SOCIOLOGY couples, or large, such as a subculture of

suburban teenagers. Sociology places

 Study of Human societies and
cultures and their development.
 Focus on the culture and community.
 Uses quantitative data.
 Areas like art, gender, language,
religion.
 Traditionally focus on the Western
Societies.
 Subfield such as gender studies,
criminology and social work.
 Sociology is the study of modern
civilized and complex societies.
 Sociologists makes use of
observation, interview, social survey,
questionnaires and other method of
techniques in its investigations.
 The two main goals of
anthropology are: -to understand
uniqueness and diversity -to
discover fundamental similarities
 Examines the influence of social
relationships on people’s attitudes
and behavior.
 Studies how societies are established
and changed.
Sociology is the systematic and scientific
study of human social life. Sociologists
study people as they form groups and
interact with one another. The group they
study may be small, such as married
special emphasis on studying societies, both
as individual entities and as elements of a
global perspective.
Social anthropology studies patterns of
behavior and cultural anthropology. Studies
cultural meaning, including norms and
values.
ANTHROPOLOGY
 Study of the development, structure,
and functioning of human society.
 Focuses on social problems and
institutions.
 Uses qualitative data.
 Areas like social class, social
stratification, social mobility, law. Etc.
 Traditionally focus on the non-
western Societies.
 Subfield such as linguistic
anthropology, archeology, forensic
anthropology, etc.
 Anthropology concerns with
uncivilized or primitive and non
literate societies.
 Anthropologists directly go and live in
the communities they study. They
make use of direct observations and
interviews.

Anthropology is the scientific study of
humans and human behavior and societies
in the past and present.
Linguistic anthropology studies how
language influences social life, biological or
physical anthropology, studies the biological
development of humans.
Anthropology is a global discipline involving
humanities, social sciences and natural
sciences. Anthropology builds upon
knowledge from natural sciences, including
the discoveries about the origin and
evolution of Homo sapiens, human physical
traits, human behavior, the variations
among different groups of humans, how the
evolutionary past of Homo sapiens has
influenced its social organization and
culture, and from social sciences, including
the organization of human social and
cultural relations, institutions, social
conflicts, etc.
Anthropology is a global discipline involving
humanities, social sciences and natural
sciences. Anthropology builds upon
knowledge from natural sciences, including
the discoveries about the origin and
evolution of Homo sapiens, human physical
traits, human behavior, the variations
among different groups of humans, how the
evolutionary past of Homo sapiens has
influenced its social organization and
culture, and from social sciences, including
the organization of human social and
cultural relations, institutions, social
conflicts, etc.
Sociology and Anthropology are social
science disciplines that focus on
studying the behavior of humans within
their societies. Students interested in
researching civilizations -- past and
present -- as they relate to social
hierarchies should consider studying
anthropology and sociology. Many
institutions combine both disciplines into
one department due to the similarities
between the two. The key difference
between the two social sciences is that
sociology concentrates on society while
anthropology focuses on culture.
Sociology
Sociology is the study of social life and
the social causes and consequences of
human behavior. In the words of C.
Wright Mills, sociology looks for the
"public issues" that underlie "private
troubles." Sociology differs from
popular notions of human behavior in
that it uses systematic, scientific
methods of investigation and questions
many of the common sense and taken-
for-granted views of our social world.
Sociological thinking involves taking a
closer look at our social world and
recognizing that most often things are
not necessarily what they seem. A
sociologist understands unemployment,
for example, not as the problem of one
person who can't find a job, but as the
interaction of economic, political, and
social forces that determine the number
of jobs and who has access to them.
Anthropology
Anthropology is a broad, holistic study
of human beings and includes the
subfields of archaeology, physical
anthropology, cultural anthropology,
and linguistic
anthropology. Anthropologists study
human beings from a very broad and
comparative perspective. We are
interested in human experience around
the world, past and present. Cultural
anthropologists study cultures—from
our own culture to those different from
our owns—by living in the culture and
gaining the insiders' point of view.
Commonalities
Notice that while sociology and
anthropology have different
emphases—one examines social
structures, the other focuses on
culture—there is much that they have
in common.
Both look at the "big picture," are
interested in the way society influences
people's lives, and strive to promote
understanding. Recognizing these
similarities, our major blends the two
areas of study. For those with a strong
interest in one discipline or the other, it
is possible to select courses with a
primary focus in either, but we
encourage our majors to explore and
draw on the insights from both
disciplines.
Having two disciplines in one
department allows us to offer unique
learning situations. Our curriculum
includes a number of courses that
combine sociological and
anthropological thinking, including
courses on social movements, health
and healing, global interdependence,
religion, family, and social justice.
There are a number of opportunities at
Gustavus to develop a better
understanding of the social world we
live in through a variety of study
abroad, internship, and volunteer
activities.
When choosing between anthropology
and sociology for a college major, it is
important to understand what are the
areas of study and career prospects for
each field. Anthropology is the study of
human beings and their ancestors
through time in terms of physical
characteristics, environmental and social
relations, and culture. On the other
hand, sociology is the study of human
society at a given period in time.
Anthropology covers all characteristics
of humanity, including physiology and
evolutionary origins while sociology
focuses on social relationships. More
U.S. universities offer programs in
sociology than anthropology.

AnthropologySociologyDefinitionThe
study of human beings and their
ancestors through time in terms of
physical character, environmental and
social relations and culture. It can also
be known as the scientific and
humanistic study of human species and
their various diversities.The study of the
development, structure, interaction and
behavior of organized groups of human
beings.SpecializationsSociocultural,
linguistic, physical,
archaeological.Simple, traditional and
non-industrialized societies.Social
institutions (economic life education,
family, politics and religion), social
stratification (by age, gender, race and
ethnicity, and social class), social
change and social problems.Focuses on
complex and modern societies.