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200 level courses
SOCI 210
Sociological Perspectives
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Steven Rytina
- Matthew K Lange
Syllabus:
Soci 210 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 211
Sociological Inquiry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Alessandro Olsaretti
- Michael R Smith
Syllabus:
Soci 211 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 219
Sociology of Culture
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): A survey of theoretical approaches and substantive topics in the culture. Topics include: norms and values in national cultures; negotiation of cross-cultural interpersonal exchanges; structural codes and cultural classifications; production constraints on cultural objects; the differential reception of cultural products.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 219 Fall 2007 [.pdf]
SOCI 222
Urban Sociology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 222 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 225
Medicine&Health in Mod Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 225 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 230
Sociology of Ethnic Relations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission of instructor
Syllabus:
Soci 230 Winter 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 234
Population & Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 234 Winter 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 235
Technology and Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 235 Fall 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 247
Family & Modern Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations
Syllabus:
Soci 247 Fall 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 250
Social Problems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Contrasting theoretical approaches to social problems.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 250 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 254
Development&Underdevelopment
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 254 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 265
War, States and Social Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 265 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 270
Sociology of Gender
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- Candice A Shaw, Alissa A Mazar
Syllabus:
Soci 270 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
300 level courses
SOCI 304
Sociology of the Welfare State
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 304 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 305
Socialization
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 305 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 307
Sociology of Globalization
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Core sociological and political issues of the globalization debate, such as trade, global production networks and the new international division of labor, global inequalities, the ecological crisis, the reform of international institutions, and the
emergence of the global justice movement.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or Permission of Instructor
Syllabus:
Soci 307 Fall 2010 [.pdf]
SOCI 309
Health and Illness
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 309 Fall 2010 [.pdf]
SOCI 310
Sociology of Mental Disorder
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Data and theories of mental disorders. Transcultural psychiatry, psychiatric epidemiology, stress, labelling, mental health care delivery, the family, positive mental health and the "sick" society in the framework of sociological theories of stratification, organization and social psychology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
Syllabus:
Soci 310 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 312
Sociology of Work and Industry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 312 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 318
Television in Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): TV in the social communication process: a surveyor of the environment, a socializer, a definer of "public" realities and a forum of debate. Topics include: TV reporting of political and international events, differences in French/English outlooks, and the portrayal of women.
Offered by: Sociology
SOCI 321
Gender and Work
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Course for the Women's Studies Concentrations
Syllabus:
Soci 321 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 322
Sociology of Literature
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 322 Winter 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 326
Political Sociology 01
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 326 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 327
Jews in North America
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Understanding of 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 327 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 330
Sociological Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Major sociological theoretical traditions are seen in their historical contexts, as the background to current theoretical issues. Emphasis on Smith, Tocqueville, Marx, Durkheim, Weber and Parsons.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission of instructor
Syllabus:
Soci 330 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 333
Social Stratification
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
SOCI 335
Soci of Aging & the Life Crse
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
SOCI 338
Intro to Biomedical Knowledge
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): The dynamics of biomedical disciplines and specialties. Social, scientific, political and commercial aspects of biomedical research. The organization of work in clinical and fundamental research and its consequences on the choice of research topics.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci338 2007 [.pdf]
SOCI 340
Course not available
SOCI 341
Current Problems in Soc 02
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Intended for students who are adequately prepared to undertake advanced work and have an explicit proposal to submit.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 342
Independent Study 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Intended for students who are adequately prepared to undertake advanced work and have an explicit proposal to submit.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 343
Independent Study 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Intended for students who are adequately prepared to undertake advanced work and have an explicit proposal to submit.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 350
Statistics in Social Research
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 211
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken PSYC 204, PSYC 305 or ECON 227
- You may not be able to receive credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
Syllabus:
Soci 350 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 354
Dynamics of Indus Societies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or any other introductory course in the social sciences
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 365
Health and Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci_365_fall_2011 [.pdf]
SOCI 370
Sociology: Gender&Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 370 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 377
Deviance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Introduction to the sociological study of deviance. Emphasis on the "societal reaction" or "interactionist" approach to deviance. The correctional and causal approach towards deviance, its limitations and alternative ways to address the subject of deviance.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 377 Fall 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 386
Contemporary Social Movements
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 386 Winter 2011 [.pdf]
SOCI 388
Crime
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 388 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 390
Gender and Health
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
400 level courses
CANS 401
Canadian Studies Seminar 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Canadian Studies: An interdisciplinary seminar on a Canadian Studies topic.
