UIS graduates with the SOA B.A. degree are employed in a wide range of careers in business, government, teaching, public service organizations, and research. Research careers in the disciplines of sociology or anthropology usually require advanced degrees at the M.A. or Ph.D. level.
Past SOA majors have gone on to graduate schools all around the nation and have received M.A.s or Ph.D.s in sociology, anthropology, and in a variety of other fields.
Past graduates are pursuing careers in diverse fields including education, business, museums, research, law, and many others. Links below highlight news articles about our students and graduates.
Learning about the causes and consequences of human behavior and the tools for effective cross-cultural communication are critical in today's global community.
Few fields have a broader scope and, perhaps, more career opportunities than sociology and anthropology.
We are pleased that you have chosen to explore our graduate degree and certificate programs. More than 40% of UIS students are engaged in graduate study, and most were attracted to UIS by an impressive combination of factors that include educational quality, value and campus location and setting.
University of Illinois Springfield Associate Professor of Anthropology Lynn Fisher has been awarded a Mercator Fellowship for archaeological research at the University of Kiel in Germany t