SUNY Potsdam

Sociology is the study of human society and social behavior.

The SUNY Potsdam sociology program provides students with skills in analysis, critical thinking and communication, enabling students to pursue a variety of careers or continue learning on the graduate level.

Throughout their course work sociology students analyze social institutions; study social problems such as domestic violence, crime and poverty; and examine the role that race, gender and social status play in our daily life.

Criminal Justice at SUNY Potsdam

Criminal Justice is the study of crime: its perpetrators, its prosecutors, and the social, political and economic phenomena underlying each. The Criminal Justice major provides a broad interdisciplinary, liberal arts orientation with course requirements in Philosophy and Politics, in addition to traditional offerings in Sociology. This interdisciplinary program will ensure that Criminal Justice graduates acquire knowledge in the social, political, and ethical aspects of justice.

NEW Interdisciplinary BA/MSW Combined Degree Program offered through the Department of Women's and Gender Studies!

• Social work is a profession for those with a strong desire to improve people’s lives. 

• The Women’s and Gender Studies Major (BA) is completed at SUNY Potsdam and the Masters of Social Work (MSW) is completed at the University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work in Kentucky.

• There are several advantages for choosing this new program, including the opportunity to earn your MSW in 2 1/2 years instead of 3!

• This linked program provides students with dynamic tools for social change regarding the historic problems of gender inequality and injustice. For more information, check out the brochure (PDF).