Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology

Northeastern University

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northeastern University offers a combined major in sociology and cultural anthropology that offers students various opportunities for community engagement, experiential learning, and development of research skills using quantitative and qualitative methods. Students study the disciplinary histories, practices, and methods of sociology and sociocultural anthropology identify foundational and contemporary debates within and across these two disciplines and evaluate their contributions to our understanding of local and global societies and cultures. Sociology and cultural anthropology provide the critical perspective needed for studying the social and cultural arrangements in which people live, for understanding how societies function, for investigating the conditions under which people change their institutions, and for describing the modes and conditions of cooperation that make social life possible.