One should never criticize his own work except in a fresh and hopeful mood. The self-criticism of a tired mind is suicide.

-Charles Horton Cooley

Announcements

The Call for Papers for the 2010 Pacific Sociological Association Meeting in Oakland, April 8-11, is now on the PSA Web site. Submissions of papers and abstracts must be made online. The deadline for submission is October 1, 2009.

Sociology

As a sociology major you will learn to better understand yourself and the social world around you. As an academic discipline Sociology focuses on exploring and understanding human attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Using the scientific method, sociologists study patterns of social relations, social inequality, and social interaction. The substantive areas of interest to sociologists include family, gender, religion, deviance, criminal justice, education, race, ethnicity, culture, globalization, and politics among others. If you enjoy learning about people and society, you should consider becoming a sociologist.