Chair Kate Bezanson Professors June Corman, Andrea Doucet, Ann Duffy, Thomas Dunk, Daniel G. Glenday, Jane Helleiner, Murray E. G. Smith, Murray Knuttila, John Sorenson Associate Professors Kate Bezanson, Jonah Butovsky, Janet Conway, Nancy Cook, Ifeanyi Ezeonu, Margot Francis, Kevin Gosine, Ana Isla, Tamari Kitossa, Hijin Park, Mary-Beth Raddon, Dennis Soron, Michelle Webber Assistant Professors Lauren Corman, Katerina Deliovsky Department Administrator Viola Bartel Academic Adviser Elizabeth Maddeaux |
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Administrative Co-ordinator Jill DeBon Administrative Assistant Debbie Crossthwaite 905-688-5550, extension 3455 Academic South 400A The Department of Sociology offers students a unique opportunity to cultivate their intellectual curiosity and social awareness, and to develop their capacity to engage in a critical, informed and self-reflective way with the key social institutions, relationships and processes shaping the world in which they live. Sociology, by its very nature, encompasses all spheres of social life. Accordingly, it allows students to delve into a rich variety of fascinating topics of the greatest historical and contemporary relevance: animal studies; gender; sexism; family life; sexuality; race and racism; cultural identity; globalization; imperialism and colonialism; immigration; poverty and class inequality; work and the economy; education; religion; the environment; crime, prisons and social repression and social movements. Underlying the wide range of issues taken up in the department's teaching and research activities is a shared commitment to analyzing inequality, oppression and exploitation in all of their varied manifestations and exploring the forms of resistance and struggle to which they give rise. Students of Sociology develop useful skills that they can carry forward into many areas of their future lives. They learn the basic principles and techniques of social research and are given the opportunity to develop more advanced skills in both qualitative and statistical analysis. They expand their critical thinking, theory-construction and problem-solving abilities and sharpen their skills in oral and written expression. Finally, by learning to develop and to support their ideas while remaining responsive to contending opinions and perspectives, they greatly enhance their ability to work constructively with others, to think outside the narrow confines of ingrained cultural prejudices and habitual forms of "common sense," and to respond creatively and proactively to a wide range of personal, social and political challenges. Students declaring a major in Sociology can pursue one of six programs: an Honours BA program either in Sociology alone or as a combined major, a BA with Major (either single or combined) and a 3-year Pass BA program (either single or combined). In addition to combined major programs in other academic departments, Sociology students may co-major in interdisciplinary Centres such as Canadian Studies, Labour Studies or Women's and Gender Studies. Students with a minimum 70 percent Sociology average may declare the BA Honours or combined Honours program before June 1 of any study year. The Honours program provides students with the opportunity for a more intensive examination of issues in the field. Request for admission to Year 4 (Honours) is by application through a Year 4 Studies form (available online at brocku.ca/webfm_send/1377 or the Registrar's Office) and requires a minimum 70 percent major average and completion of a minimum of 13.5 overall credits. Submit honours applications to the Department Administrator. Students with a minimum 60 percent Sociology average may declare the BA with Major (single or combined) before June 1 of any study year. Students declaring a major in Sociology (Honours, BA with Major, Pass) are responsible for ensuring that their programs satisfy the departmental requirements. The Department Administrator and Assistant Adviser provide academic advising to Sociology students upon request. Students book advising on line at brocku.ca/sociology/advising. To declare a major, minor, or concentration in Sociology, normally at the completion of SOCI 1F90, a Declare or Change Major form must be completed (available online at brocku.ca/webfm_send/1400 or at the Office of the Registrar) and submitted for approval to the Department Administrator or Assistant Adviser by June 1. Declarations are approved by the Department Administrator or Assistant Adviser. |
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This program involves courses offered through Brock and George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology. This four-year program combines courses and training in applied labour studies settings at George Brown College with a degree at Brock. The program caters to individuals who wish to have a career in a wide variety of areas including unionized environments, occupational health and safety, politics, or human resources. The program allows students to gain both solid applied skills in these areas and a strong theoretical knowledge about a variety of these topics. Students who successfully complete the requirements for this program will be granted both a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Sociology and Labour Studies degree from Brock and two certificates from George Brown College: 1) a certificate in Contemporary Labour Perspectives from the George Brown School of Labour, and 2) a Post-Graduate Certificate in Human Resources Management. Gaining both a degree and these certificates would ordinarily involve attending college after earning a university degree, but the Brock and George Brown program combines the two in a single integrated package that can be completed in four years. Applicants must have a minimum 70 percent overall average to be considered for admission to the program. Volunteer experience is considered an asset. Successful applicants must maintain a minimum 70 percent overall average during Year 2 and meet other program requirements to continue in the program. Enrolment in this program is limited. Admission to the program is not guaranteed by attainment of the minimum requirements. Application forms for the Sociology and Labour Studies program are available from the Office of the Dean of Social Sciences. Please consult the Labour Studies entry for a listing of program requirements. |
