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 402.3: Sociology of Agriculture and Food
Sociological and related approaches to the study of agrofood systems emphasizing contemporary research on food security and agricultural sustainability, diets and nutrition, agro-industrial restructuring, research networks and the politics of knowledge, globalized commodity chains, land tenure and labour regimes, agricultural development and food aid, farm organizations, food movements, and alternative agrofood networks.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 12 credit units SOC or permission of instructor.
Note: Students with credit for SOC 802 will not receive credit for this course.
SOC 406.3: The Lived Experience of Workers in the New Economy
The course examines the changing world of work through classical and contemporary sociological texts. Consideration will be given to the real-world application of core theoretical concepts and methodological approaches drawn from the texts. In this course we will explore topics such as work organization in the new ‘gig’ economy, robotics and other forms of technology in the workplace, emotional labour, and collective forms of workers’ resistance.
Weekly hours:
3 Lecture hours
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units SOC including SOC 216.3.
Note: Students with credit for SOC 806.3 may not take this course for credit.
SOC 408.3: Colonialism Gender and Violence
This course draws on decolonial Indigenous feminist scholarship and post-colonial development thought to theorize about colonial gendered violence in context of ongoing settler colonialism. Guided by writings of Indigenous and racialized women and decolonial scholars, the course explores themes such as: post and settler colonialisms; recognition and refusals; law and violence; missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, trans, and two-spirit persons; gendered and sexualized violence; consent; sexual labour; international and Indigenous laws; and decolonial and transformative anti-violence possibilities.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 12 credit units SOC courses including SOC 212, or permission of the instructor.
SOC 409.3: Sociology of Development
Sociological analysis of historical and contemporary perspectives on development and underdevelopment. Critical assessment of approaches to globalization, industrialization, and regional development across nations with diverse cultures, politics, and social and economic systems. Roles of states and non-state actors, and prospects for degrowth and other transformational changes in the context of inequalities and environmental crises.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 12 credit units SOC or permission of instructor.
Note: Departmental approval required. Students may receive credit for only one of SOC 409 or 809.
SOC 410.3: Sociology Undergraduate Thesis
This course is designed to develop a student’s capacity for research. Under the supervision of a faculty member, students will design, develop and conduct a specific sociological research project. Students will complete Tri-Council Ethics training (TCPS2: CORE), when necessary, produce an ethics application for the University of Saskatchewan Research Ethics Board (REB), develop a data collection tool, conduct original research, and finally, produce a thesis equivalent to the length and scope of an academic journal article. This course is offered at the discretion of the department and supervisor.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units senior SOC including SOC 332 (or its equivalent within another closely related discipline) and admission to the Honours program in Sociology (or a related discipline); or by special permission from the instructor.
Note(s): Students with credit for SOC 498.3 Undergraduate Thesis may not take this course for credit.
SOC 411.3: Family I Development in Research and Theory
Selected topics concerning marriage and family behaviour: recent developments in research and theory.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units SOC including SOC 210 and SOC 211.
SOC 412.3: Advanced Seminar in Ethnic Relations
Theoretical aspects of inter-ethnic processes. Comparative analysis of empirical research on ethnic minorities within Canada and other selected societies.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units SOC.
Note: Students with credit for SOC 812 will not receive credit for this course.
SOC 415.3: Selected Problems in Social Control
Theoretical analysis of and empirical research on selected problems in social deviancy and social control.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units SOC.
SOC 418.3: Advanced Criminology
An analysis and critique of current developments in Canadian criminological discourse, with an emphasis on the specific research issues and their relation to theoretical and policy developments.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units SOC including SOC 212, 234 or 329.
SOC 420.3: Medical Sociology
Examines both classic and newly emerging perspectives. Students will engage with the assumptions commonly made about contemporary medical knowledge and practice, as well as its relationship to health and wellness. Drawing on theoretical issues, students will examine social inequalities and health status, alternative healing practices, experience of illness, professions, and new genetics in medicine.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units SOC including SOC 238.
SOC 426.3: Social Policy: Issues and Analysis
Examines the formulation, development, management, and impact of social policies. Includes analysis and evaluation of social policies in income security, social services, employment, housing, and other areas.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units SOC.
SOC 430.3: Sociology of Science and Knowledge
The social conditions and consequences of the production, distribution and consumption of scientific and other forms of knowledge are examined in this course. Deploying classical and contemporary theories, specific institutional settings and ongoing debates over concepts and issues such as knowledge society, indigenous knowledge, corporatization of the university, gendered knowledge, etc., are examined.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 18 credit units SOC.
SOC 484.3: Surveillance and Power
This course provides an advanced overview of the sociological study of surveillance, raising questions about (in)security, civil liberties, production, and privacy. Starting from the move beyond the explanations of “Big Brother” and the Panopticon, this course looks to contemporary theories and case studies to understand how surveillance is shaping culture and power relations in society.
Weekly hours:
3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Prerequisite(s): 12 credit units SOC courses including SOC 214, or permission of the instructor.
Note: This course has overlapping content with SOC 800. Students may not obtain credit for both courses. Please also note that students with credit for SOC 400 may not receive credit for this course.
SOC 498.3: 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 Seminar/Discussion hours
SOC 499.6: 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 Seminar/Discussion hours