Nestled at the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains in scenic Boulder, Colorado, the University of Colorado is the premier teaching and research university in the Rocky Mountain West. As a well respected center for teaching and research in its own right, The Department of Sociology is increasingly recognized for its world renowned research and teaching faculty, its well respected research centers and programs, and its active and engaged graduate student body. As a prime center of sociological research, the Department of Sociology represents a diverse range of epistemological, theoretical and methodological approaches that drive an equally diverse range of research and teaching areas, including (but not restricted to):

• Environmental Sociology
• Gender
• Crime and Deviance
• Qualitative Methods
• Population Studies