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada
- Topic will vary from year to year depending on staff interests.
- Prerequisite: CANS 200 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
CANS 401 Fall 2007 [.pdf]
SOCI 405
Families over the Life Course
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): This course examines the comparative and interdisciplinary dimensions of family changes and their repercussions on individuals' life courses. It examines topics such as the effects of parental separation on children's well-being and development, or the impact of the diversification of family trajectories on the provision of care at old age.
Offered by: Sociology
SOCI 420
Organizations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): A survey of theories of organization with particular reference to problems of growth, technology, centralization and decentralization, and organizational environments.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 420 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 424
Networks & Social Structures
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): The study of relations and networks. Concepts and techniques of network analysis. Issues include: interlocking directorates, social relationships among individuals in heterogeneous communities and organizations, and relations among elites. Students will be required to design an inquiry into one of these substantive domains.
Offered by: Sociology
SOCI 425
Sociology of the Body
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Sociological examination of the human body as a cultural phenomenon that intersects with identity, health, illness, disability and medicine. Exploration of meanings attributed to human bodies as well as the body as a site of social interaction.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 225 or Permission of Instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci425 2006 [.pdf]
SOCI 440
Current Problems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Intended for students who are adequately prepared to undertake advanced work and have an explicit proposal to submit.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 441
Current Problems in Soc 03
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Intended for students who are adequately prepared to undertake advanced work and have an explicit proposal to submit.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 442
Indep Reading&Research 01
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Intended for students who are adequately prepared to undertake advanced work and have an explicit proposal to submit.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 443
Indep Reading&Research 02
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Intended for students who are adequately prepared to undertake advanced work and have an explicit proposal to submit.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 446
Colonialism and Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Forms that colonialism took, its impact on colonial societies, and its modern legacies, focusing on overseas colonialism between 1600 and the 1970s.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 210 or permission from instructor.
Syllabus:
Soci 446 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 455
Post-Socialist Societies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 455 Fall 2010 [.pdf]
SOCI 460
Responses to Social Problems
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): This seminar focuses on attempts to resolve social problems. There will be discussion and debate concerning policies suggested and critical examination of their potential successes and failures. The course presupposes knowledge of social problems issues obtained in 166-250. Topics include: crime and prisons; discrimination and inequality; poverty; and drug use.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 460 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 461
Quantitative Data Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 350
- You may not be able to get credit for this course and other statistic courses. Be sure to check the Course Overlap section under Faculty Degree Requirements in the Arts or Science section of the Calendar.
SOCI 470
Topics in Econ Sociology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Topics in economic sociology. Topics vary by year.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 470 2007 [.pdf]
SOCI 475
Cnd Ethnic Studies Seminar
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restrictions: Open to students following the Minor Concentration in Canadian Ethnic Studies; or to students with at least nine credits, three at the 300 level, in the social sciences; or with permission of instructor. Not open to students who took CANS 404 in 2007-08.
Syllabus:
Soci 475 Winter 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 477
Qualitative Methods in Sociol
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 477 Fall 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 480
Honours Project
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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).
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: For Sociology U3 Honours and Joint Honours students only
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 489
Gender,Deviance&Social Control
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): This seminar examines how the definition of deviance, reactions to deviance and explanations of deviance are gendered. Specific topics vary from year to year.
