Department of Sociology

Welcome to the Department of Sociology at Fountain University Osogbo. The Department focuses on all aspects of the social world. Ours research is grounded in |thorough understanding of sociological theories, international ethical principles and conducted with exacting methodological standard. Our particular areas of expertise include: Crime and Security, Sociology of Development, Rural Sociology, community policing, industrial crime, Immigration and Ethnicity, Health, Stratification, Work and Labour Markets, Political Sociology, The Sociology of Culture, and The Study of Social Networks and Community. The Department is a place for intellectual growth, a commitment to understanding major societal problems through research and publication, in-class teaching, and out-of-the-classroom experiences.

PHILOSOPHY

Fountain University Osogbo Sociology is one of the top departments. The department has historically established multiple social scientific paradigms. We are a diverse community of scholars and students, committed to high quality research and innovative teaching in sociology. In our program, you’ll study the complexity of social issues and social change and apply a critical lens to issues like Social engagement, community policing and sociology of development, industrial crime, social networking, rural development and migration, culture and media, race and racism, social movements and identities, health care and more. Also, Critical and interdisciplinary approaches to studying social relations, social fields, and social action in a world facing existential crises

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