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The Policing and Criminal Justice program involves courses offered through Brock and Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology. This four-year program combines training in policing and criminal justice with an education in a chosen academic discipline, which may be Human Geography, Political Science, Psychology or Sociology. For students majoring in Sociology, this four-year program leads to a BA (Honours) in Sociology and a diploma in Police Foundations from Niagara College. The program caters to the increasing demand in society for professionals who possess both solid applied skills and the substantive knowledge needed to apply them to the areas of policing and criminal justice. This would ordinarily involve attending college after gaining a university degree, but the Brock and Niagara program combines the two in a single integrated package. Enrolment is limited. Please consult the Policing and Criminal Justice entry for a listing of program requirements. |
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Combining courses from several areas provides a broad liberal arts background with specialization in three areas of criminology: criminal justice; social and moral regulation; law and society. Students may earn a Concentration in Criminology by successfully completing the following courses together with the requirements from a BA (Honours) in Sociology:
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Combining courses from several areas provides a broad liberal arts background with specialization in animals and society. Students may earn a Concentration in Critical Animal Studies by successfully completing the following courses together with the requirements for a BA (Honours) in Sociology:
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Students in other disciplines can obtain a Minor in Critical Animal Studies within their degree program by completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average:
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Students in other disciplines can obtain a Minor in Sociology within their degree program by completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average:
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The graduate program allows for study and directed research in critical sociology. For further information, including the faculty interests, see the graduate calendar or the Sociology Department website brocku.ca/social-sciences/graduate-programs/critical-sociology |
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Many faculty members from the Sociology Department participate in the interdisciplinary MA in Social Justice and Equity Studies. For further information see brocku.ca/webcal/current/graduate/SJES |
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Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met. Introduction to Sociology Major theoretical paradigms, core concepts and research methodologies. Sociological perspectives on contemporary problems in Canadian, cross-cultural and global contexts. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Global Issues: Canadian Connections Topics may include global mining interests, international worker migration, water scarcity, the sex trade industry and human trafficking, the trade in armaments, nuclear proliferation, the international labour movement, and animal rights from a global perspective. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Major anthropological theories, concepts and methodologies. Topics may include comparative perspectives on kinship, sexuality, politics, economics, social inequality and social change. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Foundations for Community Engagement Interdisciplinary examination of philosophies, social histories and politics of community service, combined with experiential learning and field trips in community settings, and practices of self-reflection on community engagement. Lectures, seminar, experiential learning activities, 3 hours per week. Note: major credit will not be granted to Sociology majors. Transportation and additional cost is the student's responsibility. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 1F99. Foundations in Sociological Thinking Foundational ideas in social theory, from its classical roots to contemporary branches. Critical thinking and expression. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): 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 and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Sexualities and Society (also offered as WGST 2P20) Topics may include the structuring of sexual identities, sexuality and inequality, legal and social regulation of sexuality, and social justice issues. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or WGST (WISE) 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 2P20. Sociology of Families (also offered as WGST 2P21) Sociological approaches to families as sites of social reproduction. Topics may include Canadian and global perspectives on gender and generation in family life, families and inequality, family-based state and legal regulation, families and social justice struggles. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90, 2P00. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 2P21 and CHYS 3P38. Education and Equity Contemporary issues in education in Canada and globally. Topics may include implications of globalization, teacher education, teachers and professors as workers, equity issues (gender, race, sexuality, age and class), and efforts to alter curriculum and pedagogy (critical, feminist, anti-racist.) Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 2P22. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 2P22. In and Out of Work in the Global Economy (also offered as LABR 2P32) Examination of paid and unpaid work in industrialized and industrializing countries. Topics may include patterns of un/under -employment, peripheral employment, home-working and worker resistance. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99. Law and Social Justice Examination of the complex relations between law, inequality and social change. Theoretical approaches to the sociology of law. The role of law in the differential distribution and relations of power along different points of disadvantage. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Comparative Labour Movements (also offered as LABR 2P34 and POLI 2P34) Comparative approach to contemporary union controversies and issues. Includes economic, political and sociological perspectives within an international comparative framework. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99, one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99. Childhood, Youth and Society 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 SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Note: students may not concurrently register in CHYS 2P38. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHYS 2P38. Racialization and Society Topics may include theoretical, historical and comparative perspectives on the structuring of racial and ethnic identities, ethnic and racial privilege and oppression and anti-racist struggles. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 3P47. 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 and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Documentary Film (also offered as COMM 2P54 and FILM 2P54) History, theory, aesthetics and cultural implications of documentary film and other visual media. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, COMM 1F90, FILM 1F94 or permission of the instructor. Self and Society Relationship between the individual and social structure as revealed through everyday social interaction. Theoretical perspectives on the self, identity, group dynamics, symbols, language, emotion and the nature of reality. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Introduction to Criminology 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 and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Sociology of Criminal Justice Issues and problems pertaining to administration and operation of the Canadian criminal justice system. The social contruction of law and role of the courts, problematics of policing and enforcement, crime and criminalization, issues in punishment and imprisonment. The administration of justice as a social and political process that reacts to but also amplifies social problems. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Popular Music and Society (also offered as COMM 2P70, MUSI 2P70 and PCUL 2P70) Critical approaches to popular music in its social, cultural, political and economic contexts. Lectures, seminar, lab, 4 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), BCMN, COMM, MCMN, MUSI (single or combined) and PCUL majors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to SOCI (single or combined), BCMN, COMM, MCMN, MUSI (single or combined), PCUL, GHUM, SOSC majors, MEST and PCUL minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, COMM 1F90, CPCF 1F25, MUSI 1F00, 1F50, PCUL 1F92 or permission of the instructor. Social Class and Social Conflict (also offered as LABR 2P71) 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), LABR (single or combined) majors, CRMR, SOCI and LABR minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99. 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 relation to metropolitan, industrialized power centres. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Labour, Environment and Consumption (also offered as LABR 2P80) Topics may include global comparative consumption patterns and the relation between labour and environmental interests. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99. Sociology of Food and Agriculture Social and health issues related to food and food production. Topics may include the dramatic changes in the way food is produced, the risks and benefits of different forms of food produced, who produces food and the constraints they face. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or permission of the Department Administrator. Changing Cultures and Societies (also offered as INTC 2P83) Cultural anthropology provides a comparative perspective on cultural identities and social life in a globalized world. Topics may include struggles for environmental, economic and social justice. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, 1P80, INTC 1F90. 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. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Women in the Economy (also offered as CANA 2P86, LABR 2P86 and WGST 2P86) Women in the Canadian labour market. Topics include allocation of time between the household and the labour market, gender segregation in the work place, how earnings are determined, causes of occupational and earning difference by gender, role of investment in education and discrimination, recent developments in the labour market and their impact on women and men, and selected policy issues. Lectures, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 4.0 credits. Note: may be offered online. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE (ECON) 2P86. Women's Issues: Sexuality, Class, Ethnicity (also offered as WGST 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 SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 2P90. Directed Studies I Topic, readings and methods of evaluation chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the student. Restriction: permission of the instructor. Note: consultation is done prior to enrolment. A written agreement is to be signed by the Chair and filed in the Department. Directed Studies II Topic, readings and methods of evaluation chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the student. Restriction: permission of the instructor. Note: consultation is done prior to enrolment. A written agreement is to be signed by the Chair and filed in the Department. Women and Development (also offered as INTC 2P96, LABR 2P96 and WGST 2P96) Examination of the major social consequences of the theoretical paradigms of development (economic development, sustainable development and women/gender in development); theoretical material, practical knowledge and debates on diverse experiences of women living in the non-industrial world using feminist perspectives. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, INTC 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99, WGST (WISE) 1F90 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 2P96. Media Industries (also offered as COMM 2P98 and PCUL 2P98) Canadian media production in its economic, political and technological environments. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), BCMN, COMM, MCMN, FILM (single and combined), PCUL majors and MEST minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, COMM 1F90, PCUL 1F92. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 3P14 (COMM/PCUL 3P14). Canadian Women in a Global Context (also offered as INTC 2P99 and WGST 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. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P90 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 2P99. Mothering and Motherhood: Images, Issues and Patterns (also offered as CHYS 2Q90 and WGST 2Q90) 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 racial differences of mothering and mothering roles. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, CHYS 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 2Q90. Animals at Work (also offered as LABR 2Q95) Examination of labour involving animals in historical, contemporary, and cross-cultural contexts. Topics may include class and animals, animals as workers, connections and tensions between the rural and urban, debates about workers' and animals' welfare, inter-species solidarity, agency, and political action. Lectures, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, 1P80, LABR 1F90, 1F99. 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 Registration guide. 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 and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P00. Contemporary Social Theory Major contemporary perspectives of society including functionalist, Marxist, neo-Marxist, cultural, symbolic interactionist, feminist, critical race, post-structural, queer and post-colonial theories. Theoretical 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 or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P00. Qualitative Sociological Methods Selected qualitative methods commonly used in Sociology. Topics may include participant observation, unobtrusive methods, case studies, interviews, focus groups, textual and historical analyses. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P11. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 2P12. Beauty, Bodies and Cultures (also offered as WGST 3P03) Intersectional examination of social constructions of beauty and the regulation of bodies in historical and contemporary periods, as well as regional, national and global contexts. Topics may include plastic surgery, genital surgeries, cosmetic, fitness and fashion industries, the veil, beauty pageants and eating disorders. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90, 2P00 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P03. Class and Culture (also offered as LABR 3P06 and PCUL 3P06) Labour issues as portrayed in cultural formats such as media, film, fiction and art. Topics may include the labour movement, its role in society and its portrayal in popular culture. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to students with a minimum 8.0 overall credits. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99, PCUL 2P20, 2P30 or permission of the instructor. Quantitative Data Analysis I Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Emphasis on hand computing and statistical computing. Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P11. Completion of this course will replace previous grade and credit obtained in SOCI 2P13. Quantitative Data Analysis II Advanced quantitative methods of data analysis focusing 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 or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 3P11 (2P13). Queer Communities and Popular Culture (also offered as WGST 3P20) Growth of queer communities and their influence on popular print, audio and visual media. Topics include gay, lesbian, bisexual, two-spirited and transgendered (glbtt) influence on contributions to a wide range of culture including film, fashion, sport, theatre and cyberspace. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or WGST (WISE) 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P20. Medical Sociology (also offered as HLSC 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), CMTY, PHTH majors and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to SOCI (single or combined), CMTY, GHUM, SOSC majors and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or permission of the Department Administrator. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHSC 3P26. Women, Work and Family (also offered as LABR 3P30 and WGST 3P30) Examination of the transformation of women's paid labour force involvement and evaluation of personal and public strategies to address the work/family conflict. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99, WGST (WISE) 1F90, 2P00. Note: SOCI 2P32 recommended. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P30. Law and Social Regulation Legal, administrative and moral regulation of deviant, risky or populations perceived as undesirable and the production of desirable citizens. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 2P33, 2P61, 2P62. Communities in Crisis (also offered as LABR 3P35) Poverty, unemployment, personal upheaval and family relocation in the early 21st century and, within this context, the evolving individual and collective strategies to create vibrant communities. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and LABR (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99. 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: students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or permission of the Department Administrator. Gender and Sexuality in Childhood and Youth (also offered as CHYS 3P44 and WGST 3P44) 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. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to SOCI (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined), GHUM, SOSC majors, SOCI, CHYS, WGST and WISE minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 2P00 (2P13) and 2P11, CHYS 2P38, WGST(WISE) 2P90, 2P91. Note: requests for consideration for an override are made via the Override Request link at brocku.ca/childandyouthstudies. