Careers After Graduation
Sociology is not just limited to work in social services. SCU's Sociology program prepares its students for a wide range of career choices.
Look At What Our Alumni Are Doing Or Have Done
Executives in Large Corporations
- General Motors
- Toyota
- Keystone Resorts
- Stanford Medical Center
Government Agencies
- Mayor (San Luis Obispo)
- County Supervisors
- Demographer (City of Los Angeles)
- Deputy Probations Officer (City of Los Angeles)
- Chief Investigator (SFPD)
- Chief Of Police (City of Santa Clara)
- Police Officers
- Ameri-corp
- Peace Corp
Business and Non-profit Organizations
- Aris
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- Cisco
- Hewlett/packard
- National Semiconductor
- US Stock Exchange
- Cfo (Telecom Company)
- Assistant On-line Marketing Manager (Sephora.com)
- Director of Organizational Development (Abgeniz)
- Family Service Mid-Peninsula
Lawyers
- General Advocate Corp
- Large Legal Firms
- Brown Decision Quest
College and University Professors
- SCU
- UCLA
- University of Alberta-CANAda
- Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
- UC-San Diego
- Sonoma State
- Stanford University
- Cornell University
- Brown University
- D. Programs
- Harvard
- Santa Barbara
- University of Arizona
- UC Davis
- UC Berkeley
Teachers
- Teacher-all Levels of Education
- Directors/Teachers of Preschool
- Teacher/Counseling
Health Fields
- Physicians
- Psychotherapist
- Social Workers
- Family and Marriage Counseling
Journalists
Self Employed
And The List Just Keeps On Going…..
The Sociology Department has exposed me to a broad range of social issues. It gave me the opportunity to choose which cluster and types of topics that interest me. Now, I have a better idea of the social issues I want to pursue in my career. From these courses, I am now able to apply my knowledge and both quantitative and qualitative skills to the modern context with both theory and analysis.
Skills
Sociology majors possess skills that many employers require:
- Creativity and innovation
- Critical thinking
- Analytic problem-solving, including strong use of math and science skills
- Skillful communication and excellent written expression
- Collaboration and interpersonal skills
- Cultural Competency; multicultural and global understandings
- Researching and analyzing data