Phone: (845) 257-3505
Fax: (845) 257-2970
Location: Jacobson Faculty Tower Room 516
Web address: www.newpaltz.edu/sociology 
The following programs and concentrations focus on the analysis of human beings and their relationship to society. Sociology explores a range of social phenomena from individual interactions to broad social and cultural forces in the United States and throughout the world. Students will be educated in the methods of sociological research and will gain an understanding of the underlying theoretical perspectives utilized in the discipline. The Sociology Department offers a variety of courses in the following areas: Social welfare, social inequality, social change, social institutions and socialization through the life course.
Sociology Program
