Overview

About the program

The sociology major provides students with an understanding of the fundamental processes of social interaction that underlie all social organization and change. The "sociological imagination" helps students to understand how social structures and processes shape social life and how sociological analysis and empirical research are used as tools of understanding.

What's unique about Sociology at University of North Carolina Greensboro?

Students receive hands-on advising from tenured faculty and adjunct faculty, thus receiving personal attention from the time they declare a sociology major.
Faculty members add an international flavor to the department through studies in Cameroon, France, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Taiwan, and Russia.

Student Opportunities

Internships are available to sociology students who meet the department's GPA requirement.
Internships exist in a variety of public and private organizations. Interns have worked at a battered women's shelter and the Guilford County Department of Public Health, and assisted the city of King, N.C., with installation of a new crime-mapping system.
Honors courses and study abroad are available.
Opportunities are available to complete research with faculty members.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Sociology

Race, Class, and Gender: Social Inequalities

Thinking Sociologically - Classical Theory

Methods and Research

Data Analysis

Seeing Society - Contemporary Theory

Social Problems in Global Context

Global Society

Social Change

Post Soviet Societies

Sociology of Popular Music

Global Deviance

The Community

Social Movements

Urban Society

Global Inequalities

Population Problems

Health and Society

Environmental Sociology

Immigration, Ethnicity, and Race in a Global Context

International Field Research

Disaster, Self, and Society

Collective Violence and Nonviolence in Global Perspective

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00
Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-03-01 00:00:00

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Greensboro, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.5

English requirements

IELTS

6.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

A Completed International Admissions Application

A nonrefundable application fee of $65 USD

Essay/statement of purpose (optional but strongly encouraged)

Official English language proficiency score report

Official transcripts from each college/university attended

Official secondary education / high school transcripts or GED certificate, in English

For freshman applicants or transfer applicants with less than 24 credit hours, or where necessary

Copy of valid passport (photo/signature page only)

Copy of valid F1 visa (photo/signature page only) – for transfer-in students coming from a U.S. institution only, or, copy of valid other visa types (ex: H4, E2, L2)

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Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
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Tuition Fee

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International

21396 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 10698 USD per semester during 48 months.
National

21396 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 10698 USD per semester during 48 months.
In-State

4422 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 2211 USD per semester during 48 months.

Living costs for Greensboro

1001 - 1540 USD /month

Living costs

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