Offered by: Sociology
- Course for Women's Studies Concentrations
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
- Restriction: open to U3 students concentrating on social problems.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
Syllabus:
Soci 489 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 495
Social Problems and Conflicts
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: permission of instructor
Syllabus:
Soci 495 Winter 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 499
Internship: Sociology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open to U2 and U3 students with a minimum CGPA of 2.7, and permission of the departmental Internship Advisor. This course will normally not fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses. A letter from a supervisor at the institution must attest to successful completion of the student's tenure.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
500 level courses
SOCI 504
Quantitative Methods 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Analysis of quantitative information, especially in large, survey-type, data sets. Use of computer programs such as SPSS and SAS. Topics include: cross tabulations with an emphasis on multi-dimensional tables, multiple correlation and regression, and, the relationship between individual and aggregate level statistical analyses. Special reference to demographic techniques.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 504 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 505
Quantitative Methods 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Topics include: problems - and solutions - in regression analysis, models for categorical dependent variables, including logic, log-linear, and linear probability models, measurement models, structural equation models with latent variables (LISREL), and time series and panel analysis.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 505 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 508
Med Socio & Social Psychiatry
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 309 or SOCI 310 or Permission of the Instructor.
- Note: Open to Social Studies of Medicine students.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 508 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 510
Sem in Social Stratification
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 510 2006 [.pdf]
SOCI 511
Movements/Collective Action
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): A critical examination of classical and more recent approaches to the study of social movements and collective action. Discussion of: the role of grievances and interests, incentives and beliefs, conditions of breakdown and solidarity, mobilization and social control, the dynamics of collective action.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 511 Winter 2011 [.pdf]
SOCI 512
Ethnicity & Public Policy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 230 or permission from the instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken SOCI 629.
SOCI 513
Soc Aspects HIV/AIDS in Africa
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 513 Winter 2010 [.pdf]
SOCI 514
Criminology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): A survey of the major schools of thought that have developed to explain criminal behaviour from the emergence of modern criminology in the 18th and 19th centuries to current debates.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Permission of Instructor.
- Note: Grad students and U3 students only.
Syllabus:
Soci 514 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 515
Medicine and Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
Syllabus:
Soci 515 Fall 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 519
Gender and Globalization
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 270 or permission of instructor.
Syllabus:
Soci 519 Fall 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 520
Migration and Immigrant Groups
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: 15 credits in the Social Sciences
Syllabus:
Soci 520 Fall 2012 [.pdf]
SOCI 521
Course not available
Syllabus:
Soci 521 Winter 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 525
Health Care Sys in Comp Persp
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
- Restriction: Not open to students who are taking or have taken EPIB 525.
- Note: This course is cross-listed in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and in Sociology.
Syllabus:
Soci 525 Winter 2010 [.pdf]
SOCI 529
Political Sociology 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Key theories and empirical areas of political sociology. Major works relevant to each theme will be read and analyzed. Topics include: political socialization, the social psychology of political behaviour, class and politics, political organizations, elite studies. A research paper in one of the areas covered will be required.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 529 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 530
Sex and Gender
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open to Honours Sociology students and to Sociology Majors with the permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
Syllabus:
Soci530 2006 [.pdf]
SOCI 535
Sociology of the Family
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
Syllabus:
Soci 535 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 538
Sel Top in Soc of Biomed Know
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 538 Fall 2007 [.pdf]
SOCI 540
Qualitative Research Methods
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Qualitative methodology, mainly participant observation, structured and unstructured interviewing. Students begin a research project using these techniques and submit field notes once a week.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restrictions: open to Sociology Honours students, and Sociology Major Concentration students with the instructor's permission
Syllabus:
Soci 540 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 545
Sociology of Population
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 545 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 550
Developing Societies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 550 Winter 2009 [.pdf]
SOCI 555
Comparative Historical Socio
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): The analysis of patterns of state and nation-building in historical and comparative perspectives with particular attention being given to methodology.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Undergraduate students require permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 555 Fall 2007 [.pdf]
SOCI 560
Labour and Globalization
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): The relationship between labour and globalization, focusing on globalization of production, working conditions, national labour responses, and the emergence of transnational campaigns for labour rights and new forms of private regulation.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisite: SOCI 307 or Permission of Instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 560 Fall 2011 [.pdf]
SOCI 565
Social Change in Panama
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Analysis of social change in Panama, particularly during the 20th century: demography, social and economic structures, rural and urban activities and landscapes, indigenous peoples, the effects of the Canal and the Free Trade Zone. Focus throughout on the interaction of human society and the environment.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 210 and SOCI 350 or equivalents.
- Restriction: Students must register for a full term in the Panama Field Studies Semester.
