	[ add ]
Criminology/Law	[ add ]
Criminology/Law Studies	[ add ]
Criminology/Pre-Law	[ add ]
Cultural Resources Management	[ add ]
Demography	[ add ]
Development Sociology	[ add ]
Developmental Sociology	[ add ]
Deviant Behavior/Social Control	[ add ]
Economic Crime Investigation	[ add ]
Economics/Industry/Government	[ add ]
Economics/Politics	[ add ]
Economics/Sociology	[ add ]
Ethics/Politics/Economics	[ add ]
Ethnic/Gender Studies	[ add ]
Forensic Psychology	[ add ]
French/Political Science	[ add ]
Geography/Anthropology	[ add ]
Geography/Urban Studies	[ add ]
German/Political Science	[ add ]
Government	[ add ]
Government/French	[ add ]
Government/German	[ add ]
Government/History	[ add ]
Government/International Relations	[ add ]
Government/Journalism	[ add ]
Government/Law	[ add ]
Government/Philosophy	[ add ]
Government/Politics	[ add ]
Government/Public Administration	[ add ]
Government/Public Service	[ add ]
Government/Sociology	[ add ]
Government/Spanish	[ add ]
Growth/Structure of Cities	[ add ]
History of Architecture/Urban Development	[ add ]
History/Government	[ add ]
History/Political Science	[ add ]
History/Political Science Education	[ add ]
History/Politics	[ add ]
Human Relations	[ add ]
International Politics	[ add ]
Judicial Studies	[ add ]
Justice/Public Policy	[ add ]
Lesbian/Gay Studies	[ add ]
Medical Sociology	[ add ]
Metropolitan Studies	[ add ]
Personality/Social Development	[ add ]
Philosophy/Political Science	[ add ]
Philosophy/Political Thought	[ add ]
Philosophy/Politics/Law	[ add ]
Physical Anthropology/Biology	[ add ]
Pre-environmental Science/Forestry	[ add ]
Pre-forestry	[ add ]
Pre-health Professions	[ add ]
Pre-health Sciences	[ add ]
Pre-law	[ add ]
Pre-law Liberal Arts	[ add ]
Pre-law Studies	[ add ]
Pre-law/History/Political Science	[ add ]
Pre-Law/History/Political Science	[ add ]
Pre-legal Studies	[ add ]
Pre-mechanical/Aerospace Engineering	[ add ]
Pre-medical	[ add ]
Pre-medical Records Administration	[ add ]
Pre-medical Science	[ add ]
Pre-medical Studies	[ add ]
Pre-medical/Dental/Pharmacy	[ add ]
Psychology/Sociology	[ add ]
Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology	[ add ]
Public Administration/Political Science	[ add ]
Public Justice	[ add ]
Regional/Urban Studies	[ add ]
Religion/Sociology	[ add ]
Rural Sociology	[ add ]
Social Anthropology	[ add ]
Social Ecology	[ add ]
Social Foundations	[ add ]
Social/Political Systems	[ add ]
Sociobiology	[ add ]
Sociology	[ add ]
Sociology Research	[ add ]
Sociology/Anthropology	[ add ]
Sociology/Business Administration	[ add ]
Sociology/Criminal Justice	[ add ]
Sociology/Criminology	[ add ]
Sociology/Criminology/Criminal Justice	[ add ]
Sociology/Human Relations	[ add ]
Sociology/Human Services	[ add ]
Sociology/International Sociology	[ add ]
Sociology/Organization Behavior	[ add ]
Sociology/Psychology	[ add ]
Sociology/Race/Culture/Gender	[ add ]
Sociology/Religious Studies	[ add ]
Sociology/Social Policy	[ add ]
Sociology/Social Psychology	[ add ]
Sociology/Social Work	[ add ]
Spanish/Political Science	[ add ]
Spanish/Sociology	[ add ]
Urban Administration/Computer/Information Science	[ add ]
Urban Affairs	[ add ]
Urban Affairs/Public Policy	[ add ]
Urban Affairs/Studies	[ add ]
Urban Applied Anthropology	[ add ]
Urban Design/Architectural Studies	[ add ]
Urban Development	[ add ]
Urban Early/Middle Childhood Education	[ add ]
Urban Economic Development	[ add ]
Urban History	[ add ]
Urban Multicultural Education	[ add ]
Urban Planning	[ add ]
Urban Studies	[ add ]
Urban Studies/Planning	[ add ]
Urban/Regional Theory	[ add ]
Visual Anthropology	[ add ]

Institutions Offering Related Majors

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