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U C S C C A R E E R C E N T E R

Sociology Career Guide

TYPES OFGRADUATEDEGREES

MASTER OF ARTS(M .A . )

COMMUNICAT ION

2 YEAR PROGRAM

CULTURALAWARENESS

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MASTER OFSCIENCE

(M .S . )

2 YEAR PROGRAM

ANALYT ICAL SKILLS

DOCTORATE(PH .D )

4 -8 YEAR PROGRAM

RESEARCHORIENTED

DATACONFIGURAT ION

SCHOLARLY FOCUS

TRANSFERABLECONCEPTS & SKILLS

SOCIOLOGICALIMAGINAT IONS

DIVERS ITY &

CROSS -CULTURALUNDERSTANDING

PROBLEM SOLVING

REPORT WRIT ING

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DATA COLLECT IONAND ANALYS IS

LEADERSHIP &

TEAMWORK

WRITTEN & ORALCOMMUNICAT ION

PLAN, ORGANIZE &IMPLEMENT COMPLEX

PROJECTS

INTERPERSONALSKILLS

QUANTITAT IVE &

QUAL ITAT IVERESEARCH

FORMULAT INGEVIDENCE -BASED

ARGUMENTSCRIT ICAL THINKING

Conduct research on social issues.

Collect information from people through

observation, interviews, or surveys.

Analyze and interpret data.

Prepare scientific or technical reports or

presentations.

Plan and conduct research to develop and

test theories about societal issues such as

crime, group relations, poverty, and aging.

Sociologists:

WHAT DOES ASOCIOLOGIST DO?

Types of Careers

BUSINESS PUBLICRELATIONS

MARKETING ANDSALES

CONSUMERRESEARCH

MEDIA

COMMUNITY/HEALTHSERVICES

NON-PROFITAGENCIES

REHABILITATIONCOUNSELING

URBANPLANNING

FAMILYPLANNING

LAW/SOCIALSERVICES

CRIMINALJUSTICE

LAWENFORCEMENT

ATTORNEYJUDICIALAFFAIRS

EDUCATION/

TEACHINGK-12 SCHOOLS

SPECIALEDUCATION

UNIVERSITYRELATIONS

ADMISSIONSAND ADVISING

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8 HIGHEST PAYING JOBS AS OF 2020*

SOCIOLOGYDEGREES

HUMANRESOURCES

MANAGER

MARKETRESEARCHANALYST

SOCIAL &COMMUNITY

SERVICEMANAGER

PROBATIONOFFICERS

SOCIALWORKER

MENTALHEALTH

COUNSELOR

PUBLICRELATIONSSPECIALIST

URBAN &REGIONALPLANNER

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DROP IN PEER ADVISING

RESUME WORKSHOPS

MOCK INTERVIEWS

CAREER COACH ADVISING

UCSC CAREER CENTERRESOURCES

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