Introduction to Sociology
Major theoretical paradigms, core concepts and research methodologies. Sociological perspectives on contemporary problems in a Canadian, cross-cultural and global contexts.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Documentary Film
(also offered as COMM 2F54 and FILM 2F54)
History, theory, aesthetics and cultural implications of documentary film and other media.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab.
Prerequisite: one of SOCI 1F90, COMM 1F90, FILM 1F94 or permission of the instructor.
Critical Thinking and Expression
Develop critical reading, thinking and expression skills identifying theoretical assumptions, assessing logic in arguments and evaluation of evidence. Finding sources, documentation, written expression and organizational skills in the context of article critiques, book reviews and library research papers.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90.
Introduction to Research Methods
Research techniques employed by sociologists, and the formulation of research designs appropriate to various kinds of intellectual problems in the social sciences, including the relationship between social theory and social research, the logic of research design, fundamental techniques of data collection and ethical issues in social research.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 2F10.
Qualitative and Observational Methods
Selected qualitative methods commonly used in social research, including participant observation, unobtrusive methods, case studies, interviews, and historical analysis.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 3P11.
Introduction to Social Statistics
Statistical reasoning and fundamental statistical techniques used to analyse social data. Handwritten mathematical calculations and computer exercises using the SPSS software package.
Lectures, seminar, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 2F10.
The Family
(also offered as WISE 2P21)
Family patterns including gender roles and the dynamics of family change and development. Topics include marriage and family issues, gender role socialization and change, dual careers, alternative lifestyles, gender roles in cross-cultural perspective and marital and family relationships past, present and future.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHYS (CHST) 3P38 and SOCI (WISE) 2F21.
Education and Society
Social analysis of Canadian educational institutions emphasizing the influence of society on organizational structure, curriculum and goals; the relationship of education to other aspects of Canadian society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
The Sociology of Work
(also offered as LABR 2P32)
Understanding changes in the organization of work and the composition of the workforce with emphasis on the Niagara Peninsula. Topics include unionization, management strategies, pay equity and employment equity, the international division of labour and other current issues in the Canadian labour movement.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and LABR majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or LABR 1P91 and 1P92 or permission of the instructor.
Deviance and Moral Regulation
Various theoretical models used in the sociological study of deviance and moral regulation; a variety of criminal and non-criminal forms of deviance and moral regulation and relationships between the regulation of deviance and power.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Trade Unions
(also offered as LABR 2P34)
Interdisciplinary approach to the study of trade unions. Economic, political and sociological understanding of the role of trade unions in society. May include an international comparative perspective.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: LABR 1P91 and 1P92 or permission of the instructor.
Childhood, Youth and Society
(also offered as CHYS 2P38)
Historical, cross-cultural and sociological perspectives on the relationship between childhood, youth and society. Topics include children and youth in schools, communities, popular culture and state policy.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT Guide.
Prerequisites: CHYS (CHST) 1F90 and SOCI 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHST 2P38.
Socialization
Development of shared meanings of symbols and commonly accepted forms of behaviour. Sources of influence including parents, peers and television; studies of variations in patterns of socialization both within Canada and transnationally.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Interpersonal Communication
(also offered as COMM 2P55)
Perspectives on human communication including verbal and non-verbal communication.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and COMM (single and combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or COMM 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in RECL 3P14.
Introduction to Criminology
Criminology as a scientific discipline: historical development of major schools of criminology, the development of criminal laws. Topics may include methodological problems in the study of crime, victimization and selected types of criminal activity.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
The Criminal Justice System
Administration and operation of the Canadian criminal justice system. The flow of offenders through the system and the roles of police, courts and corrections in processing offenders. The degree to which the administration of justice is an interactive process. Identification of inequities in the Canadian criminal justice system.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisites: SOCI 1F90 and 2P61 or permission of the instructor.