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P44. Sociology of African Canadians (also offered as WGST 3P45) Sociological perspectives and issues in the lives of African Canadians. Topics may include contemporary and historical immigration patterns, slavery, criminal justice, family, gender analysis, racism, sexual identity, labour, the civil rights movement, desegregation, Diasporan debates, and contributions in arts and science. Addresses men's and women's issues equally. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or WGST (WISE) 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI (WISE) 2P45. Gender and Society (also offered as WGST 3P51) Sociological approaches to gender as an organizing principle in society. Topics may include Canadian and global perspectives on the structuring of masculinities, femininities and other genders, gendered economies, gendered politics, gendered families and gendered popular culture. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors, CRMR, SOCI, WGST and WISE minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90, 2P00. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P51. Issues in Documentary Film (also offered as COMM 3P54 and FILM 3P54) Advanced studies in selected aspects of documentary film and other visual media. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P54. Sociology of Professional Wrestling (also offered as SPMA 3P55) Comprehensive and critical analysis of pro wrestling as cultural phenomenon. Topics include the history of pro wrestling; the organization of pro wrestling-national and international comparisons; occupational recruitment and retention; the business of pro wrestling multi-media complex. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and SPMA majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or SPMA 1P91 and 1P92. Note: may be available on-site or online. Debates in Criminology Topics may include the boundary problem in criminology, conflict and consensus theories, criminology as a moral enterprise, criminologists as knowledge workers, organizational deviance, criminology and social inequality. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 2P33, 2P61, 2P62. Note: SOCI 2P61 recommended. 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, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 2P33, 2P61, 2P62. Crime, Surveillance and Security Critical exploration of contemporary efforts to prevent crime, produce order and enhance security through decentralized and proactive initiatives. Conceptions of risk, order and disorder, community and security through examination of topics that may include gated communities, crime stoppers, community policing, urban planning and design, private policing, regulation of public space and surveillance technologies. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 2P33, 2P61, 2P62. Animals and the Law Overview of the legal status of animals and how this affects their treatment. Topics may include animal rights and animal welfare, anti-cruelty legislation, regulations and standards concerning use of animals in agriculture, biotechnology, entertainment and vivisection. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Social Movements (also offered as LABR 3P66) 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), LABR (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99 or permission of the Department Administrator. Crime and the Media Media construction of crime and the implications for criminal justice policies. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 2P33, 2P61, 2P62. Critical Gang Studies Street gangs and gang violence in North America. Topics may include theories of gang formation, the social construction of gang problems, the cultural diffusion of gang activities, gang typologies and subculture, and policing gang violence. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 2P33, 2P61, 2P62. Social Justice Research Exploration of social justice issues through a critical reading of original case studies including theoretical perspective, methodological approach, findings and implications. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to SOCI (single or combined), GHUM, SOSC majors and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. The State and Society The state as a social, economic, political and ideological institution emphasizing Canada. Topics may include theories of the state (such as Marxist, liberal and feminist); welfare and post-welfare state theory; state power in a global context; and selected case studies of states, public policy and social justice. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or permission of the Department Administrator. Popular Music and Youth Culture (also offered as COMM 3P73, MUSI 3P73 and PCUL 3P73) Cultural relation between young people and popular music. Topics include music's role in the formation of identity, the connection between musical taste and various forms of youth fashion or style, and the impact of new technologies on the ways in which young people access music. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single and combined), BCMN, COMM, MCMN, MUSI (single and combined), PCUL majors, MEST and PCUL minors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits or permission of the instructor. Sociology of Animal Agriculture Political economy of animal agriculture. Topics may include factory farming, dairy and fishing industries, fast food, cruelty to animals, slaughterhouses, impacts on environment and human health, cultural meanings of meat, vegetarianism, veganism, industry responses, biotechnology, labour relations and intersections of class, gender and racism. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Environmental Justice (also offered as WGST 3P80) Historical review of relation between environment and human societies from various theoretical perspectives. Inequalities and social justice struggles. Topics may include sustainability, biodiversity, eco-tourism, population, consumerism, environmental management. