Student Opportunities
As a sociology major, you will have the flexibility to take courses that interest you. In your time here, you will explore your interests inside and outside the classroom, taking a deeper dive into areas that you find compelling, understanding the world around you, and earning leadership roles in the organizations that matter. Here are just some of the opportunities to build your skillset, and your résumé, at Washington College.
Find the Perfect Opportunity
Internships
- Take advantage of established internship opportunities with local organizations during the semester or over the summer. Internships have led to job offers following graduation. Partners include the Kent Family Center, Minary's Dream Alliance, the Kent County Local Management Board, Rebuilding Together Kent County, and the Kent County Adult Day Care.
- Contribute to state and local partners through working on grant-funded research as an intern for the Washington College Geospatial Innovation Program.
- Pursue internships over the summer in parts of the country where you want to be. Sociology faculty will help you find internships in your hometown or elsewhere.
- Participate in a civic engagement course to understand your role and impact at your internship placement, articulate your experience for professional use on your résumé or cover letter, and hear other students' perspectives on their internships.
- Arrange your own internship experience through your own connections, or by tapping into the Center for Career Development's extensive network.
Research
- Assist faculty with their research through data collection and analysis.
- Present at regional and national conferences, including the Eastern Sociological Society, the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology, and the Southern Sociological Society.
- Complete a Senior Capstone Experience (SCE) under the supervision of a faculty advisor. SCE projects can be a traditional empirical research paper, collecting new data or using existing data; policy analysis; a media production, including a video or podcast; or a service-learning project, partnering with a local organization to collect information and design programming.
- Create your own research project. Support, financial or otherwise, is available across campus, including through the Hodson Collaborative Research Program or the Cater Society for Junior Fellows.
To get started thinking about what research you might be able to do at Washington College, review our faculty's areas of expertise.
Get Involved
Build your résumé and expand your social circle simultaneously by joining clubs, honor societies, and more that help you connect with folks with similar interests.
- Hodson Collaborative Research Program
- Libby and Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Honor Society: Alpha Kappa Delta
- Clubs: Health Occupations Students of America
Caroline Drupka '25
Madison, New Jersey
MAJORS AND MINORS
- Neuroscience and Sociology Majors; Public Health Minor
- Pre-Health Professions Program Premedical Track
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
- John S. Toll Research Fellow
- Research at University of Maryland Baltimore Medical School in the Calu Lab; Research at Rutgers Medical School in the James Lab
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
- Student Government Association, EROS, HOSA, American Chemical Society
- Academic Skills Tutor, Course Mentor, Teaching Assistant
- “It felt really nice to know that I could ask the stupidest question in office hours, but to my professors it wouldn’t be stupid because they genuinely want to help you understand. I really appreciate that, and I don’t think I would have been able to grow and learn as much as a person had I gone to a bigger school. I’ve really grown to appreciate the resources that I find here.”