Brief History

Established in 1950, the Department has grown steadily over the years and is currently the largest in the School of Social Sciences, College of Humanities, with a student population of 3,039, which includes 2,969 undergraduate students, 45 Masters students and 25 Doctoral students. The 23 faculty members teach on the Main Campus, the Accra City Campus, and on the Distance and Continuing Education programme.

Sociology is the systematic study of human social interaction, making the analysis of society perhaps the most exciting social science discipline of our times. It offers a scientific approach to the understanding of the nature, organization and functioning of human society. It examines human behaviour, social relationships, social institutions, and their consequences. Sociology is interested in what holds society together and what causes social change. It uses various concepts, theories, and research methods to provide a distinct perspective called “sociological” for understanding many aspects of society as well as social problems. Sociology’s subject matter is broad as evident in its numerous sub-disciplines that focus on, for example, the family, ethnicity, culture and cultural diversity, crime and social control, work and organizations, health and illness, politics, urbanization, law, religion, gender, population and demography, mass media and communication, science and technology, globalization, and tourism. Sociology equips students with cutting-edge knowledge, analytical minds, and research skills for personal intellectual development and also for understanding how human societies are organized and function.