Social Class and Social Conflict
Classical and contemporary approaches to the study of social class. Topics may include class relations and class conflict, elites, social mobility, poverty and social marginalization, the Canadian class structure in comparison to other industrialized nations.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Globalization, Inequality and New World Disorders
Global spread of capitalism, historical origins and perpetuation of underdevelopment, the destruction of traditional societies and environmental impact. Socio-economic structures and political institutions of selected Third World countries and their relationships to metropolitan, industrialized power centres.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to Anthropology
Social and cultural life from an anthropological perspective. Exploration of the scope and nature of the discipline through the study of selected cases drawn largely from non-Western, technologically simple communities.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Social Anthropology
Concepts such as kinship and marriage and theories underlying the comparative study of social institutions.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Animals and Human Society
Relationships between animals and human societies from various theoretical perspectives. Topics may include cultural attitudes, symbolism, social meanings, animal rights, animals as food, entertainment and models for human societies, experimentation, environmental issues and related matters.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 2V85.
Women in the Economy
(also offered as ECON 2P86, LABR 2P86 and WISE 2P86)
Women in the Canadian labour market. Topics include the allocation of time between the household and the labour market, gender segregation in the work place, how earnings are determined, causes of occupational and earnings difference by gender, the role of investment in education and discrimination, recent developments in the labour market and their impact on women and men, selected policy issues.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to WISE majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 4.0 credits.
Note: major credit will not be granted to Economics majors.
Women's Issues: Sexuality, Class, Ethnicity
(also offered as WISE 2P90)
Diverse theoretical perspectives on the intersecting locations of women in terms of sexuality, class, ethnicity and other expressions of social inequality. Classic feminist perspectives as applied to these issues and related social policies.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to WISE majors until date specified in BIRT guide. On and after that date open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in WISE 2F90.
Global Issues for Women in Under-Resourced Nations
(also offered as WISE 2P96)
Diverse experiences of women and girls in under-resourced nations. Selection of social, political, economic and cultural issues vary. Topics may include war zones, sustainable economies, family planning, global restructuring, legacy of colonial traditions, activist movements and socio-cultural traditions, resistance strategies and policy proposals.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to WISE majors until date specified in BIRT guide. On and after that date open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: WISE 2P90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in WISE 2F90.
Canadian Women in a Global Context
(also offered as WISE 2P99)
Social, political, economic and cultural issues. Topics may include rights of Aboriginal women, reproductive rights and ethics, marginalization of immigrant women, activist movements and the impact and inadequacy of government policy.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to WISE majors until date specified in BIRT guide. On and after that date open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: WISE 2P90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in WISE 2F90.
Selected Topics in Sociology
Issues in sociology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Directed Studies
Guided readings on a particular topic not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial.
2001-2002: Mothering and Motherhood: Images, Issues and Patterns
(also offered as WISE 2V99)
Motherhood as it is theorized/analyzed in interdisciplinary feminist scholarship and portrayed in women's fictional or autobiographical writings and art forms. The historical, socio-cultural, psychological, political and philosophical meanings of motherhood, mothering roles. Class, cultural and racial differences in mothering and motherhood.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or WISE 1F90.
Introduction to Early Modern Social Theory
Central ideas of the social sciences, their intellectual origin and their change over time. The works of major social philosophers from the 18th- and 19th- centuries as well as classical sociological theorists.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 2F01 or 2P01.
Contemporary Social Theory
Major contemporary theories of society including structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, Marxist and neo-Marxist and feminist theories; their origins and development in historical context; their assumptions, conceptual distinctions, methodological features and ethical implications.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single and combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 3P00 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 3F01 or 2P02.
Applied Quantitative Data Analysis
Advanced quantitative methods of data analysis with a focus on the development and application of technical skills, including data processing, accessing public information systems, multivariate analysis and advanced regression techniques..
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single and combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisites: SOCI 1F90, 2P11 and 2P13 (2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Mass Media
(also offered as COMM 3P16 and PCUL 3P16)
Introduction to methods of media analysis. Comparison of theoretical and methodological approaches to mass media content, structures, institutions and audiences. Analysis of relations among media, culture and society with reference to Canadian examples.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), COMM (single or combined) and PCUL (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisites: one of SOCI 2P11 and 2P13 (2F10), COMM 2F50, 2P21 or permission of the instructor.
