Sociology Honours (B.A.) (51 credits)
Offered by: Sociology (Faculty of Arts)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Program credit weight: 51
Program Description
The B.A.; Honours in Sociology provides a greater focus on Sociology with substantial breadth and depth. The completion of an Honours program is an asset when applying to graduate or professional schools.
Students may register for the Honours program at the beginning of their second year (U2).
To remain in the Honours program and receive an Honours degree, students must maintain a GPA of 3.50 in their program courses and, according to Faculty regulations, a minimum CGPA of 3.00.
Degree Requirements — B.A. students
To be eligible for a B.A. degree, a student must fulfil all Faculty and program requirements as indicated in Degree Requirements for the Faculty of Arts.
We recommend that students consult an Arts OASIS advisor for degree planning.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (21 credits)
Note: Students who are exempted from SOCI 350 Statistics in Social Research. must replace it with another 300-level or higher sociology course.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SOCI 210 | Sociological Perspectives. | 3 |
Sociological Perspectives. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Major theoretical perspectives and research methods in sociology. The linkages of theory and method in various substantive areas including: the family, community and urban life, religion, ethnicity, occupations and stratification, education, and social change. | ||
| SOCI 211 | Sociological Inquiry. | 3 |
Sociological Inquiry. Terms offered: Summer 2025 An introductory review of methods of sociological research including research design, elementary quantitative data analysis, observation, and use of official statistics. Detailed examination of published examples of the use of each of the major techniques of data analysis and collection. | ||
| SOCI 330 | Sociological Theory. | 3 |
Sociological Theory. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Major themes in sociological theory as developed by key classical and contemporary theorists. Uses and limitations of social theory for understanding the social world. Themes may include inequality/power; culture/structure/values; strategic action; and social construction. | ||
| SOCI 350 | Statistics in Social Research. | 3 |
Statistics in Social Research. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This is an introductory course in descriptive and inferential statistics. The course is designed to help students develop a critical attitude toward statistical argument. It serves as a background for further statistics courses, helping to provide the intuition which can sometimes be lost amid the formulas. | ||
| SOCI 461 | Quantitative Data Analysis. | 3 |
Quantitative Data Analysis. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course blends theory and applications in regression analysis. It focuses on fitting a straight line regression using matrix algebra, extending models for multivariate analysis and discusses problems in the use of regression analysis, providing criteria for model building and selection, and using statistical software to apply statistics efficiently. | ||
| SOCI 477 | Qualitative Methods in Sociology. | 3 |
Qualitative Methods in Sociology. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to qualitative research methods. Students will be exposed to various types of data collection (e.g., textual, observational) and data analysis techniques (e.g., in vivo coding) for qualitative data in an experiential, hands-on fashion. | ||
| SOCI 480 | Honours Project. | 3 |
Honours Project. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The Honours Project, normally in the form of a paper, provides every Honours student with the opportunity to work independently on a topic of special interest. The student works out the topic for the Honours Project through discussions with appropriate potential supervisors (aided by the Honours Adviser when necessary). | ||
Complementary Courses (30 credits)
30 credits of complementary sociology (SOCI) courses selected with the following specifications:
9 credits minimum at the 400 level or higher
9 credits maximum at the 200 level
500-Level Seminars:
Seminars at the 500 level are open to Honours students in their final year.
Areas of Sociology
The Department of Sociology offers courses in four substantive areas of study:
- Institutions, Deviance, and Culture
- Politics and Social Change
- Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender
- Work, Organizations, and the Economy
The following lists indicate the courses which are included within each substantive area. Students should use these lists when selecting their complementary courses.
The 500-level seminars in each substantive area are open to social science major concentration students in their final year and to Honours students. Minor concentration students may only register for these with the permission of the instructor.