- Note: Four field trips.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 571
Deviance and Social Control
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2013 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
Syllabus:
Soci 571 Fall 2007 [.pdf]
SOCI 580
Social Res Design&Practice
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Asking researchable sociological questions and evaluation of different research designs used to answer such questions. Development of cogent research proposals, including data collection procedures. Principles, dynamics, strengths and practical limitations of research designs. Examples from recent publications.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open to U3 and graduate students
Syllabus:
Soci 580 Fall 2011 [.pdf]
SOCI 588
Biosociology/Biodemography
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): 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.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 588 Fall 2007 [.pdf]
SOCI 590
Social Conflict and Violence
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): This course examines recent theory and research on the comparative study of social conflict and political violence. Topics covered include the causes and consequences of international wars, state repression, civil violence, guerrilla warfare, and terrorism.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 590 Fall 2012 [.pdf]
600 level courses
SOCI 603
Bibliographic Methods 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Research-related skills for the production of a research bibliography under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered by: Sociology
- Corequisite: SOCI 604.
- Restriction: Restricted to Sociology M.A. students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 604
Bibliographic Methods 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Advanced research-related skills for the production of a research bibliography under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered by: Sociology
- Corequisite: SOCI 603.
- Restriction: Restricted to Sociology M.A. students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 624
Social Networks
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Social networks from various standpoints, including classical theory, formal models, methods for empirical analysis, and substantive applications.
Offered by: Sociology
- Prerequisites: SOCI 652 or Permission of Instructor
SOCI 652
Current Sociological Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Examination of works in some major areas of Sociology with a focus on: antecedent thought and research in the area; the internal structure and consistency of these works; the validity of the major claims made; and the implications for future theoretical development and research.
Offered by: Sociology
Syllabus:
Soci 652 Fall 2008 [.pdf]
SOCI 690
M.A. Thesis 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Exploratory thesis research for the selection of a thesis topic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 691
M.A. Thesis 2
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Preparation, submission and approval of the thesis proposal by the student to his/her committee.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 692
M.A. Thesis 3
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Fieldwork and data analysis on the thesis. Progress report to the supervisor.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 693
M.A. Thesis 4
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Fieldwork and data analysis on the thesis. Progress report to the supervisor.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 694
M.A. Thesis 5
18 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Completion, submission, and approval of the M.A. Thesis by the committee and the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 695
M.A. Thesis 6
15 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Completion, submission, and approval of the M.A. Thesis by the committee and the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the Medical Sociology thesis program.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 696
Research Paper 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Exploratory research for the selection of a research topic.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Open only to graduate students registered in the M.A. thesis program of the Sociology Department.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 697
Research Paper 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Preparation, submission and approval of the proposal by the student to his/her supervisor.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 699
Research Paper 4
12 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Completion, submission and approval of the research paper by the committee.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
700 level courses
SOCI 700
Ph.D. Area Examination 1
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): The examination assesses the student's breadth of knowledge in one substantive area. This is the first of two required comprehensive examinations for the Ph.D. Program.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Only open to Ph.D. students in the Sociology Department
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 701
Ph.D. Area Examination 2
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): The examination assesses the student's breadth of knowledge in one substantive area. This is the second of two required comprehensive examinations for the Ph.D. Program.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Only open to Ph.D. students in the Sociology Department
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 702
Ph.D. Proposal Approval
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Presentation and acceptance of the Ph.D. Proposal Defense by the student to the Department Proposal Committee.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Only open to Ph.D. students in the Sociology Department
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 703
Bibliographic Methods 3
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Further development of research-related skills and the production of a research bibliography under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Restricted to Sociology Ph.D. students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 704
Bibliographic Methods 4
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Further development of research-related skills and the production of a research bibliography under the supervision of a faculty member.
Offered by: Sociology
- Restriction: Restricted to Sociology Ph.D. students.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 720
Reading in Social Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Supervised readings in social theory supervised by a member of staff. Topics will be chosen to suit individual interests.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
SOCI 730
Reading and Research
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Sociology (Arts): Supervised readings and research supervised by a memeber of staff. Topics will be chosen to suit individual interests.
Offered by: Sociology
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.