| SOCIOLOGY
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| Careers in Sociology |
JOB TITLES OF SOCIOLOGY DEGREE
RECIPIENTS: B.A. LEVEL
| RESEARCH census research assistant consumer researcher criminology assistant data analyst demographer assistant interviewer market researcher public survey worker social research assistant statistician survey research technician |
EDUCATION admissions counselor affirmative action assistant alumni relations worker college placement worker extension service specialist public health educator student personnel worker teacher |
COMMUNITY
& SOCIAL SERVICES case manager caseworker/aide child care worker child development technician community aide community organizer environmental organizer family planning worker fund raising assistant/director group home worker homeless/housing worker hospital administrator housing coordinator medical records worker occupational/career counselor public administration assistant public assistance worker public health supervisor recreation worker rehabilitation program worker resident planning aide rural health outreach worker substance abuse counselor youth outreach worker |
BUSINESS
& INDUSTRY administrative assistant advertising staffer banker computer analyst consumer relations worker data entry manager human resources manager insurance agent issues manager labor relations staffer market analyst merchandise/purchaser planning assistant production manager public relations staffer publishing staffer quality control manager real estate agent sales manager sales representative training assistant |
| JUSTICE
SYSTEM correctional counselor corrections officer corrections staffer criminal investigator juvenile court worker parole officer police officer police department staffer rehabilitation counselor special agent state trooper |
GOVERNMENT affirmative action worker employee specialist foreign service officer human rights officer information officer international worker legislative aide Peace Corps volunteer personnel coordinator program supervisor special agent urban planner |
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Source: American Sociological Association. Based on reports from Placement Offices and Sociology Departments of three major universities.
JOB TITLES OF SOCIOLOGY DEGREE RECIPIENTS: M.A. AND Ph.D. LEVEL*
| RESEARCHER cancer prevention researcher consumer researcher data archivist data clerk evaluation researcher grant coordinator market researcher maternal/child researcher mental health researcher research assistant research associate |
ANALYST criminal justice analyst corrections/prison analyst drug abuse/alcohol analyst educational analyst health (science) analyst information analyst management analyst media/public affairs analyst operations analyst planning analyst policy analyst program analyst research analyst social impact analyst social science analyst systems analyst |
STATISTICIAN aging statistician computer statistician family statistician financial statistician (health) statistician hospital statistician housing statistician Indicators statistician institutional studies statistician international statistician opinion research statistician social Impact statistician (survey) statistician transportation statistician urban statistician |
MANAGEMENT (associations, foundations, science/policy institutes) administrator assistant associate chief consultant deputy director director manager president principal project director project officer senior officer |
| SOCIOLOGIST clinical sociologist demographer epidemiologist medical sociologist research sociologist sociologist |
SOCIAL
WORKER Counselor eligibility worker social worker therapist/group therapist |
SOCIAL
SCIENTIST (clinical) sociologist health scientist/human development research scientist social scientist |
OTHER appeals officer editor employment specialist human resources manager planner policy officer probation officer |
* Based on 10, 245 members of the American Sociological Association who are employed full or part-time as of January, 1992.