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90 or WGST (WISE) 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P80. Women and Crime (also offered as WGST 3P82) Feminist criminological theory and selected topics on crime, prisons and the Canadian criminal justice system as they pertain to women. Topics may include women's crime rates, violence by and against women, prostitution, drug use, girl gangs, women's prisons, women police officers, women in the security sector, women and terrorism, and Domestic Violence Courts. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined), WISE (single or combined) majors, CRMR, SOCI, WGST and WISE minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90, 2P00. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P82. Animals in Cross-Cultural Perspective Human relationships with animals in various cultures. Topics may include utilitarian, economic, symbolic and emotional relationships with animals, Ethnographic case studies. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Indigenous Peoples in Global Perspective (also offered as ABST 3P86 and WGST 3P86) Contemporary debates in global Indigenous movements, including the legacy of colonization, land dispossession, cultural appropriation and new developments in the areas of environmental justice, cultural revival and political sovereignty. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, one ABST credit, WGST (WISE) 1F90, 2P00 or permission of the Department Administrator. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI (ABST 3P46). Sociology of Human-Canid Interactions Human interactions with domesticated and wild canids. Topics may include domestication and social bonds across species, cultural constructions of canids, dog breeding, dogs as pets, street dogs, dogfighting, role of animal shelters, eating dogs, efforts to exterminate, manage or conserve wild canids. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 2P75. Directed Studies III Topic, readings and methods of evaluation chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the student. Restriction: permission of the instructor. Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member prior to enrolment. A written agreement is to be signed by the Chair and filed in the Department. Directed Studies IV Topic, readings and methods of evaluation chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the student. Restriction: permission of the instructor. Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member prior to enrolment. A written agreement is to be signed by the Chair and filed in the Department. Advanced Seminar in Eco-Feminism (also offered as WGST 3P92) Local, national and/or global processes relating to struggles for equality and environmental crises from a social science perspective. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90, 2P00. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P92. Media and Minorities (also offered as COMM 3P93 and PCUL 3P93) Relation 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; plus weekly lab. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), BCMN, COMM, MCMN, PCUL majors and MEST minors with a minimum of 8.0 overall credits. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P00 (2P13) and 2P11, COMM 1F90 or permission of the instructor. Economy, Culture and Society Sociological perspectives on relation between economic beliefs and actions, cultural values and norms, and social structures and processes. Topics may include cross-cultural perspectives on markets, wealth, gift giving and labour. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Note: may be offered online. Sociology of Wildlife Social construction of wildlife and examination of the situation of various species. Human-animal interactions in various contexts: wildlife trade, captivity, sanctuaries. Critical approaches to wildlife in cultural, economic, political and social context. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRAS and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Global Migration Examination of histories, political economies, social relations and cultural meanings of global human migration. Topics may include voluntary and forced migration, immigration, refugee issues, tourism, borders, securitization, citizenship, diaspora and transnationalism. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors, CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 3P48. Liberties, Rights and Protections Theoretical and empirical issues of civil liberties and human rights in criminological perspective. Topics may include criminalization and criminal justice, security, surveillance and control, international crimes, and persecution and protection. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 2P65 and SOCI 3P25. Family Conflict and Violence (also offered as CHYS 3P98) Conflict within modern family relationships. Contemporary research on spousal violence, power and decision-making, sexual abuse and child abuse. Socio-historical factors contributing 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 (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), CRMR and SOCI minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous grade assigned and credit obtained in SOCI (CHYS) 3P83. Sex Work and Sex Workers (also offered as LABR 3Q95, POLI 3Q95 and WGST 3Q95) Examination of sex work, various theoretical perspectives on sex work and their social policy implications for sex workers. Topics may include prostitution, pornography, the political economy of sex work and sex worker union organizing. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99, one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99,WGST (WISE) 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3Q95. Indigenous Peoples in North America (also offered as ABST 3Q98 and WGST 3Q98) Contemporary struggles for cultural survival, land, self-determination and rights in the context of colonialism in North America. Diversity of Indigenous peoples, including their internal debates and divides. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) majors and minors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have a minimum of 7.0 overall credits or 2.0 SOCI credits above SOCI 1F90. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, one ABST credit, WGST 1F90, 2P00 or permission of the Department Administrator. Completion of this course will replace previous grade assigned and credit obtained in SOCI (ABST) 3P46 and SOCI (ABST/WGST) 3P76. 