Sociology

Mātauranga Hapori


Qualifications

Overview

Take a look at the modern world and how it came to be the way it is. Sociologists investigate the structure of societies, organisations, groups, and everyday lives.

This subject can cover a range of social contexts including the intimacy of families, criminal gangs, activities at a rugby game or rock festival, through to divisions of ethnicity, gender, and class.

Contact us

Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of Language, Social and Political Sciences

Phone +64 3 369 3377
Email sociology-admin@canterbury.ac.nz

Location
Level 3, Elsie Locke Building – see campus maps

Postal address
Te Kaupeka Toi Tangata | Faculty of Arts
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand

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