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209 Chapel Wilson Hall
Boone, NC
28608
Voice: 828.262.2293
Fax: 828. 262.2294
Department Chair
Ed Folts
foltswe@appstate.edu
Social Work Director
Kellie Reed Ashcraft
ashcraftkb@appstate.edu
Sociology Director
Bradley Nash
nashb@appstate.edu
Social Science MA Director
Ken Muir
muirkb@appstate.edu
Gerontology Director
Ed Rosenberg
rosenberge@appstate.edu
Office Manager
Deborah Bishop
bishopd@appstate.edu
Web Manager
Jammie Price
pricejl@appstate.edu
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SOCIOLOGY
Sociology is the scientific study of human behavior. Its scope ranges from micro-level studies of dyads and small groups to macro-level studies of organizations, communities, social institutions (such as families, mass media, and educational systems), and cross-national or cross-cultural social systems. Its main theoretical orientations range from structural functionalism (a relatively conservative systems approach) to conflict to critical to interpretive (such as symbolic interaction and ethnomethodology). While certain orientations are more conductive to certain types of studies, all theories find application at micro-and macro- sociological levels. The methods sociologists use to observe, describe, explain and predict human social behavior range from highly quantitative to highly qualitative and include surveys, interviews, experiments, secondary data analysis, and various forms of field observation. In sum, whatever your preferred theoretical and methodological perspective, if you enjoy learning about people interacting with other people and social groups, then you'll find something of interest in Sociology.
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