Medical Sociology
(also offered as CHSC 3P26)
Social factors associated with physical health, illness and impairments; health care delivery systems and the factors which influence their utilization.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and CHSC majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or CHSC 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Psychiatric Sociology
(also offered as CHSC 3P27)
Social factors associated with psychiatric illness; increased utilization of social science theory and research in the field of psychiatry.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and CHSC majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or CHSC 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Sociology of Women and Work
(also offered as LABR 3P30 and WISE 3P30)
Quantitative and qualitative research exploring the societal significance and implications of the change in women's participation in paid employment and domestic labour in this century. Topics include the ghettoization of the female labour force, women in professional and non-traditional occupations, micro technology, part-time work and unionization.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR and WISE majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: one of SOCI 1F90, WISE 1F90, LABR 1P91 and 1P92 or permission of the instructor.
Complex Organizations
(also offered as LABR 3P31)
Research on the nature of complex organizations using theories such as those of the French Regulation school. The formal and informal aspects of organizational roles; how morale, motivation, work discipline and conflict are regulated, feminist critiques of the traditional literature.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and LABR majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or LABR 1P91 and 1P92 or permission of the instructor.
Law and Society
(also offered as WISE 3P33)
Sociological theories of law, Canada's legal institutions, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, feminist jurisprudence and critical race studies. Relationships between Canadian law and Canadian social structure and institutions.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Information Technology and Work
(also offered as LABR 3P34)
Application of information technology to the labour process. Topics include the relationship of this technology to the number and types of jobs available, to the total hours worked over a lifetime and to the increased importance given to education and work.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and LABR majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or LABR 1P91 and 1P92 or permission of the instructor.
Critical Issues in Contemporary Society
Social problems in advanced industrial societies and Canada in particular. Focus on social problems stemming from economic and political crises. Topics may include unemployment, regionalism, ethnic/racial conflict, sovereignty, nationalism, concentrated economic power, and state and market. Proposed strategies of remedial social change.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Society
(also offered as ABST 3P46)
Relationship between Canada's Aboriginal peoples and selected institutions in Canadian society such as education, industry and government. Topics include the European impact on indigenous culture, the conflict between traditional life styles and Canadian institutions and the responses of Aboriginal peoples.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or 2P82 or permission of the instructor.
Race and Ethnicity
Relations among ethnic groups in various parts of the world as examples of the ways in which physical, social and cultural differences are used to justify intergroup hostility, prejudice and discrimination. Understanding the nature of ethnic relations in Canada through topics such as multiculturalism, racism, immigration policy and the maintenance of ethnic identity.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or 2P82 or permission of the instructor.
Gender and Society
(also offered as WISE 3P51)
Gender as an organizing principle in society. The social construction of masculinity and femininity from historical and cross-cultural perspectives. Focus on gender in principal institutions of Canadian society: economy, state, family, education and military. Issues include men and women in non-traditional occupations, women in the military, gender and power.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Gerontology and the Aging Process
Humanistic, social, historical and cross-cultural perspectives on gerontology and aging. Topics include examination of conceptual and methodological approaches to studying aging; surveys of programs and prospects for the elderly; cultural, social and personal images of aging; the impact of social, psychological and biological processes affecting aging and the elderly within communities; social planning for the elderly.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Sociology of Punishment
Major sociological approaches to punishment in modern society. Critical assessment of the structure and policies of Canadian correctional institutions. Sentencing, rehabilitation, prisoners' rights, special populations, subcultures, penal reform, pre-trial detention and community sanctions (probation, fines, community service and parole).
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 2P61 or permission of the instructor.
Youth Justice System
Critical assessment of the youth justice system and the philosophy underlying separate treatment.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisites: SOCI 1F90, 2P61 and 2P62 or permission of the instructor
Social Movements
(also offered as LABR 3P66)
General survey of the impact of ideology on behaviour and the subsequent development of social movements or specific examinations of particular movements such as separatism, nationalism, fascism, Marxism or feminism.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and LABR majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or LABR 1P91 and 1P92 or permission of the instructor.
