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Sociology
| Sociology 012, Individual and Society | |
| | Description: Focusing on the relationship between individuals and society, this course will provide students with a critical introduction to the themes of society, culture, diversity and identity. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Sociology 010. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | For students registered in the Preliminary Year Program only. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 020, Introduction to Sociology | |
| | Description: An examination of the major theoretical perspectives in the field of Sociology, methods of empirical investigation of social phenomena, socialization, group structure, principles of social organization, community structure, population and social change. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 021E | | 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, Huron, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 021E, Introduction to Sociology | |
| | Description: This course will cover the same material as Sociology 020, but will also provide students with the opportunity to enhance their essay-writing skills while pursuing a project or projects involving sociological analysis. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 020. | | 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 138, Canadian Society | |
| | Description: The structure and functioning of Canadian society. An examination of the political, economic, cultural, and value structures and processes. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 140, Social Problems | |
| | Description: Survey of issues and theories in the study of social problems with particular attention to contemporary Canadian society. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 143, Minority Groups | |
| | Description: The analysis of racial, ethnic, political and religious minority groups in terms of their relationship to each other and to society at large. Pluralism, assimilation, competition, conflict, prejudice and discrimination are among the concepts to be studied. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 144a/b, Sociology of Education | |
| | Description: A comprehensive study of educational institutions in modern society. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 151a/b, The Evolution of Cities | |
| | Description: Along with the "Agricultural Revolution" and the "Industrial Revolution" we have experienced an "Urban Revolution". This course examines the shift from rural life to "Urbanism" as our predominant way of life. Cities are analysed from cross-cultural, theoretical and evolutionary perspectives. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 152a/b, Life in the Contemporary City | |
| | Description: Modern cities offer a multitude of opportunities (jobs, housing, education, goods and services), but with these can come problems (like pollution, crime, and class conflict). This course examines the problems of contemporary city life, as well as the policy initiatives aimed at addressing these problems. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 169, Work and Industry | |
| | Description: The organization of production in pre- industrial, industrial and post-industrial societies and their impact on work meanings and styles. The development of industrial capitalism and its effects on labor receive special emphasis. Various proposals to alleviate discontents with work in today's society are critically examined. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 172a/b, Advertising and Society | |
| | Description: The social role of advertising and public relations in society. Special emphasis is given to advertising content, the mechanisms of persuasion, and controversies over advertising effects on human behavior and socialization. | | 2 lecture hours, 1 seminar hour, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 173a/b, Problems in Mass Society | |
| | Description: This course provides general coverage of the literature and issues related to the notion of mass society, updated in terms of current conceptions of late-modern (or postmodern) society. This perspective is applied to three institutions that have come to dominate contemporary society (popular culture, education, and the media), with an emphasis on how mass production, mass marketing, and mass consumption have penetrated these institutions. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 205a/b, Statistics for Sociology | |
| | Description: An introduction to the techniques of statistical analysis used by sociologists, including descriptive statistics, the normal curve, hypothesis testing and various measures of association. | | Antirequisite(s): All other university level statistics courses at the 100 level or above, including: Health Sciences 282 or the former Health Sciences 201, Psychology 281, 282E, Social Work 205, the
former Sociology 231. | | Prerequisite(s): At least 60% in Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | Mandatory for students registered in Yr 2 of an Honors/Combined Honors program (old curriculum), or an Honors Specialization (new academic choices) offered through the Dept. of Sociology. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 206a/b, Research Methods in Sociology | |
| | Description: An introduction to the research process and ethical dilemmas faced by sociologists, as well as a survey of the essential procedures used to collect sociological data, e.g. sampling, questionnaire design, and observational field research techniques. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Sociology 231, Social Work 205. | | Prerequisite(s): At least 60% in Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | Mandatory for students registered in Yr 2 of an Honors/Combined Honors program (old curriculum), or an Honors Specialization (new academic choices) offered through the Dept. of Sociology. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 208F/G, Multiculturalism and Citizenship | |
| Description: A sociological examination of multiculturalism in contemporary societies, the tensions between cultural and national identities, and the social, cultural, and institutional forces affecting various community responses among an increasingly diverse
citizenry. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 209F/G, Sociological Perspectives on Indigenous Women | |
| | Description: With an emphasis on North America, this course provides a critical introduction to the study of Indigenous women. The roles and experiences of Indigenous women, prior to and post colonization, are considered. | | Antirequisite(s): First Nations Studies 219F/G; Sociology 299b (offered at Brescia 2006) | | Prerequisite(s): One of: Sociology 020 or 021E; First Nations Studies 020E; Women’s Studies 020E. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 215a/b, Bridging Classroom & Community: An Introduction to Community Development Through Service-Learning | |
| | Description: This course provides students with an introduction to the field of community development. In addition to experiencing learning through service, students will study: the concept of community, the process of doing community research and the related ethical issues, models of community development and ways of evaluating community development programs. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E, or permission of the Instructor. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 220a/b, Sociology of the Environment I | |
| | Description: This course examines environmental issues and concerns from a sociological perspective. Topics include environmental values, attitudes and behaviour; environmental movements; the political economy of the environment, and environmental risk and risk assessment. Debates surrounding such concepts as sustainable development will also be emphasized. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 221a/b, Sociology of the Environment II | |
| | Description: This course focuses on case studies in environmental justice, a form of social justice relating equity to fairness in environmental management. Emphasis on the extent to which hazardous wastes and other industrial pollutants disproportionately burden communities made up of minorities and the poor, and their efforts to reduce the risks. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 225a/b, Law in the Sociology of Film | |
