Vocations for a Graduate in the Anthropology and Sociology Department

What interests you? Look under these sub-headings for career opportunities within each area of employment

Education

• Teaching

  • public/private schools
  • colleges/universities
    

• Administration
• Alumni relations
• Placement offices
  

Criminal Justice

• Corrections institutions
• Rehabilitation
• Federal, state, and local government - especially law enforcement agencies
• Court systems
• Judiciary
  

Environment and Society

• Waste management firms
• Health agencies
• Local planning agencies
• Environmental advocacy groups
• Regional, state, and local agencies
• Consulting firms
• Federal government
• National advocacy groups
  

Human Services

• Counseling
• Advocacy groups
• Mental health services
• Social services including: Administration, Programming, and Recreation
• Hospitals
• Public and private nursing homes
• Adoption and child care agencies
• Religiously-affiliated service organizations
• Local branches of non-profit organizations
  

Business

• Demography/planning
• Human Resources
• Management/management firms
• Sales
• Marketing
• Advertising/advertising firms
• Consumer research/public relations
• Personnel/training
• Administration
• Real Estate/Insurance companies
  

Social Science Research

• Market research evaluation
• Evaluation research
• National headquarters of non-profit organizations
• Firms conducting social/market research
• Public relations firms
• Professional periodicals
• Newspapers and magazines
• Social service agencies
• Hospitals
• Business and industry
• Labor unions
• Professional sociologists
• Religious organizations
• Universities
• Public opinion research polls
  

Community Relations

• Federal, state and local government
• National headquarters or local branches of non-profit organizations
• Private social service organizations
• Religiously-affiliated service organizations
• Child care agencies
  

Government

• Social science analysis
• Public assistance agencies
• Social statistics
• Demography
• Program development
• Policy Analysis
• Personnel
• Research
• Investigation
• Management
• Administration
  

Demography

• Companies and organizations doing demographic forecasting and population studies
• Companies compiling market research data
• Consulting firms
• Business and industry
• International, federal, and state agencies
• Government and regional planning departments
• Colleges and Universities
• Foundations
• Advertising and marketing firms
• Private research firms