Family Conflict and Violence
(also offered as CHYS 3P83)
Conflict within modern family relationships. Considerations include contemporary research on spousal violence, power and decision-making, sexual abuse and child abuse. Socio-historical factors which contribute to increased family stress. Institutional and interpersonal strategies for reducing family conflict.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), CHYS BA/BEd and CHYS (CHST) (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Gender and Sexuality in Childhood and Youth
(also offered as CHYS 3P92 and WISE 3P92)
Historical, cross-cultural and sociological approaches to the development of gender identities and sexuality amongst children and youth. Topics include the role of families, schools, peers and state policies in such processes.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to CHYS BA/BEd, CHYS (CHST) (single or combined), SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in BIRT guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: one of SOCI 2P11 and 2P13 (2F10), CHYS (CHST) 2P38, WISE 2P90 (2F90), 2P91.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHST 3P92.
Media and Minorities
(also offered as COMM 3P93 and PCUL 3P93)
Relations between mass media and minority groups in society including dominant representations and stereotypes of cultural, racial and sexual minorities and minority group access to alternative forms of media production.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of SOCI 2P11 and 2P13 (2F10), COMM 2F50, 2P21 or permission of the instructor.
Internet Research for the Social Sciences
Primary components of Internet research: determination of appropriate data, search for sites containing these data and methods of collection and processing Web data.
Lectures, lab, tutorial, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 2P11 and 2P13 (2F10) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 3V99.
Selected Research Topics
Selected methodological issues in sociology.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Selected Topics in Sociology
Selected issues in sociology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Directed Studies
Guided readings on a topic not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise.
Honours Thesis
Students electing this option will be required to undertake an independent research project under the supervision of a member of the department.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors with a minimum 80 percent major average or permission of the department.
Prerequisites: SOCI 3P01 (2P02 or 3F01) and 3P12.
Co-requisite: SOCI 4P01 (4F01).
Note: the results of the project will be presented as a thesis.
Honours Practicum
Student electing this option typically will serve as a research associate with a local social service agency. The exact nature of projects will vary with the agency; however, the faculty director, agency supervisor and student will negotiate a mutually acceptable set of expectations.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors with a minimum 75 percent major average or permission of the department.
Prerequisites: SOCI 3P01 (2P02 or 3F01) and 3P12.
Honours Seminar
Examination and assessment of problems in students' current research.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors with a minimum 80 percent major average or permission of the department.
Prerequisites: SOCI 3P01 (2P02 or 3F01) and 3P12.
Co-requisite: SOCI 4F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 4F01.
Selected Topics in Social Theory
Selected topics in early or late modern theory and theoretical sociology. In-depth explorations of specific theoretical paradigms, philosophies of social science, theoretical research programs, or comparative analysis of alternative or contending theoretical strategies or projects.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisites: SOCI 3P00 (2F01 or 2P01) and 3P01 (2P02 or 3F01).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 3P02.
Advanced Topics in Quantitative Analysis
Topics may include an introduction to ANOVA, multiple regression, regression diagnostics, surveys, structural equation modelling and various computer software programs.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 3P12 or permission of the instructor.
Research Design for Policy and Planning
Relationship between theoretical analysis and research methods as a practical task. Emphasis on applied topics such as evaluation research and needs assessment, areas of study which are important to social policy and planning.
Lectures, seminar, 4 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: SOCI 3P12 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in SOCI 4F10.
Advanced Critical Analysis I
Focus on the particular research project of the instructor. Topics include research design, critical literature review, theoretical assumptions, data collection, evidence, analysis and implications.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Advanced Critical Analysis II
Focus on the particular research project of the instructor. Topics include research design, critical literature review, theoretical assumptions, data collection, analysis and implications.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Research on Popular Culture
(also offered as COMM 4P23 and PCUL 4P23)
Advanced research seminar on the relations between mass media and popular culture. Topics vary with the interests of instructor and students.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), COMM (single or combined) or PCUL (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) or permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite: SOCI 3P16 (2P23) or COMM 2P20 or permission of the instructor.
