Distant education in Sociology provides the theoretical insight into an array of social issues that demand formulation of problem-solving ideas and sound public policy. The sociology faculty believes that a diverse educational background prepares students to enter and succeed in a rapidly changing occupational world.

Sociology graduates, as behavioral scientists, usually have a wide choice of fields where they can look for an employment. Those fields have a common desire to improve quality of life within the communities. Below is a brief listing of careers that draw the attention of Sociology graduate and employers alike: law enforcement, public health, family services, community planner, counselor, demographer, public relations, human relations, research analyst, juvenile/adult probations, personnel management, public administration, hospice, corrections officer, employment counselor, survey researcher, parole officer, gerontological care.

Lots of the social issues facing the above mentioned occupational fields are addressed in correspondence or online courses. So, sociological ideas and research techniques are relevant and exposure to them prepares one not only for the workplace and changing career paths but for life.

Sociology, University of North Alabama (including Introduction to Sociology, Current Social Problems, Marriage and the Family, Introduction to Anthropology, Medical Sociology, Methods of Social Research and many other aspects)

Sociology, University of Tennessee (including Marriage and Family, General Sociology, Social Justice and Social Change, Juvenile Delinquency, Criminal Justice and many other aspects)

Sociology, University of Wisconsin (including Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Marriage and Family, Methods of Sociological Inquiry, Criminal Justice in America, Death, Grief, and Bereavement and many other aspects)

Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (including Sociological Perspectives, Social Interaction, Family and Society, Marriage and the Family)

Sociology, by the University of Colorado at Boulder (Sex, Gender, and Society; United States Race and Ethnic Relations.; Crime and Society; Family and Society and some other courses)

Sociology, Colorado State University at Pueblo (including over 30 courses in this field)

Sociology, Ohio University (including Criminal Justice, Deviant Behavior, Race and Ethnic Relations, Elementary Research Techniques, Juvenile Delinquency, Criminology)

Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison (including courses in Methods of Sociological Inquiry, Criminal Justice in America, Law and Society, Racial & Ethnic Minorities; Death, Grief and Bereavement)

Sociology, Bircham International University (including courses in Social Welfare, Political Sociology, Sociological Theory, Marriage & Family Relations, Social Problems & Deviance and many others)