Who majors in sociology and why does it get kind of a bad rap? They do worse than history and political science majors on the LSAT and GRE for example. Does it just a lot of generalists who need a major of some sort? |
It's good preparation for a full-time position lobbying the government to cancel your student loan debt that you'll never be able to pay off. |
First that’s not true, second you’re stupid. Lobbyists are not sociology majors, and they are often lawyers. |
Lawyers can definitely be sociology majors |
Sociology is a highly quantitative field and students can definitely get good data science jobs. I work for a social science research firm and we have quite a few sociologists on staff with statistical and programming skills. |
The bad rap comes from it widely being considered an "easy" major. I think they do worse comparatively not because of the courses themselves but because of the reputation; it likely draws more heavily from a less academically strong population.
Reputation aside, I agree that sociology is a highly quantitative field and will add that you can get a great education and preparation through the major. |
Has served me very well for a career in social and human services policy. |
I’m sure the sociologists have a category for people like OP, who spend their free time anonymously belittling entire categories of young people, simply to make themselves feel superior. |
We need more Sociology majors to deal with bozos like OP. |
I wish I had done my research about this when I was in college a long time ago! I loved sociology 101 and took about 3 electives in it afterwards; really liked the courses. |