WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN...
SOCIOLOGY
Possible Career Options
(some career areas require advanced education)
Anthropologist
Caseworker/Elderly
Clinical Social Worker
Community Relations Director
Comm. Resource Coordinator
Comm. Service Agency Worker
Corrections Officer
Counselor:
Abortion
Adoption
Battered Spouse
Children’s Services
Employee Assistance
Pregnancy
Rape/Crisis Intervention
Rehabilitation
School
Senior Citizen
Substance Abuse
Crime Victim Criminologist
Customer Service Representative
Director, Social Services Agency
Elder Care/Rec. Worker
Gerontologist
Human Resources Administrator
Labor Relations Specialist
Minority & Race Relations Specialist
Missionary
Peace Corps/VISTA Worker
Population Studies Researcher
Probation/Parole Officer
Psychotherapist
Public Health Statistician
Social Worker
Sociologist
Urban/Regional Planner
Vocational Services Worker
Women’s Service Worker
Youth Services Worker
Professional Associations
American Anthropological Association
www.aaanet.org
American Association for Public Opinion Research
www.aapor.org
American Society of Criminology
www.asc41.com
American Sociological Association
www.asanet.org
Association for the Sociology of Religion
www.sociologyofreligion.com
National Council on Family Relations
www.ncfr.org
Rural Sociological Society
www.ruralsociology.org
Society for Applied Sociology
www.appliedsoc.org
Society for the Study of Social Problems
www.sssp1.org
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
100 East 8th Street | Holland, MI 49423
careers@hope.edu
616.395.7950
WHAT CAN I DO WITH A MAJOR IN...
SOCIOLOGY
Hope Graduates in the Sociology World
Executive Director............................................................................................... Advocacy Services for Kids
President....................................................................................................... Affiliates in Mental Health Inc.
Program Specialist......................................................................................................... After School Matters
Consultant in Planned Giving........................................................................................Amicus Group, LLC
Member Services Representative.......................................................... Behavioral Health Professional, Inc.
Foster Care & Adoption Supervisor.....................................................................Bethany Christian Services
Psychological Rehabilitation Service Coordinator..............................................................Brentwood North
Hospice Chaplain.................................................................................................. Community Care Hospice
Paralegal Specialist.......................................................................... Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Adoption Search Specialist..........................................................................................................DA Blodgett
Academic Advisement.......................................................................................Florida School, Deaf & Blind
Human Resources...........................................................................................................Gentex Corporation
School Social Worker................................................................................................. Holland Public Schools
Professor of Sociology............................................................................................................... Hope College
Youth Specialist............................................................................................Kent County Juvenile Detention
Director of Special Programs..................................................................................Lakeshore Public Schools
Human Resource NCO................................................................................Michigan Army National Guard
Director of Media and Public Relations......................................... National Scholastic Athletics Foundation
Executive Director........................................................................................................North Canton YMCA
Director of Financial Aid............................................................................................. Northwestern College
Coordinator of Conferences & Institute for the African Child.............................................Ohio University
Pastor of Care and Calling.................................................................................... Second Reformed Church
Science Coordinator...................................................................................St. Michael’s Independent School
Foster Care Caseworker...................................................................................................... State of Michigan
Academic Advisor..........................................................................................................Ohio State University
Senior Border Patrol Agent................................................................................................ US Border Patrol
Systems Engineer.......................................................................................... US Dept of Homeland Security
Director of Investor Development................................................................................United Church Funds
Director of Student Services and Operations.......................................Univ of Phoenix - Nashville Campus
Welfare Program Assistant........................................................... Ventura County Public Soc. Serv. Agency
Chief Criminal Investigator...........................................................................................Vermont State Police
President/CEO...................................................................................................VWS Home Health Services
Youth Treatment Specialist............................................................................. Wedgwood Christian Services
Health Corps Navigator............................................................................................ Westside Health Center
Program Coordinator............................................................................................ Widowed Persons Service
Prisoner Re-Entry Case Manager........................................................... Michigan Works of Ottawa County
Infantry Officer.................................................................................................................. US Marine Corps
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
100 East 8th Street | Holland, MI 49423
careers@hope.edu
616.395.7950