Institutions, Deviance, and Culture
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SOCI 213 | Deviance. | 3 |
Deviance. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to the sociological study of deviance. The course examines biological, psychological and sociological explanations for deviance. Topics covered include sexual deviance, mental disorders, and drug use. | ||
| SOCI 225 | Medicine and Health in Modern Society. | 3 |
Medicine and Health in Modern Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Socio-medical problems and ways in which sociological analysis and research are being used to understand and deal with them. Canadian and Québec problems include: poverty and health; mental illness; aging; death and dying; professionalism; health service organization. | ||
| SOCI 247 | Family and Modern Society. | 3 |
Family and Modern Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Contrasting family in Canada and in the United States for the recent past. Examination of theories on family; changes and diversity of family life; complex relationships among marriage, work, and family; domestic violence; various types of family experience; and the future of the family. | ||
| SOCI 250 | Social Problems. | 3 |
Social Problems. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Contrasting theoretical approaches to social problems. | ||
| SOCI 305 | Socialization. | 3 |
Socialization. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The effects of early childhood experiences upon adult personality, and the transmission of social roles and values. Topics include: social reinforcement theories, modeling theories, maternal deprivation, culture and personality studies, cognitive development and infantile sexuality. The processes of sex role socialization. | ||
| SOCI 309 | Health and Illness. | 3 |
Health and Illness. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Health and illness as social rather than purely bio-medical phenomena. Topics include: studies of ill persons, health care occupations and organizations; poverty and health; inequalities in access to and use of health services; recent policies, ideologies, and problems in reform of health services organization. | ||
| SOCI 310 | Sociology of Mental Health. | 3 |
Sociology of Mental Health. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Three broad areas of sociological research on mental health and illness: definitions and measurement; social origins; and societal responses. Mental health and illness as a product of social circumstances. | ||
| SOCI 318 | Sociology of the Media. | 3 |
Sociology of the Media. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A survey course; examines various topics, theories, and research related to the sociological and cultural study of the media, both traditional and new. | ||
| SOCI 322 | Sociology of Literature. | 3 |
Sociology of Literature. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A review of sociological research on the production, readership, and broader social implications of literature. Topics will include: the issue of whether literature "reflects" society, the use of literature in establishing collective identities, and reading as a social practice. | ||
| SOCI 325 | Sociology of Science. | 3 |
Sociology of Science. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A review of sociological research on science as an institution. Topics include the culture and practice of science, societal influences on scientific processes, the use of scientific output and technology in media and society, and the impact of cultural and institutional forces on the evolution of scientific knowledge. | ||
| SOCI 388 | Crime. | 3 |
Crime. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introductory course on methods and theories in criminology. Exploration of the nature and distribution of crime; and critical evaluation of definitions and the measurement of crime; review of theoretical approaches used to understand such a phenomenon; a comparative overview of the criminal justice system. | ||
| SOCI 488 | Punishment and Prisons. | 3 |
Punishment and Prisons. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An overview of research on prison "communities" and prison riots. An assessment of incapacitation, deterrence and labelling effects of incarceration. A conceptual framework for analyzing variations (across societies) and changes (over time) in the overall aggregate rates of punishment that social systems impose on their offender populations. | ||
| SOCI 489 | Gender, Deviance and Social Control. | 3 |
Gender, Deviance and Social Control. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This seminar examines how the definition of deviance, reactions to deviance and explanations of deviance are gendered. Specific topics vary from year to year. | ||
| SOCI 495 | Social Problems and Conflicts. | 3 |
Social Problems and Conflicts. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course explores the social construction of "social problems". It focuses on the social conflicts involved in the definition of social issues and on how and why "problems" change over time. Issues such as drinking, smoking, drug use, pornography, abortion, and homosexuality will be discussed. | ||
| SOCI 503 | Surveillance in Modern Society. | 3 |
Surveillance in Modern Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course traces the historical evolution, contemporary tactics, objectives, and social effects of government surveillance and examines how people perceive and respond to surveillance in a post-9/11 world. Through this empirically grounded study, the course takes on a broader sociological question, asking how new surveillance technologies have influenced the relationship between states and citizens. | ||
| SOCI 508 | Medical Sociology and Social Psychiatry. | 3 |
Medical Sociology and Social Psychiatry. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The social construction of mental illness and disease, the personal and professional definition and recognition of illness, the distribution and determinants of illness, disease, sickness in the population, and the politics of medical research. | ||
| SOCI 515 | Medicine and Society. | 3 |
Medicine and Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The sociology of health and illness. Reading in areas of interest, such as: the sociology of illness, health services occupations, organizational settings of health care, the politics of change in national health service systems, and contemporary ethical issues in medical care and research. | ||
| SOCI 525 | Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective. | 3 |
Health Care Systems in Comparative Perspective. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Comparative perspective to illustrate processes involved in the development and evolution of health care systems around the world. Countries examined will represent different welfare state regimes, health care system typologies, levels of development and wealth. | ||
| SOCI 535 | Sociology of the Family. | 3 |
Sociology of the Family. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This seminar reviews literature on major research areas in family. The course examines families in the past, the study of family using a life course approach, and considers selective areas which may have had significant influences on contemporary family such as work and family, family violence, and cultural variation in families. | ||
| SOCI 538 | Selected Topics in Sociology of Biomedical Knowledge. | 3 |
Selected Topics in Sociology of Biomedical Knowledge. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The seminar will examine recent work in the sociology of biomedical knowledge. It will focus on the technological shaping of biomedical knowledge, i.e., on the impact of new technologies and equipments on the development of biomedical knowledge. | ||
| SOCI 571 | Deviance and Social Control. | 3 |
Deviance and Social Control. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This seminar focuses on how social groups enforce rules (and maintain social order) through coercion and socialization. It reviews current research and critiques key theoretical approaches to social control. Included are discussions of regulating institutions such as prisons and mental asylums, and the roles of gossip, manners and etiquettes. | ||
| SOCI 595 | Migration Governance and Stratification. | 3 |
Migration Governance and Stratification. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of how states and other actors govern the movement of people across international borders, and how this governance contributes to new and ongoing patterns of stratification by race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality. Topics include: theoretical paradigms for understanding migration governance and its relation to inequalities; the economic, social, and political factors that influence immigration and refugee policy making; the social construction of migrant categories in historical perspective; the role of international organizations and non-state actors in migration governance; and the relationship between migration governance and migrants' experiences of economic, social, and political stratification. | ||
Politics and Social Change
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SOCI 212 | International Migration. | 3 |
International Migration. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to social science research on international migration. Covers theories about why people migrate, constraints to migration, and various aspects of immigrant integration. Will explore key theoretical debates of the field and the empirical data and case studies on which these debates hinge. | ||
| SOCI 222 | Urban Sociology. | 3 |
Urban Sociology. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Comparative analysis of the process of urbanization in Europe, North America and the Third World; effects of urbanization upon social institutions and individuals; theories of urbanization and urbanism; the Canadian urban system; urban problems in comparative view. | ||
| SOCI 234 | Population and Society. | 3 |
Population and Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to the reciprocal linkages in the social world between population size, structure and dynamics on the one hand, social structure, action and change on the other. An examination of population processes and their relation to the social world. | ||
| SOCI 245 | The Sociology of Emotions. | 3 |
The Sociology of Emotions. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to the sociology of emotions. Exploration of how social relations and emotions affect one another, focusing on the social determinants of emotions, the social construction of emotions, and the effects of emotions on social consensus and conflict. The sociological study of emotions intersects with psychology and neuroscience, and this course helps to situate sociology in these related disciplines. | ||
| SOCI 254 | Development and Underdevelopment. | 3 |
Development and Underdevelopment. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Competing theories about the causes of underdevelopment in the poor countries. Topics include the impact of geography, the population explosion, culture and national character, economic and sexual inequalities, democracy and dictatorship. Western imperialism and multi-national corporations, reliance on the market, and development through local participation, cooperation, and appropriate technology. | ||
| SOCI 255 | Gender and the State. | 3 |
Gender and the State. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. How is political participation, representation, and mobilization within existing democracies gendered? This course provides an introduction to social scientific literature on gender and politics. Using theoretical and empirical work in sociology, political science, and history, this course helps students identify gender disparities in political processes and debate their causes. | ||
| SOCI 265 | War, States and Social Change. | 3 |
War, States and Social Change. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The impact of war on society in agrarian and industrial epochs. Particular attention is given to the relationship between war and economic development, social classes, nationalism, and democratization. | ||
| SOCI 307 | Globalization. | 3 |
Globalization. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics related to processes of globalization. An examination of the following: key theoretical foundations of the globalization debate; the extent and implications of economic globalization; global governance and the continuing relevance of nation-states; instances of transnational activism; the diffusion of cultural practices; patterns and management of global migration and mobility. | ||
| SOCI 326 | Political Sociology 01. | 3 |
Political Sociology 01. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An examination of the social changes that underlie the emergence of modern politics. An outline and empirical critique of the principal alternative models of political functioning in industrial societies. Empirical analysis of elite and mass political behaviour. | ||
| SOCI 345 | Topics in Sociology. | 3 |
Topics in Sociology. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Topics in Sociology. Topic varies by year. | ||
| SOCI 354 | Dynamics of Industrial Societies. | 3 |
Dynamics of Industrial Societies. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Theories of social, economic, and political change in the industrialized societies. Causes of cycles in economic growth; imperialism and war; and in ethnic, religious, and industrial conflict. Causes of long run trends in social inequality, crime, family stability, and the position of women. Comparison of North America, Europe, Russia, and Japan. | ||
| SOCI 365 | Health and Development. | 3 |
Health and Development. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Main concepts and controversies linking health to broader social and economic conditions in low income countries. Topics include the demographic and epidemiological transitions, the health and wealth conundrum, the social determinants of health, health as an economic development strategy, and the impact of the AIDS pandemic. | ||
| SOCI 370 | Sociology: Gender and Development. | 3 |
Sociology: Gender and Development. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Exploration of the main development theories and discussion of how gender is placed within them, analysis of the practical application of development projects and discussion of how they affect gender dynamics, and examination of power relations between development agencies and developing countries. Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America are used. | ||
| SOCI 386 | Contemporary Social Movements. | 3 |
Contemporary Social Movements. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course will focus on contemporary social movements in Canada, the U.S., and Western Europe, such as the civil rights movement, the women's movement, and the environmental movement. Empirical studies of movements will be used to explore such general issues as how social movements emerge, grow, and decline. | ||
| SOCI 390 | Gender and Health. | 3 |
Gender and Health. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Key conceptual and substantive issues in gender and health since c1950: stratified medicalization of women's and men's health; social movements in health including the women's health movement; gender inequality in morbidity and mortality; gender, power and control in patient/physician interactions; embodied experience; politics and policies of gender and health. | ||
| SOCI 400 | Comparative Migration and Citizenship. | 3 |
Comparative Migration and Citizenship. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Advanced course on international migration, belonging and diversity in contemporary societies. Will examine dynamics of exclusion and inclusion, the accommodation of cultural diversity, the adaptation of immigrants and how global international migration challenges and re-shapes citizenship. Will cover key theoretical debates in the field and the data and case studies on which these debates hinge. | ||
| SOCI 424 | Networks and Social Structures. | 3 |
Networks and Social Structures. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Relational and network-analytical approaches to social structure. The theory and methods of network analysis. Subjects will include communication networks, online community structure, social support, influence processes, and overlapping networks. | ||
| SOCI 446 | Colonialism and Society. | 3 |
Colonialism and Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s. | ||
| SOCI 455 | Post-Socialist Societies. | 3 |
Post-Socialist Societies. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The demise of Communist Party rule between 1989 - 1991 throughout Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The societal implications (e.g. class formation, gender relations, nationalism, corruption, religious freedom) of these dramatic economic and political changes. | ||
| SOCI 484 | Emerging Democratic States. | 3 |
Emerging Democratic States. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Focus on the sociological aspects of recent transitions to democracy within developing countries - particularly within Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Exploration of why democratization has taken place, to what extent it has been successful and the implications of democratization. | ||
| SOCI 495 | Social Problems and Conflicts. | 3 |
Social Problems and Conflicts. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course explores the social construction of "social problems". It focuses on the social conflicts involved in the definition of social issues and on how and why "problems" change over time. Issues such as drinking, smoking, drug use, pornography, abortion, and homosexuality will be discussed. | ||
| SOCI 507 | Social Change. | 3 |
Social Change. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An examination of the major sociological theories of long term macro social change. Topics include why industrialization began in Europe instead of Asia, the divergence among societies in systems of class, gender, ethnic and racial inequality, and whether industrial society has entered a new post-industrial or post-modern phase. | ||
| SOCI 513 | Social Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa. | 3 |
Social Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of the social causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Gender inequality, sexual behaviours, marriage systems, migration, and poverty are shaping the pandemic as well as how the pandemic is altering social, demographic and economic conditions across Africa. | ||
| SOCI 519 | Gender and Globalization. | 3 |
Gender and Globalization. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Focus on the diverse forces of globalization that impact the lives of men and women. Critical analysis of key theories and concepts implicated in the intersection of globalization processes with gender dynamisms. | ||
| SOCI 545 | Sociology of Population. | 3 |
Sociology of Population. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The classic literature of sociology of population. Drawing reciprocal linkages between social and population processes: Historical, family and labour force demography, demographic and fertility transitions, mortality, ethnic and race relations, gender, macro-structural interaction theory, and the relation of population and the environment. | ||
| SOCI 550 | Developing Societies. | 3 |
Developing Societies. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Comparison of alternative explanations of underdevelopment: the impact of social stratification, relations of domination and subordination between countries, state interference with the market. Alternative strategies of change: revolution, structural adjustment, community development and cooperatives. Students will write and present a research paper, and participate extensively in class discussion. | ||
| SOCI 588 | Biosociology/Biodemography. | 3 |
Biosociology/Biodemography. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course will explore linkages between social and biological systems, their influence on health and well-being over the life course, and on health disparities. Topics include classical sociological approaches to biosocial processes, sociobiology (reductionist, but population-based), and newer demographic studies on gen-environment, epigenetic, and stress-metabolic/allostatic processes. | ||
| SOCI 595 | Migration Governance and Stratification. | 3 |
Migration Governance and Stratification. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of how states and other actors govern the movement of people across international borders, and how this governance contributes to new and ongoing patterns of stratification by race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality. Topics include: theoretical paradigms for understanding migration governance and its relation to inequalities; the economic, social, and political factors that influence immigration and refugee policy making; the social construction of migrant categories in historical perspective; the role of international organizations and non-state actors in migration governance; and the relationship between migration governance and migrants' experiences of economic, social, and political stratification. | ||
Social Stratification: Class, Ethnicity, and Gender
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SOCI 227 | Jews in North America. | 3 |
Jews in North America. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to the study contemporary North American Jewry using findings of sociology and other social sciences. Social, cultural, and political issues of concern to the Jewish community. Specific characteristics of Jewish life in Canada, and Québec in particular, in comparison to the American Jewish experience. | ||
| SOCI 230 | Sociology of Ethnic Relations. | 3 |
Sociology of Ethnic Relations. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An introduction to the sociological study of minority groups in Canada. The course will explore the themes of racism, prejudice, and discrimination, ethnic and racial inequalities, cultural identities, multiculturalism, immigration. Theoretical, empirical, and policy issues will be discussed. While the focus will be primarily on Canada, comparisons will be made with the United States. | ||
| SOCI 255 | Gender and the State. | 3 |
