Not all courses described in the Course and Program Catalogue are offered each year. For a list of course offerings in 2024-2025, please consult the class search website.
The following conventions are used for course numbering:
- 010-099 represent non-degree level courses
- 100-699 represent undergraduate degree level courses
- 700-999 represent graduate degree level courses
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SOC 202.3: Environmental Sociology
Sociological approaches to the study of environmental challenges and societal responses. We are linked to the environment through our bodies as well as through organizational arrangements and social institutions that can increase environmental risks or promote equitable solutions. This course includes analysis of the social dimensions of environmental justice and sustainable development.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100- or higher-level Sociology or permission of instructor.
Note: Students with credit for SOC 298: Special Topics in Environmental Sociology Social Dimensions of Sustainable Development may not take this course for credit.
SOC 203.3: Race and Ethnic Relations in Canada
An introduction to and general overview of the various theoretical perspectives on race and ethnic relations and ethnicity. Addresses such issues as assimilation, racism, ethnic persistence, multiculturalism, and domination.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 204.3: Rural Sociology and Rural Development
Analysis of change in rural areas with emphasis on links between the organization of resource-based industries and the characteristics of rural communities. The focus is on contemporary rural development experiences in North America and in selected additional international contexts.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 205.3: Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations
A comparative sociological analysis of ethnic relations will include discussion of ethnic stratification, separatism, pluralism, and politicization of ethnic minorities in selected societies.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 206.3: Sociology of Communities and Community Development
Sociological perspectives on community as social ideal and human experience, the formation and characteristics of contemporary communities, community organizations and community development in theory and practice.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 210.3: Families Social Structure and Social Change
This course examines diverse family patterns, paying particular attention to how economic, political and cultural factors influence families. While the focus of the course is on contemporary Canadian families, we will also consider changing family patterns in a global perspective, and will look at the historical development of family forms in Canada and beyond.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC
Note: Students with credit for SOC 207.6 may not take this course for credit.
SOC 211.3: Families Gender Relations and Social Inequality
This course focuses on everyday life in families and intimate relationships, and exposes students to empirical and theoretical explorations of how micro-level interactions are shaped by and contribute to broader social inequalities.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC
Note: Students with credit for SOC 207.6 may not take this course for credit.
SOC 212.3: Introduction to Criminology
An introduction to the study of crime and criminological theories. In addition to developing an understanding of criminological theories, students examine the rich and diverse nature of Canadian criminological research. Specific topics may include: women and crime; crime prevention; restorative justice; youth justice; the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system; and penology.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
Note: Costs in addition to tuition may apply to Independent Studies sections of this course.
SOC 214.3: Social Control
The history of social control with a focus on how social, legal, and political structures constrain individuals and groups by constructing and regulating morality. Topics include state policy, moral panics, the management of risk and public security, and institutions of control including justice, education, medicine, and the media.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
Note: Costs in addition to tuition may apply to Independent Studies sections of this course.
SOC 216.3: The Challenges and Promises of the Changing World of Work
This survey course examines both classic and newly emerging perspectives in the sociology of work, with an emphasis on the Canadian context. We will focus on the changes in the organizational structures, meaning, and experience of work, paying special attention to differences and inequalities associated with gender, class, and race. The readings include an introductory text, academic journal articles, and an auto-ethnography from the popular literature. The course is divided into three sections. In the first section, the course will cover the nature, distribution, and experience of work in the new ’knowledge’ globalized economy. The second section focuses on the inside of workplaces. The final section will apply the concepts from the first two sections to contemporary debates about the role of technology, foreign workers, the self-employed, and unions. Throughout the course, students will be invited to draw parallels and contrasts between the course content and their experiences in the workplace.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC; or approval of instructor.
Note: Students with credit for SOC 215.3 may not receive credit for this course.
SOC 219.3: Indigenous Peoples and Justice in Canada
Examines the causes and consequences of the over- and under-representation of Indigenous persons in the Canadian criminal justice system. Topics include prevention, policing, sentencing and courts, incarceration and accommodations. The particular impacts on Indigenous youth and Indigenous women are also considered.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
Note: Students with credit for INDG 219 may not take this course for credit.
SOC 224.3: Collective Behaviour
The study of social movements, institutional formation, and other collective phenomena such as fads, crazes, manias, panics, rumours, riots and mob outbursts. Collective behaviour theory and related sociological approaches are surveyed and applied.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 225.3: An Introduction to Survey Research and Data Analysis in Sociology
The study of research design and data analysis designed to familiarize the student with the logic and the mechanics of conducting survey research and with basic data analysis techniques applied to survey data.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
Note: Students with credit for COMM 104, ECON 204, EPSE 441, GEOG 301, PSY 233, STAT 244 or equivalent may not take this course for credit. Refer to Statistics Course Regulations in the Arts & Science section of the Catalogue if intending to use for Arts & Science credit..
SOC 227.6: Critical Issues in Canadian Society
Canadian social structure and social change will be examined. The topics discussed will include social class and inequality; elites; poverty; regionalism and separatism; labour; ethnicity; and other relevant social issues.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 232.3: Methods of Social Research
This course provides an introduction to sociological research methods. The course will involve consideration of the relationship between social theory and research, as well as various features of both qualitative and quantitative research. Topics include ethical issues, techniques, and tasks associated with research design, data collections, data analysis and evaluation.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
Note: Costs in addition to tuition may apply to Independent Studies sections of this course.
SOC 233.3: Introduction to Sociological Theory
An introduction to sociological theory from its early origins to the contributions of its main founders, Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as a selection of contemporary developments including feminism.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
Note: Costs in addition to tuition may apply to Independent Studies sections of this course.
SOC 234.3: Sociology of Law
An introduction to the sociological study of law. Topics include the organization and processes of law and legal institutions; the legal profession; dispute resolutions; law and social control; law and social change.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
Note: Students with credit for SOC 330 may not take SOC 234 for credit.
SOC 235.3: Sociology of Aging
Provides an introductory sociological analysis of aging and old age. Issues will include demographic changes; theoretical approaches to old age; changing family systems and old age; work, leisure and retirement; socio-economic aspects and selected social policy issues. Course content will emphasize the Canadian situation.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 238.3: Sociology of Health Illness and Health Care
Introduction to sociological perspectives on Canadian health care policy and practice, and an examination of various socio-structural determinants of health and illness.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 242.3: Introduction to Sociology of Womens Studies
An introduction to sociological analyses of gender in traditional as well as feminist perspective. Emphasizes gender differentiation and stratification as social processes as well as critical assessment of the assumptions, evidence, and arguments within the various theoretical approaches.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 244.3: Sociology of Mass Media in Canada
Introduction to the sociological study of mass media institutions in Canadian society. Primary focus on the theoretical and historical context of print, broadcast and film media. Issues of ownership, regulation and the socialization of media workers will also be discussed.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 246.3: Ideology and Mass Communication
Introduction to the study of ways in which doctrines, opinions or ways of thinking of certain individuals or groups come to dominate the content of our mass media. Primary focus on the "manufacture of consent" in our society through an analysis of media messages about work, consumption and leisure in Canadian society.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC.
SOC 260.3: Social Change and Global Solidarity
An examination of global inequality guided by theories of social stratification and social change. Special attention is devoted to the nature, causes, and consequences of socio-cultural changes in the contemporary world.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC or 12 credit units in the social sciences or special permission of the instructor.
SOC 284.3: Surveillance and Society
This course provides an introduction to the sociological study of surveillance, raising questions about security, civil liberties, and privacy. In an increasingly digital world, we are monitored, our data gathered, and our actions analyzed. From national security to consumer targeting, surveillance is playing a growing role in shaping everyday life.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of 100-level SOC or equivalent.
Note: Students with credit for SOC 200 will not receive credit for this course.
SOC 298.3: Special Topics
Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
SOC 299.6: Special Topics
Offered occasionally by visiting faculty and in other special situations to cover, in depth, topics that are not thoroughly covered in regularly offered courses.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours