The Department of Sociology of Wachemo University aims to produce well-qualified and up-to-standard sociologists who can effectively serve their country, assuming different professional responsibilities and play rightful roles in development processes and enable the discipline to make significant contributions to nation-building efforts.

The following are the specific objectives of the department:

• To produce qualified professional sociologists who are knowledgeable in sociological theories and methods to carry out research in the field to build a body of data on the diverse social and cultural systems of the populations of Ethiopia;
• Produce graduates in Sociology who are capable of integrating social theory, research, and practice;
• Train manpower knowledgeable of the objective conditions of the country and capable of contributing to further understanding of those conditions;
• Produce graduates who are capable of participating in research aimed at the identification of the causes and consequences of poverty and related social problems and generate data as inputs to the process of formulation of appropriate social policies;
• Produce graduates who will have the basic preparation for participating in the formulation of appropriate social policies and programs designed to expedite the process of social and economic development in both rural and urban areas;
• Equip graduates with the knowledge, professional skills, and attitudes necessary for working with and mobilizing individuals, groups, and communities from diverse cultures and multiple perspectives for purposes of social development;
• Increase the capacity of graduates for independent or collaborative and multi-disciplinary research and cross-cultural understanding to promote processes of economic and social development of the country.
• To encourage students to develop and apply a "sociological imagination" in systematically analyzing all things social. The department advances the use of the sociological approach in interpreting the causes and consequences of human social behavior, facilitating critical appraisal of social structures and cultures, and assessing public policy;
• To increase the capacity of graduates for independent or collaborative and multi-disciplinary research and cross-cultural understanding to promote processes of economic and social development at federal, regional, and local levels.