1. options after undergraduate studies
1.1. graduate school
1.1.1. Social Work
1.1.2. Researcher
1.1.2.1. Professor
1.1.2.2. Sociological Author
1.1.3. Criminal Justice Systems worker
1.1.3.1. Police officer
1.1.3.1.1. higher ranking with graduate degree
1.1.3.1.2. higher pay
1.1.3.1.3. faster movement through ranks
1.1.3.2. Criminologist
1.1.3.3. Federal Agent
1.2. direct entry into the field
1.2.1. police officer
1.2.1.1. less pay with less experience/no graduate degree
1.2.1.2. slower movement through ranks
1.2.1.3. less likely to become captain/detective
2. research
2.1. social stratification
2.1.1. income inequality
2.1.1.1. amongst races/ethnicities
2.1.1.2. men and women
2.1.2. racial disparity
2.1.2.1. in prisons
2.1.2.2. in job placement
2.1.2.3. in the social hierarchy
2.1.3. race and ethnic relations
2.1.4. women and society
2.1.4.1. job place inequality amongst sexes
2.1.4.1.1. pay rates
2.1.4.1.2. "glass ceiling"
2.1.5. culture
2.1.5.1. intersection
2.1.5.1.1. race, class, gender
2.2. law and legal justice issues
2.2.1. crime statistics
2.2.1.1. women
2.2.1.2. juveniles
2.2.1.3. minorities
2.2.1.4. marginalized people
2.2.1.4.1. LGBT
2.2.1.4.2. Disabled people
2.2.1.5. men
2.2.2. policy
2.2.2.1. in regards to
2.2.2.1.1. Races
2.2.2.1.2. men and women
2.2.2.1.3. LGBT
2.3. Environmental
2.3.1. people and the environment
2.3.1.1. effects
2.3.1.1.1. landscapes (physically)
2.3.1.1.2. accessibility to resources
2.3.1.2. urbanization
2.3.1.2.1. gentrification
2.3.1.2.2. abandonment