社会学哲学博士-医学社会学和心理健康社会学

社会学家通过关注社会现象-社会动荡，性，文化，不平等，社会组织，医疗保健，犯罪学和相关现象-来研究社会现象的运作方式。自我，团体和机构。我们的教职员工是积极的研究人员，研究有关种族，族裔，性别和性行为，犯罪，偏差，全球安全，不平等，医疗保健和心理健康，劳动和工作，身份以及家庭和宗教制度的问题。我们的系也为跨学科系和中心（如泛非研究，公共卫生，环境研究以及性别与性研究中心）做出了贡献。学院还与东北俄亥俄医科大学以及阿克伦和克利夫兰的其他医学中心保持联系。肯特州立大学的社会学系教授都是优秀的教师和富有成效的学
The Ph.D. degree in Sociology provides students with advanced training for research and teaching careers in higher education and for research-based careers in both the public and private sectors. The program offers specializations in criminology and deviance, the sociology of health and mental health, social inequalities (race, class, gender) and social psychology.<br><br>Program Learning Outcomes<br><br>Graduates of this program will be able to:<br><br> Demonstrate an advanced understanding of sociological theory by using it to better understand social phenomena and human behavior, develop new theoretical arguments and pose and attempt to answer research questions.<br> Demonstrate a an advanced understanding of research methods in sociology, including both quantitative methods (e.g., survey, experimental) and qualitative methods (e.g., participant observation, content analysis).<br> Demonstrate an advanced understanding of statistics in application to social research, including advanced techniques (e.g., structural equation modeling, hierarchical linear modeling).<br> Demonstrate the ability to synthesize complex scientific literatures and execute sophisticated original research through the successful completion of a dissertation project.