2015 Graduate Margaret Marcouillier describes her experience as a Sociology Major and her future plans!

I transferred to UMASS Lowell and became a Sociology Major in the fall of 2013.  My decision to major in Sociology changed my life. The Sociology department at UMAS Lowell is unlike any other department on campus. All of the teachers in the department are amazing and they are always supportive of their students. Since it is a smaller department, you become close to all of your teachers and fellow sociology majors; it’s like a small family. The classes and the department helped me choose what I would do after graduation. I was able to take classes that I found interesting, classes that helped me think in different ways, and classes that pushed me in my personal life too. I have taken a few service learning classes that I would recommend to anyone. I had opportunities to observe different locations and interview different people to give me a first-hand, real world experience of what I was learning in my classes.

I’ve learned so much about myself through my experiences, and I have decided to go onto graduate school when I am finished at UMASS Lowell. I have been accepted into the Assumption College program of School Counseling. I plan to become a high school counselor and I hope to help change the lives of the younger generations like UMASS Lowell has done for me.