UAB - Department of Sociology

About Sociology

Our Mission

The UAB Department of Sociology fosters a creative and supportive interdisciplinary environment that provides quality graduate and undergraduate training, original research advancing knowledge, promoting health and social justice, and service to the discipline, community, state, nation and world.

Our Vision

The Department of Sociology aspires to be the leading Medical Sociology program in the country, providing the highest quality teaching and research opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students.

Our Approach

The focus of instruction at the graduate level is the sociology of health and medicine. Students are trained broadly in theory and methods, but the primary goal is to train medical sociologists. We encourage an interdisciplinary approach and seek to maintain and grow our partnerships with the Schools of Medicine and Public Health, and campus interdisciplinary research centers.

Our Core Values

1. Quality Research and Teaching

2. Quality of Life within the Community of Scholars

3. Contribution to Society

4. Diversity

5. Respect