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Overview of Courses

In addition to our foundational sociology core, you will complete a sociology research project and internship and choose electives from the global sociology track for this concentration. Here’s a sample of what you can expect to learn and do:

Overview of Courses

In addition to our foundational sociology core, theory, and research methodology, you will complete a sociology research project and internship and choose electives from the crime, law, and social control track for this concentration. Here’s a sample of what you can expect to learn and do:

Overview of Courses

In addition to our foundational sociology core, theory, and research methodology, you will complete a sociology research project and internship and choose electives to tailor the program to your interests. Here’s a sample of what you can expect to learn and do:

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Department of Sociology

Analyzing the world and making it better

Faculty Success

Dr. Cody R. Melcher's course syllabus published by the American Sociological Association

Dr. Cody R. Melcher's syllabus, for his course Race Scholars Denied, was recently published by the American Sociological Association's Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, a peer-reviewed repository for pedagogy resources in the discipline. 

 

The course, which focuses on the work of forgotten Black sociologists whose work was integral to the development of the discipline, is typically offered every spring. Dr. Melcher received the CAS Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching in the spring of 2023, the last time the course was taught. 

 

Prof. Melcher Publishes Article on BLM and the Sociological Canon with the Assistance of Sociology Students

Prof. Cody R. Melcher receives CAS Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching

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Student Success

Congratulations to fall 2022 Frugé Fellowship Recipient: Malaika Saleem

Malaika Saleem is a junior originally from Seattle, Washington. She is majoring in Sociology and double minoring in African and African American Studies and History. Malaika received the  Frugé Fellowship this fall for her demonstrated commitment to service within the New Orleans community and commitment to social justice advocacy. As a  Frugé Fellow, Malaika joins the Loyola Social Justice Scholars Program and will continue her service and activism work.

Sociology major, Salem Seymour, publishes article on the origins of white supremacy

Congratulations to Loyola Alumni Eva Knowles for being selected for the DAAD Study Scholarships - Master Studies for All Academic Disciplines.

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Overview of Courses

In addition to a political science core, you will complete a capstone research project and select elective courses that tailor the program to your goals and interests. Here’s a sample of what you can expect to learn and do:

Department of Political Science

Understanding the systems that make the world spin

Every day, political decisions are made that affect our lives. Will the legislature increase taxes? How will the courts interpret our most basic freedoms? Choose the Loyola University New Orleans Political Science program and you’ll get a full understanding of how to analyze individual and group motivation and behavior, think through working systems and institutions, and conduct research into how systems and institutions work. Learn more about the political science program.

Faculty Success

Political Science professor Sean Cain discusses the 2016 Presidential Race on WWL-TV

Political Science Professor Sean Cain analyzed the 2016 Presidential Race on WWL-TV Channel 4 in New Orleans.

In his analysis, Cain said this has been one of the most unpredictable presidential races in history. Cain expects that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, may have a hard time unifying his party and gaining popular support during the general election because he has taken aim at critizing so many minority groups.

Loyola Assistant Professor Young Soo Kim joins Eric Paulsen, with WWLTV, to discuss North Korean summit deal

Dr. Young Soo Kim, Assistant Professor of Political Science, publishes article in the Japanese Journal of Political Science

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Student Success

Political Science Alumnus Brian Gabriel Jr., currently serves as a press assistant in the White House Office of the Press Secretary

Brian A. Gabriel Jr., a 2014 graduate, currently serves as a press assistant in the White House Office of the Press Secretary. 

Political Science Alumnus, Aaron Wiseman, working as Assistant District Attorney in Orleans Parish

Political Science majors Mallory Dickerson and Grace Quisenberry presented papers co-authored by Dr. Sean Cain at the 2019 Midwest Political Science Conference

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