Gender and the State. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. How is political participation, representation, and mobilization within existing democracies gendered? This course provides an introduction to social scientific literature on gender and politics. Using theoretical and empirical work in sociology, political science, and history, this course helps students identify gender disparities in political processes and debate their causes. | ||
| SOCI 270 | Sociology of Gender. | 3 |
Sociology of Gender. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course focuses on social changes in gender relations, gender inequalities and the social construction of gender. Using sociological theories of gender, different social institutions and spheres of society will be analyzed. Topics such as gender socialization, gender relations in work, family, education, and media will be covered. | ||
| SOCI 321 | Gender and Work. | 3 |
Gender and Work. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Focus on men's and women's work in North American societies, historically and contemporarily, in order to understand the dynamisms of gender (in)equality in and outside of the home. Topics explored include: housework; the relationship(s) between gender, organizations and bureaucracy; emotional labour; occupational segregation and stratification; sexual harassment; and work-family policy. | ||
| SOCI 333 | Social Stratification. | 3 |
Social Stratification. Terms offered: Summer 2025 The pattern, causes and consequences of social inequality. Among the inequalities considered are those of economic class, sex (gender), race, ethnicity and age. Competing theories of the causes of social inequalities are compared and assessed. | ||
| SOCI 335 | Sociology of Aging and the Life Course. | 3 |
Sociology of Aging and the Life Course. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This class will introduce students to the growing body of interdisciplinary research suggesting social factors strongly influence healthy and successful aging. Topics will include the impact of stratification (race, class, gender), neighborhood processes, social networks, family and partnerships, and bio-social interactions, on life trajectories and the aging process. | ||
| SOCI 355 | Rural Life in a Global Society. | 3 |
Rural Life in a Global Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Focus on rural life in North America in the context of rapid globalization and accompanying social, demographic, economic, and cultural change. Topics include rural identity, persistent poverty, gender, race/ethnicity, environmental issues, politics, economic development strategies, education, demographic decline and aging, internal migration, health, and family dynamics. | ||
| SOCI 366 | Neighborhoods and Inequality . | 3 |
Neighborhoods and Inequality . Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The causes and consequences of neighbourhood-based social inequalities in the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. Forms of inequality covered include poverty, segregation, ethnic enclaves, unemployment, educational attainment, crime, and health. Methodological issues and social policy will also be examined. | ||
| SOCI 375 | Suspect Minorities in Canada. | 3 |
Suspect Minorities in Canada. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course will address the challenge of diverse, liberal societies like Canada, of dealing with "suspect" minorities of various types --racial, ethnic, religious, linguistic -- from the perspective of the minority group, and majority group, and the society and polity at large. | ||
| SOCI 410 | Urban Ethnography. | 3 |
Urban Ethnography. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course surveys the tradition of urban ethnography in sociology. Students will read, discuss, and assess major classic and modern urban ethnographies as well as theoretical and methodological debates that pertain to urban ethnography. Special attention will be paid to scholarship that illuminates race and ethnicity, crime, and poverty as social phenomena. | ||
| SOCI 415 | Education and Inequality. | 3 |
Education and Inequality. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Focuses on the mechanisms by which educational institutions foster and maintain equalities and inequalities around the world, considers the kinds of inequalities which exist in our society, their bases and sources, and analyzes educational practices and structures related to the production and maintenance of equalities and inequalities. Considers the consequences of educational opportunity of recent reform proposals, and the relation of education to occupational opportunities. Engages with multidisciplinary theories of social stratification and examines empirical and theoretical studies from both low-and high-income societies. | ||
| SOCI 475 | Canadian Ethnic Studies Seminar. | 3 |
Canadian Ethnic Studies Seminar. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An interdisciplinary seminar focusing on current social sciences research and public policies in areas relating to Canadian ethnic studies. Topics will include ethnic and racial inequalities, prejudice and discrimination, ethnic identities and cultural expressions, the structure and organization of minority groups. | ||
| SOCI 510 | Seminar in Social Stratification. | 3 |
Seminar in Social Stratification. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Recent theoretical and empirical developments in social stratification and inequality. The study of social class, with attention to the anomalous findings on heterogeneity in labour markets and the labour process, status attainment processes, and the socio-political and industrial attitudes of the working class. Students will prepare quantitative analysis of Canadian survey material as well as critical qualitative reviews. | ||
