Career Details : Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Teach courses in sociology.

Experience

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Education

A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Training

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Tasks

Compiles, administers, and grades examinations, or assigns this work to others.

Related Careers

• Anthropologists
• Clergy
• Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
• Government Service Executives
• Historians
• Instructional Coordinators
• Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
• Sociologists

Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Written Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Speech Clarity
• Oral Comprehension

General Work Activities

• Teaching Others
• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Communicating With Other Workers
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Establishing & Maintaining Relationships

Important Skills

• Instructing
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Active Learning
• Critical Thinking

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Indoors
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Consequence of Error

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