Sociology

1. Professional Profile

In 1997, Northwest A&F University formally established the undergraduate program of Sociology, which was approved as the second-level Master's program in sociology in 2003 and the first-level master's program in sociology in 2011. In 2019, the undergraduate program of Sociology was approved as the first-class program in Shaanxi Province, and in the same year, it was approved as the first-level doctoral program in Sociology. Currently, Doctoral program in Sociology has three research directions: Applied Sociology (rural sociology), Social Governance and Social Policy, Agricultural History and Social Change, and the Master Program in Sociology has three research directions: Rural sociology, Demography, Social Governance and Social Policy. with more than 20 years' development, Sociology has formed a complete training system of undergraduate, master and doctor.

Rural Sociology is characteristic derection, Sociology, which focuses on the Guanzhong and rural northwest area, attaches great importance to the regional comparative analysis, focusing on the national economic and social development strategies, insighting into the strategic implementation of the social situation and social foundation. The optimization of major strategic operation and its productivity applicability client political Suggestions. Since 2010, with the aid of the implementation of the strategy of talent school, school discipline of sociology to introduce a batch of young and talented people, a visiting professor at the national talent 4 lectures and artificially, as the subject development laid a solid talent base, 1 with the Ministry of Education in the new century talents, shaanxi youth 1, one thousand, 1 young talent of shaanxi province.

2. Core courses

Contemporary Western Sociology Theory, Sociology Theory Frontier, Sociology Main Literature Reading, Population theory, Qualitative Research Methods, Organization Sociology Research Projects, Rural Sociology Research, Economic Sociology Research Projects, Cultural Sociology Study, Political Sociology Research , Rural Social Policy Analysis, Advanced Social Statistics, Demographic Analysis, etc.

3. Employment direction and prospects

Because of its own characteristics, sociology has a broad field of employment, which can be engaged in both the basic work closely related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the cutting-edge work closely following the social development. Students of this major have chances to pursue the profession of education, cientific research institutions, party and government organizations, press and publication, such as enterprises and institutions, social organizations engaged in teaching, training, e-commerce, new media operation, news, social research and investigation, policy research and evaluation, planning and management, social development research and prediction, copywriter and planer, human resource management, etc.