Advanced Seminar in Health
(also offered as CHSC 4P26)
Selected social policy issues in medical sociology, psychiatric sociology or related sub disciplines. Topics may include the politics of individualizing health problems, clinical sociology and related topics.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and CHSC majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: SOCI 3P26 or 3P27 or permission of the instructor.
Advanced Seminar in the Sociology of Work
(also offered as LABR 4P32 and WISE 4P32)
Theoretical and research developments in the sociology of work. Topics may include the impact of technological innovation on the labour process, reconceptualizations of work and leisure, changes in the gendered nature of work, the role of the contemporary labour movement and international perspectives on labour and the labour force.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR and WISE majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisites: two SOCI or LABR credits or permission of the instructor.
Note: SOCI 2P32 recommended.
Advanced Seminar in Law and Society
(also offered as WISE 4P33)
Specific relationships between Canada's legal institutions and social structure and institutions; law and Aboriginal peoples, family and gender issues, environment, work and technology, feminist critique of legal theory and practice.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors, and SOCI certificate students until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). SOCI certificate students must have a minimum 70 percent major average.
Prerequisite: SOCI 3P33 or permission of the instructor.
Issues in Childhood, Youth and Society
(also offered as CHYS 4P38)
Canadian and international research on childhood and youth in changing societies. Topics include the globalization of childhood and youth, child labour, child welfare and Canadian policy.
Lectures, seminar/lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and CHYS (CHST) (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: one of SOCI 3P92, CHYS (CHST) 3P23, 3P38 (2P91), 3P91, 3Q93 or 3Q94.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in CHST 4P38.
Advanced Seminar in Social Policy
Canadian and international social policy issues. Topics may include aboriginal peoples, women and public policy, labour relations, health care delivery, multiculturalism, Canadian federalism, family policy.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisites: SOCI 3P00 (2P01 or 2F01) and 3P01 (2P02 or 3F01), or permission of the instructor.
Advanced Seminar in Gender and Society
(also offered as WISE 4P51)
Selected issues in gender and society. Topics may include feminist theories, work, family, state, popular culture, race, militarism and violence.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and WISE majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisites: two SOCI or WISE credits or permission of the instructor.
Note: SOCI 3P51 recommended.
Sociology of Knowledge
Knowledge as a social product; the cultural and temporal variations in knowledge as causal and as limiting factors in human behaviour.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisites: two SOCI credits or permission of the instructor.
Note: SOCI 3P00 (2P01 or 2F01) or 3P01 (2P02 or 3F01) recommended.
Advanced Seminar in Criminology
Topics may include critical perspectives on law and social control, feminist perspectives on law and criminology and the politics of law and criminal justice.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and SOCI certificate students until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). SOCI certificate students must have a minimum 70 percent major average.
Prerequisites: SOCI 2P61, 2P62 and 3P61 or permission of the instructor.
Advanced Seminar in Deviance and Moral Regulation
Topics may include critical theoretical perspectives on deviance, moral regulation and the politics of social control.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and SOCI certificate students until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). SOCI certificate students must have a minimum 70 percent major average.
Prerequisites: SOCI 2P33 and one credit from SOCI 2P61, 2P62, 3P33 or permission of the instructor.
Social Issues in the Community
Organizational responses, resistance strategies, constraints on social action and policy alternatives.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Selected Research Topics
Selected methodological issues in sociology. Advanced methods for the measurement of variables and the analysis of data in the social sciences with emphasis on the implications of various theoretical categories of data, multiple approaches to the estimation of reliability and validity and the use of computer-assisted analytic procedures.
Seminar, lab, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Special Topics in Sociology
Selected issues in sociology. Course content will vary, depending upon the interests of instructors and students.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in the BIRT guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Directed Studies
Guided readings on a topic not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial.