Welcome to USC Sociology’s Undergraduate Programs!
The sociology department is proud to host three majors: Health and Human Sciences, NGOs and Social Change, and our flagship Sociology major.
Our majors allow you to see the interconnections between politics, culture, economics, power structures, social inequalities, and the practices of everyday life. The greater Los Angeles area provides a natural laboratory for studying race relations, work and the workplace, the family in a changing society, immigration, civic engagement, and the criminal legal system.
Our students engage in original research: in our upper-division courses, on faculty-led research projects, or as part of our honors program.
Our graduates work in a variety of fields, ranging from nonprofit leadership, public policy, law, data analysis, medicine, education, occupational therapy, physical therapy, social work, business, and marketing.
Our interdisciplinary majors enable you to take courses in a variety of departments.
Are you interested in health and health care?
Within our Health and Human Sciences major you learn about the human and broader contexts of health and the organizations which deliver health care, vital issues for health professions such as medicine, dentistry, epidemiology, and public health.
Want to work in or create a non-governmental organization (NGOs) or nonprofit?
Our NGOs and Social Change major examines the economic, political, and the roots of social problems, as well as the varied forms of organizations to solve social problems.
Work Study
Thank you for your interest in working with the Sociology Department. We currently do not have any openings. When a position becomes available, the link will be added below.