WHO STUDIES SOCIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA?

Abstract

This article shows a section of the main results of the Characterization of the Profile of Active Students in the School of Sociology of the University of Costa Rica: its academicadministrative relevance. It was sought to recover a broad profile, beyond traditional conceptions, so that five dimensions of analysis were included, which are demographic, socioeconomic, academic, professional aspirations and the life project. This article describes the quantitative phase, which consisted in the application of a self-administered digital questionnaire. For the main conclusions, a young, Costa Rican, single population, resident of the Greater Metropolitan Area, and economically dependent on others was found. For many participants, Sociology was not their first university career option, but many decided to continue with it, while others asked for a transfer. For those who continued, their most recurrent professional aspiration was to find a stable and Sociology-related work, as a life project, linked to the career, in the short and medium term.