A degree in a discipline means you have gone to school and got a diploma to study a particular topic. Engineering, Computer Science, English, Economics, Philosophy, Law, etc. ---------------------------------------... UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES.
Durkheim, the âfounding fatherâ of sociology. David Ãmile Durkheim was a French sociologist, social psychologist and philosopher. He formally established the academic discipline and â with Karl Marx and Max Weber â is commonly cited as the principal architect of modern social science and father of sociology.
Comte is the man who came up with the word sociology and probably should be in with Marx, Durkheim and Weber. However, the three just mentioned are regarded as the main founders of Sociology.