Academic Programs Sociology Department Macalester College

 
 

The overarching aim of the sociology curriculum is to cultivate a well-developed sociological imagination—"the quality of mind essential to grasp the interplay of individual and society, of biography and history, of self and the world" as C. Wright Mills termed it. The enduring value of a sociological imagination is to help students situate their own lives in broader social contexts and to understand the dynamic interplay of the political, economic, and cultural forces that constitute social life.

 

207 Carnegie Hall
Macalester College
1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105
Tel: 651-696-6142
Fax: 651-696-6757