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Abney, Armando
Armitage, Janet
Hubbard, Annie
Keyes, Grace
Rigney, Daniel
Bachelor of Applied Social Sciences and Humanities


St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, Texas 78228

Janet S. Armitage, Ph.D., Chair
phone: (210) 436-3211
fax: (210) 431-4394
jarmitage1@stmarytx.edu

Sociology is the social science which studies human groups and society. It explores the multiple influences which groups exert in our personal lives: friendships, marriages, families, work units, businesses, schools, neighborhoods, organizations, communities, churches, clubs, etc. In addition, Sociology analyzes how and why groups form, hold together, and sometimes break up. It seeks an accurate and scientific understanding of society and of social life.

Likewise, Sociology explores the many social and cultural forces which operate throughout society-forces which form individual persons, shape their attitudes and behaviors, and determine social events. While describing what is, while explaining how and why it is, and while predicting what will probably occur, Sociology offers countless applied and practical ways to change and to improve human life and society.

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