St. Joseph’s College offers a certificate in applied sociology at the Long Island Campus, where students learn how to apply social science theories and research methods to organizational needs and issues and eventually to policy and planning decisions. Students are exposed to occupational positions in formal organizations in which business and social policies are formed and implemented. This 27-credit certificate program includes 18 required sociology credits, a 3-credit approved field experience and 6 credits in sociology electives.
Required Courses | Campus |
| SOC 100 Introductory Sociology OR SOC 133 American Society OR SOC 136 Social Problems |  |
| SOC 212 Elements of Social Science Research | |
| SOC 230 Social Organizations | |
| SOC 347 Sociological Theory | |
| SOC/POL 348 Research Methods | |
| SOC 350 Applied Statistics (or equivalent) | |
| An Approved Field Experience | |
| SOC 241 Experience in Social Work OR SOC 242 Internship in Applied Sociology | |
