社会学文学硕士-农村与环境变化

农村地区正面临着迅速的社会，经济，人口和环境变化。农村和环境变化方案（REaCH）开发了分析和实践技能，以了解全球和美国西部的农村和环境变化及其对以下领域的政策影响：农村卫生，福利和工作，社区发展和评估，土著人民，以及自然资源管理。该选项将使学生为与上述主题相关的政府，私人或非营利性机构的就业做好准备，或者为在另一所大学攻读该领域的博士学位做好准备。除了研究生核心课程外，“农村与环境变化”选项的学生还必须参加另外两门课程：“农村与环境变化研讨会”（571），以下列表中另外两门课程的毕业生增幅：“农村社会学
The University of Montana Sociology program includes a broad range of topics and issues. At the undergraduate level, students can focus on General Sociology, Criminology, or Inequality and Social Justice. At the graduate level, students can focus on General Sociology, Criminology, Inequality and Social Justice, or Rural and Environmental Change. Faculty and student interests range from social issues facing local communities, to national questions about the impact of legislation on poverty programs or the causes of criminal behavior, to global concerns such as climate change and worldwide structures of inequality. We offer both an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and the only Master of Arts degree in Sociology in the state of Montana.<br><br>The Department of Sociology's Master of Arts degree is designed to prepare students for either advanced study at the doctoral level or careers in organizational settings such as business, government, social services, or private nonprofit agencies. The graduate curriculum seeks to provide students with a solid foundation in sociological theory, research, and methods. As a part of their graduate education, students are also encouraged to become involved in research and policy analysis, or with an internship experience.<br><br>Rural regions are facing rapid social, economic, demographic, and environmental change. The Rural and Environmental Change option (REaCH) develops analytical and practical skills for understanding rural and environmental change globally and in the American West, and its policy implications for such areas as: rural health, welfare and work, community development and assessment, indigenous peoples, and natural resource management. This option will prepare students for employment in either a government, private, or non-profit agency concerned with the above topics, or for pursuing a doctorate in this area at another university.