Overview of Department
The department highlights that follow serve as an introduction to who we are and what we do. You can expect superb faculty with excellent records of teaching, scholarship and service:
- Teachers highly rated on student course-teacher evaluations
- New courses always under development
- Numerous books and articles published by a professionally active faculty
- Faculty who are actively engaged in the communities of which they are a part through Cortland's Institute for Civic Engagement
- Faculty who provide conscientious advisement and give personal attention to students
Looking for a summary of majors? We offer strong programs attractive to students for a solid Liberal Arts degree and background for a variety of careers:
- Anthropology
- Anthropology with concentrations
Concentrations are available in applied anthropology, archaeology, and ethnic studies
- Sociology
- Sociology with concentrations
Concentrations are available in criminology and social gerontology
- Criminology
- Adolescence Education Social Studies
The purpose of this program is to provide teacher certification in social studies for grades 7-12. You can combine this program with a sociology or anthropology major.
Rozanne M. Brooks Museum, Lecture Series, and
Dedicated Teaching Award
The Rozanne M. Brooks Museum and lecture hall is located in Cornish Hall, Room D-312. More than 200 pieces of art represent the vibrant collection of the late Distinguished Teaching Professor Emerita of Sociology and Anthropology: Rozanne Brooks. Dr. Brooks, who taught from 1956 until her retirement in 1992, collected the items on numerous educational voyages. The items were donated to SUNY Cortland prior to Dr. Brooks' death in 1997. Cortland undergraduates in the department's museum studies course have gained hands-on experience cataloguing the collection for display.
The Brooks Museum Lecture Series offers three to four lectures per year. The lectures are given by scholars in the fields of history, anthropology, archaeology, and art history.
The Rozanne M. Brooks Dedicated Teacher's Award is presented to individuals who are outstanding teachers in the classroom, who spend considerable time with students and are very student oriented.
Unique opportunities for students:
- Outstanding Internship Program in human services and law enforcement agencies near the campus and around the country
- Direct exchange between Cortland's sociology major (with concentration in criminology) and the criminology program at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia
- Archaeology Laboratory and Field School
- Hands-on learning in Museum Studies
- Independent Study and Research with faculty
- An active Sociology/Anthropology Club
- Honor Societies
Careers in Anthropology/Sociology
Challenging and rewarding careers await Cortland graduates who share the department's committment to excellence. For a comprehensive list of possible careers, students are encouraged to contact their advisor and/or visit Career Services.