Introduction & Description Sociology is a liberal art study with emphasis on scientific mythologies. This discipline is not primarily designed to lead students towards a specific career, but instead offers students with a broad range of options. Though some students may begin their desired career immediately after completing their undergrad, others may choose to continue their education. Given the wide range of possibilities for sociology students a survey was conducted that looked to determine if and how confident and satisfied Ryerson University sociology students are with their chosen program. This study looks to examine sociology students self-reported grade point average in comparison to their confidence in the undergraduate program as …show more content…
The key concept in this hypothesis, confidence, is a combination of seven different variables. These seven variables look to measure not only overall satisfaction of the program and courses within the program, but also look at future employment expectations from students. When looking at previous research on student satisfaction, Okun, Levy, Karoly and Ruehlman (2009) found that students with higher commitment to the program and content within the program, outperformed students who were less committed. Therefore students who were engaged in the courses, and were more interested in the material, did better than those who were not. In addition, Mullen, Goyette and Soares (2003) found that there is a link between student’s expectations within his or her program and their performance within that program. What this research shows is that when one has positive expectations for their program, they will perform better in terms of grade performance. Therefore, previous research shows there is a connection between student’s confidence in the program and their performance in terms of grade-point