ProgramCIP 45.1103

Rural Sociology

A program that focuses on the structure and function of rural societies. Includes instruction in sociological theory, research methods, statistics, sociology of agriculture, community development, social and economic development, demography, rural poverty, gender roles in rural societies, and environmental sociology.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Rural Development Studies.

Replaces earlier codes 45.14, 45.1401.