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 Registration guide. Selected Topics in Sociology Selected issues in sociology. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Honours Seminar Examination and assessment of problems in research. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors with a minimum 80 percent major average and approval to year 4 (honours) or permission of the Department. Prerequisite(s): SOCI 3P00 or 3P01; SOCI 3P02 (2P12) and 3P11 (2P13). 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, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Department Administrator. Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 3P00, 3P01, 3P12. Note: the results of the project will be presented as a thesis. Students are required to submit a detailed (one page minimum) letter of intent by March 31. For more information contact the Department Administrator. Engaging the Sociological Imagination Integration of theory, research and practice through critical and analytical overviews of the discipline of Sociology. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single) majors until date specified in Registration guide. After that date open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). 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. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): SOCI 3P00 or 3P01. Critical Approaches to Applied Social Research Design (also offered as GEOG 4P11 and POLI 4P11) Application of social science skills in community and public-sector settings, including various qualitative and quantitative research strategies to empower communities and inform social policy development. Includes evaluation of a community agency or social program of choice. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), GEOG (single or combined), GEOG (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and POLS (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 2P11, CHYS 3P10, 3P15, GEOG 2P10, 2P12, POLI 2P80 or permission of the Department Administrator. Advanced Critical Analysis 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 Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Education and Equity (also offered as WGST 4P22) Selected issues in education in Canada and globally. Topics may include access, representation, experience, and careers of students, teachers and faculty; student cultures; student supervision; efforts to alter pedagogy and curriculum; and implications of globalization. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Note: SOCI 2P22 recommended. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 4P22. Research on Media and Popular Culture (also offered as COMM 4P23 and PCUL 4P23) Advanced research seminar on the relations between mass media and popular culture. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), BCMN, COMM, MCMN, PCUL majors and MEST minors with approval to year 4 (honours) or permission of the instructor Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P98 (3P14) or COMM 3P15. Sociology of Health (also offered as HLSC 4P26) Selected social policy issues in medical sociology, psychiatric sociology or related subdisciplines. Topics may include the politics of individualizing health problems, clinical sociology and related topics. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) and PHTH majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CHSC 4P26. Women, Work and Unions (also offered as LABR 4P31 and WGST 4P31) Theoretical and research developments concerning women's paid and unpaid work. Topics may include union activism, collective bargaining priorities and related government policies. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): one of SOCI 1F90, LABR 1F90,1F99, WGST (WISE) 1F90. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 4P31. Sociology of Work (also offered as LABR 4P32 and WGST 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, role of the contemporary labour movement, and international perspectives on labour and the labour force. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): two SOCI or LABR credits or permission of the Department Administrator. Note: SOCI 2P32 recommended. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI (LABR/WISE) 4F30 and WISE 4P32. Law and Society 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. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Gendered Patterns of Resistance and Survival (also offered as LABR 4P35 and WGST 4P35) Examination of the ways in which women and men, separately and together, seek to resist and survive the social and economic turmoil of the 21st century. Focus on individuals, families and communities and resistance in the context of global economic reorganization. Topics may include case studies in the Niagara Peninsula. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 4P35. Exploring Alternatives to Capitalism (also offered as LABR 4P37) Topics may include socialism, anarchism, eco-feminism, co-operativism, and social democracy. Theoretical and historical perspectives may be examined. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Advanced Topics 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. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined) and CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): SOCI 2P38 or CHYS 2P38. Note: With Major CHYS students with a minimum 70 percent major average and a minimum of 14.0 overall credits may be able to register. Contact the Department of Child and Youth Studies. Gender and Society (also offered as WGST 4P51) Selected issues in gender and society. Topics may include feminist theories, work, family, state, popular culture, race, militarism and violence. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): two SOCI or WGST (WISE) credits or permission of the Department Administrator. Note: SOCI 3P51 recommended. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI (WGST) 4F50, WISE 4F50 and 4P51. Masculinities, Culture and Economy (also offered as LABR 4P53 and WGST 4P53) Theoretical and empirical issues of the relation between masculinities and cultural and economic processes and structures. May include ethnicity, racialization, sexuality, nationalism, popular culture, leisure, changes in work and the labour market, class formation, and regional identity. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), LABR (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): two SOCI credits or permission of the Department Administrator. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 4P53. Global Racism/Antiracism Topics may include theorizing of racism, ethnicity and anti-racism in diverse trans/national settings, comparative perspectives on racialized inequalities and anti-racist movements. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Note: SOCI 2P47 recommended. Criminal Justice Topics may include critical perspectives on law and social control, feminist perspectives on law and criminology and the politics of law and criminal justice. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Social and Moral Regulation Topics may include critical theoretical perspectives on deviance, moral regulation and the politics of social control. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Animals and the Law Topics may include ideas of justice, animal protection, animal abuse and violence, commodification and property status of animals, legal rights for animals, wildlife trade, endangered species, international laws. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Note: SOCI 3P65 recommended. Racism/Antiracism in Canada Topics may include Canadian theoretical contributions to the study of racism, ethnicity and anti-racism, racialized inequality in Canada, Canadian anti-racist movements. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Note: SOCI 2P47 recommended. Social Movements and Globalization (also offered as GEOG 4P68 and POLI 4P68) Restructuring of social movements from around the world in new alliances for global justice. Topics may include relations between local and global scales, cross-cultural collaboration, tensions between unity and diversity, conflicts and unequal power relations in networks and North-South inequalities. May include indigenous movements, transnational feminism, the anti-corporate globalization movement and environmentalism. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), GEOG (single or combined), GEOG (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior), POLS (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). 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 Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Contesting Everyday Im/mobilities Culture, infrastructure and politics of movement, travel or transportation in relation to issues such as equity, ecology, economics, time or safety. Topics may include automobility, aeromobility, public transportation, active transportation, migration, tourism. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Indigenous Social and Political Thought (also offered as ABST 4P76 and WGST 4P76) History and contemporary literatures on Indigenous epistemologies, the political philosophy of movements for decolonization, environmental sustainability, and Indigenous writing on gendered justice and cultural resurgence in a globalizing world emphasizing writings by Indigenous scholars. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): one of two SOCI credits, one ABST credit, two WGST (WISE) credits or permission of the Department Administrator. Critical Animal Studies Selected issues related to the interaction between animals and human society. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 honours. Note: SOCI 2P85 or 3P85 recommended. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 4F80. Selected Issues in Criminology Comparative sociological perspectives on issues in criminology. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 4V81. Race and the War for Drugs Topics may include domestic drug wars and their linkages with classim, racism, sexism and militarization, foreign intervention, banks and money laundering, and the role of the state as a participant in and amplifier of narcotrafficking. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90. Note: SOCI 2P61 and 2P62 recommended. Animals and Human Societies Sociology of animal-human interaction. Topics may include exploration of animal-human bonds and boundaries, theoretical arguments on the nature of animal rights, ethical treatment of animals; animals and the law, representation of animals, and cultural meanings of animals. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Note: SOCI 2P85 recommended. Social Inequality Advanced study of social inequality and social class in a comparative perspective. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 4V87. Social Problems Advanced study of social problems using various social research methodologies. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 4V10. Controversies in Sociology Advanced study of controversies in Sociology emphasizing issues in the 21st century. Topics may include racism, gender, social class and sexuality. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in SOCI 4V85. Directed Studies V Topic, readings and methods of evaluation chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the student. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the instructor. Note: consultation is done prior to enrolment. A written agreement is signed by the Chair and filed in the Department. Directed Studies VI Topic, readings and methods of evaluation chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the student. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors with approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the instructor. Note: consultation is done prior to enrolment. A written agreement is signed by the Chair and filed in the Department. Social Policy (also offered as WGST 4Q41) 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. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined), WGST (single or combined) and WISE (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). Prerequisite(s): SOCI 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 4Q41. Selected Research Topics Selected methodological issues in sociology. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration 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 Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours). |
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2014-2015 Undergraduate Calendar
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