Sociology illuminates and deepens the way students see their social world. Sociology students use scientific research to study human interaction and society, with an emphasis on how groups, culture, and social forces impact our behavior. In doing this, students will learn to notice social patterns and question the way our world operates. This discipline offers students the opportunity to examine numerous social phenomena, with an underlying focus on inequality, including: social problems, social justice, economic disparity, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, family studies, gerontology, social psychology, deviance, and globalization. Majoring in Sociology at Chabot College provides one with the introductory knowledge and skills that are required for an upper division major in Sociology as well as a large number of related fields including Social Work, Human Development (Service), Liberal Studies, and Ethnic Studies.

Sociology majors often apply their skills in a diversity of careers that include: education (high school teachers or faculty in colleges/universities); Social Services (social work, youth/elderly services, administration); Community work (non-profit, urban planning, community development); Government jobs (policy analysts, consulting, program manager); Law (pre-law majors, criminal justice); Research and Data (research analysts, demographers, criminologists, statisticians).