Department of Sociology

Organizational Studies Track (S/OS)

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Organizational Studies Track (S/OS)

The Organizational Studies degree track (“OS”) provides a solid foundation in sociological theory and methods, coupled with a focused expertise in sociological research on: micro-, meso-, and macro-level organizations, broadly defined, including non-profit, for-profit, and governmental enterprises.

In addition to covering topics such as entrepreneurship, work, management, and leadership, the track is unique in its examination of families as organizations, religious organizations, as well as contemporary, non-traditional examples of organizations. Students will gain academic and practical knowledge about important people, processes, and activities, as well as internal and external mechanisms associated with organizations. Moreover, courses in the track examine key social, cultural, economic, and political environments associated with diverse organizations. In addition to frameworks common to organization studies literature, the track offers perspectives and strategies to identify and understand organizational strengths as well as challenges and ways to develop creative solutions.

This track option is available in both Sociology and Social Analysis and Research concentrations. Students who successfully complete the OS degree track requirements will graduate with a transcript notation reading "Organizational Studies”. 

Through this track, SOC and SAR concentrators develop crucial analytical and methodological skills for careers in: 

  • Public, private, and non-profit management and consulting 
  • Law, health, finance, public relations, information technology and other professions 
  • Commercial and social entrepreneurship 
  • International, national, and local activism and policy-making 
  • Organizational, economic, and market research 

The Organizational Studies track also provides outstanding preparation for postgraduate study in a wide range of fields, including sociology, business and management, public policy, law, and health sciences.

Additional Tracks

A.B. in Sociology

The concentration in Sociology (leading to a Bachelor of Arts) provides foundational skills to examine the intricacies of social systems through the norms, values, identities, power structures and institutions of which societies are organized.

Sc.B. in Social Analysis and Research

The Sc.B. concentration in Social Analysis and Research, a STEM-designated concentration, provides both a conceptual and a working knowledge of the techniques for data collection and analysis used for social research in academic and non-academic environments.