The Department of Sociology offers an in-depth look at human society, the mutual relationships between people, and how they construct and change their world. The department provides its students with thorough knowledge of various social issues related to culture, economics, and politics, referring to both global and local processes. Some of the topics studied in the department include social stratification and inequality, society and politics, gender and sexuality, organizational research, labor organizations and labor relations, poverty and welfare policy, health and medicine, family, environment, social networks, and big data and algorithms.