Sociology represents social analytics in a broad context. Students specialising in this field of study get acquainted with how social relations and social trends are formed from the decisions and individual actions of people, to what extent people are free in their decisions and actions, what limits or stimulates them. It is a professional study of man in the context of his/her social relations from political and labor, to consumer and immigration ones among several others. To be able to undertake such analysis, the students receive the knowledge of theories and sociological methods of collecting information as well as the skills to analyze it using modern software.
The teachers working in this field are researchers from scientific institutes, commercial research firms and governmental management bodies. Within the framework of various projects of the department, lecturers from foreign and leading Russian universities are invited. The department ensures the quality of preparation in the Bachelor's program, allowing the students to continue their education in the Master’s programs in leading Russian and foreign universities, including the Master’s program at the Department of Economics at NSU.
