Sociology is a positive science that studies the interaction between society and the individual, social structure, harmony and conflict within the social structure. Although there has always been an interaction between human beings and society in the history of the world, it was in the 19th century that this interaction became a science and was called sociology. The term sociology was first coined by Auguste Comte, combining the Latin socius (friend, companion) and the Greek logos (science). In addition to Comte, Marx, Weber and Durkheim are considered to be the founders of sociology. In Turkey, sociology began to be taught as a university course with Ziya Gökalp. Mübeccel Kıray, Hilmi Ziya Ülken, Şerif Mardin and Behice Boran are also important names who contributed to the development of sociology in Turkey. Sociology interacts with psychology, anthropology, politics, law, economics and many other sciences. Sociologists can specialise in areas such as family, crime, demography, migration, urban, gender, environment, culture, economy, politics and law.

Social change is an inevitable phenomenon and what is important is the speed and direction of social change. For the positive progress of social change it is important to understand the harmony and conflict between different sub-groups in social life and to identify their causes. Today, the disappearance of local boundaries due to globalisation has led to an increase in the speed and dimensions of interaction between subgroups. In understanding social events that take place across both global and local boundaries, sociologists have a major role to play.

To be a student at Tarsus University, Department of Sociology;

Tarsus University Department of Sociology started its academic activities by hiring its first academic staff in 2020. The department is planned to start undergraduate and graduate education in the 2022-2023 academic year. Tarsus University Department of Sociology has four departments: "General Sociology and Methodology", "Sociology of Institutions", "Applied Sociology" and "Social Structure and Change". Graduates of the undergraduate program receive the title of "sociologist" and those who complete their master's degree receive the title of "expert sociologist".

The city of Tarsus offers many fieldwork opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Department of Sociology at the University of Tarsus. Tarsus, which has had an exceptional place in world history since ancient times, is located at an important junction on the north-south and east-west axes of Eurasia and the eastern Mediterranean, where different religions, languages and civilisations intersect and coexist, has always been open to the outside and has international connections with the superiority of being a port city in the past, As a city where animal husbandry is practised in the highlands, where the lifestyle and culture of nomadism can be seen, where there is agriculture-based industry and modern industrial facilities, as a city that has always had a significant population and as a centre of attraction for migration, Tarsus offers extremely rich and unique opportunities for sociological research and especially for empirical studies. The city of Tarsus offers an exceptional socio-historical space, with diversity and depth, where those who prefer the Department of Sociological Studies can pursue their curiosities and sociological questions, observe and research to understand and grasp the contemporary ideas, features, peculiarities and problems of an ancient city, and discover its historical, natural and cultural riches. In this way, they will have the chance to see many social phenomena and events from a different perspective, using the power of the sociological imagination.

Graduates of sociology departments in our country;
-As experts, consultants and researchers in public institutions such as the Ministry of Development, the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, the Ministry of Family and Social Policies, the General Directorate of Migration Management, the General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Centres, various non-governmental organisations and municipalities,
-As a teacher, if the conditions set by the Ministry of National Education are met,
-In the case of postgraduate studies, as academics in universities.
-Our Department aims to maximise students' skills in research methods and techniques, data collecting and analysing techniques, student projects, etc. by adopting an up-to-date and practical approach. It aims to provide an academic environment that will enable students to work as analysts, surveyors or administrative staff with an expert identity in areas such as electoral surveys conducted by research companies, consumer preference surveys of various private sector companies, social fabric surveys of municipalities, service delivery or service quality evaluation surveys, by equipping them with skills that will increase their chances of employment after graduation.