Many UWM students turn to sociology courses to learn about how complex social systems influence the lives of individuals, and, in turn, how individuals can enact change in these systems. We invite you to learn more about UWM sociology!

"The only way to change American society is for people to discover the power latent in the cooperative roles that they play in a range of institutions."

~Social theorist and activist Frances Fox Piven

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UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.