| SOCI 512 | Ethnicity and Public Policy. | 3 |
Ethnicity and Public Policy. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Major themes in the theoretical literature on ethnicity. Public policies with direct and indirect implications for inter-ethnic relations will be studied. Policies affecting areas such as language, education, immigration, employment and promotion, multiculturalism and welfare. Examples drawn from several multi-ethnic societies. Political, constitutional, and economic problems associated with these policy initiatives. | ||
| SOCI 520 | Migration and Immigrant Groups. | 3 |
Migration and Immigrant Groups. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Review of the major demographic, economic and sociological theories of internal and international migration. The main emphasis will be on empirical research on migration and immigrant groups. | ||
| SOCI 526 | Indigenous Women's Health and Healthcare . | 3 |
Indigenous Women's Health and Healthcare . Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This course examines (i) the health status of Indigenous women in Canada, (ii) Indigenous ways of knowing about health, (iii) healthcare services, delivery, and access for Indigenous women in rural and remote areas as well as in urban centres, (iv) and participatory health research with Indigenous communities. | ||
| SOCI 530 | Sex and Gender. | 3 |
Sex and Gender. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. This seminar critically reviews theoretical perspectives and research on sex and gender in various domains of social life. It gives special emphasis to work which considers the meaning of gender and how it differs across time and place. | ||
| SOCI 555 | Comparative Historical Sociology. | 3 |
Comparative Historical Sociology. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The analysis of patterns of state and nation-building in historical and comparative perspectives with particular attention being given to methodology. | ||
| SOCI 595 | Migration Governance and Stratification. | 3 |
Migration Governance and Stratification. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of how states and other actors govern the movement of people across international borders, and how this governance contributes to new and ongoing patterns of stratification by race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality. Topics include: theoretical paradigms for understanding migration governance and its relation to inequalities; the economic, social, and political factors that influence immigration and refugee policy making; the social construction of migrant categories in historical perspective; the role of international organizations and non-state actors in migration governance; and the relationship between migration governance and migrants' experiences of economic, social, and political stratification. | ||
Work, Organizations, and the Economy
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| SOCI 235 | Technology and Society. | 3 |
Technology and Society. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An examination of the extent to which technological developments impose constraints on ways of arranging social relationships in bureaucratic organizations and in the wider society: the compatibility of current social structures with the effective utilization of technology. | ||
| SOCI 304 | Sociology of the Welfare State. | 3 |
Sociology of the Welfare State. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The origins and history of the welfare state and the differences between types of welfare state regimes; debates about and empirical evidence for current developments in welfare state programs. Special attention will be paid to the interconnections between the evolution of the labour market and the resulting pressures on the welfare state. | ||
| SOCI 312 | Sociology of Work and Industry. | 3 |
Sociology of Work and Industry. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The development of the world of work from the rise of industrial capitalism to the postindustrial age. Responses of workers and managers to changing organizational, technological and economic realities. Interrelations between changing demands in the workplace and the functioning of the labour market. Canadian materials in comparative perspective. | ||
| SOCI 325 | Sociology of Science. | 3 |
Sociology of Science. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A review of sociological research on science as an institution. Topics include the culture and practice of science, societal influences on scientific processes, the use of scientific output and technology in media and society, and the impact of cultural and institutional forces on the evolution of scientific knowledge. | ||
| SOCI 420 | Organizations. | 3 |
Organizations. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A survey of theories of organization with particular reference to problems of growth, technology, centralization and decentralization, and organizational environments. | ||
| SOCI 445 | Readings: Sociological Theory. | 3 |
Readings: Sociological Theory. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Specialist examination of key issues in sociological theory, either through treatment in depth of a single theorist or through concentration on analytic issues that form the centre of continuing debates in the philosophy of social science. | ||
| SOCI 470 | Topics in Economic Sociology. | 3 |
Topics in Economic Sociology. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Topics in economic sociology. Topics vary by year. | ||