2006-12-12 12:48:20 · 9 answers · asked by JP123 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
sociology is is a good major if you have a business minor or background. in soc. you learn a varity of skills like writing, researcha very broad education. to get a job with a bachelors you need a minor in something useful to society.
if you get your masters you can work in community colleges and with a Ph.D. you can be a professor at a universty but these jobs pay very little until you have tenure. a starting tenure0track professor makes around $40,000. a year. Not much considering you spent 10-12 years in college.
You can work for the government doing research with any degree (b.a., m.a., ph.d.) you need at least 15 hours of research methods and math (including stats). With a bachelors these jobs start at $30,000, a masters $50,000 and a ph.d. $85,000.
I am in a ph.d. program in sociology and from experience you have to be ready for people to tell you your job or education is worthless. let me tell you it feels like it sometimes, but if you can get a job with a research center you can make some good money.
2006-12-13 11:04:51 · answer #1 · answered by barbe 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope! I just graduated with a bachelors in Sociology from the University of Maryland and I am practically begging for jobs that pay little more than $20,000...
I wish I had looked into what jobs I could realistically have with a major before choosing it!
If you really like sociology, make sure you have an internship during your senior year so you have experience (very important), and maybe get a job offer with them after you graduate. Finding a job in sociology has been very difficult for me! Good luck to you though!!
2006-12-13 18:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by Julia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some case, college graduates work in jobs not remotely related to sociology. For instance, you might end up working in a bank or in an investment company.
Nonetheless, the "tools" that sociology has afforded or taught you (creativity, social awareness, theories on social interaction/groupings/behavior, etc) would come in handy. All "paying" jobs are, in the end, interactions with people -- and you've got to master the ways of living, working, and interacting with people.
Majoring in sociology is good advice. Just make sure that you have some extra "technical" skills to back you up, like quantitative skills (statistical analysis), special programs (SPSS), and othet "plus" factors that would give you some edge over the other guys.
2006-12-12 22:08:54 · answer #3 · answered by Rudy M 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Sure it does. One of my undergraduate degrees is in sociology. It was a corner stone to me becoming a counselor and now a therapist. It does pay well especially if you work for the state or government.
2006-12-13 04:03:50 · answer #4 · answered by Serinity4u2find 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably not. You might be lucky and get a really low paying entry level social services job.
Take up engineering and business as a double major if you want to be almost guaranteed employment and a living wage.
2006-12-12 22:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Should but depends on where you are and whether there is a steady demand for social workers!
2006-12-12 23:33:49 · answer #6 · answered by Sami V 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hmm not unless you go all the way and get your Ph.D I believe.
2006-12-12 21:14:22 · answer #7 · answered by annie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not if you want a degree that you can be proud of and that others can respect.
2006-12-12 21:51:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
...........Well . JP .
It will pay , w/ a Ph.D MD ........ Oh YEAH!!!
2006-12-13 05:33:14 · answer #9 · answered by rrainn 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