| | Description: This course applies sociological perspectives to film dealing with law and legal institutions. Students are encouraged to go beyond conventional treatments of genre and character, and consider law and social control in the movies with a sociological eye. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 232, Population and Society | |
| | Description: The course will examine major issues in the field of population studies including patterns of marriage and cohabitation, childbearing, immigration, health, mortality and population aging. Particular attention will be paid to the implications of population patterns for other social institutions and for social policy. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Sociology 232E | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 233, Social Psychology | |
| | Description: An analysis of the theories and research of human conduct in social settings. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 234E | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 235, The Family | |
| | Description: Sociological, psychological, and other research perspectives on family structure and functioning. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E, or enrolment in the Honors Specialization, Major or Minor module in Family Studies, or the Honors Specialization or Major module in Childhood and Family Relations or year 2 of the "old" Childhood and Family Relations Program. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Bresica, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 237, Social Change | |
| | Description: The study of the sources, patterns, and consequences of change in various social structures within historical and contemporary contexts. Classic and modern theories will be evaluated, and problems encountered in producing and guiding change will be analyzed. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 239, Social Inequality | |
| | Description: A study of the causes and consequences of the unequal distribution of prestige, power and wealth and of the ideologies used to defend and criticize inequality. Different societies are examined but emphasis is on the development and contemporary structure of the Canadian class system. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 240E, Survey of Sociological Theory | |
| | Description: A survey of sociological theory from the historical roots of social science to the present. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 270a/b and 271a/b, or the former Sociology 230. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 241E, Men and Women in Society: Gender Issues in Sociology | |
| | Description: This course considers gender issues including the conceptualization of gender and how gender structures theory and research in Sociology as well as areas of social life such as class and change, demography, race and ethnicity, and health and aging. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 245, Medical Sociology | |
| | Description: The social components of health, illness, and patienthood with emphasis on the nature of health institutions and professions and current issues of lay or professional concern. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 246a/b, 247a/b, and former Sociology 234. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 250a/b, Sociology of Film | |
| | Description: This course uses film to introduce and explore sociological themes and concepts. Sociological film interpretation is emphasized, along with standard accounts of the meaning of particular movies. Students will be encouraged to go beyond conventional theories of plot and character motivation, and analyze film from their own sociologically informed perspective. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 253a/b, Administration of Criminal Justice | |
| | Description: A sociological analysis of the criminal justice system in Canada (public involvement, police, courts, and correctional programs). The organization, structure and functioning of the criminal justice system are examined. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 256a/b, Sociology of Corrections | |
| | Description: This course is an examination of the evolution of corrections and punishment (penology). It will include the historical development, organization and administration of correctional institutions, as well as the development of various models of punishment (deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, incapacitation). | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 259, Sociology of Deviance | |
| | Description: Basic approaches to the study of deviant behavior with special emphasis on problems in concept formation, measurement and theory construction. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 260a/b, Sociology of Law | |
| | Description: An analysis of the legal institutions and processes in contemporary society. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 264F/G, Social Movements | |
| | Description: An analysis of types of social movements and an introductory examination of their origin, emergence and organization. Both support for and opposition to selected examples of social movements will be discussed in relation to the conditions under which they arose. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 265a/b, Sociology of English-Canadian Literature | |
| | Description: Analyses of images of society in the poetry and fiction of English Canada, especially in the modern period. Attention will be given to the socioeconomic and historical contexts in which the works were written. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 266a/b, An Introduction to Criminology | |
| | Description: The sociological aspects of crime in Canada. The measurement patterns, causes and social explanations of criminal behavior will be examined. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 267a/b, Youth in Conflict with the Law | |
| | Description: This course will review sociological perspectives on youth criminal offending and on the legal and moral regulation of youth. Canadian social policies with respect to the criminal behaviour of young persons will also be examined. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 270a/b, Foundations of Social Theory | |
| | Description: A comprehensive survey of the founding theories and theorists (among others, Marx, Weber and Durkheim) of sociology, and of the social and historical contexts out of which their theories grew. Students will be introduced to the principal philosophical and epistemological questions concerning the nature of sociological knowledge. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Sociology 230 or Sociology 240E | | Prerequisite(s): At least 60% in Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 271a/b, Survey of Contemporary Theory | |
| | Description: Continuities in sociological thinking will be stressed by building upon the insights of the discipline's founding thinkers, while simultaneously exposing students to the rich variety that characterizes contemporary theorizing. Among other approaches, structural functionalism, symbolic interactionism, Marxism, critical theory, feminist theory, and post-modernism will be discussed. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Sociology 230, Sociology 240E. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 270a/b. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 298a/b, Special Topics in Sociology | |
| | Description: This one-term course will deal with selected topics of current interest in Sociology. Topics and course description will be available at the time of registration. | | 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 299a/b, Special Topics in Sociology | |
| | Description: This one-term course will deal with selected topics of current interest in Sociology. Topics and course description will be available at the time of registration. | | 3 lecture/seminar hours, 0.5 course.
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| Sociology 300a/b, Advanced Statistics | |
| | Description: Mandatory for third-year (old) Honors/(new) Honors Specialization Sociology students. Parametric and non-parametric social statistics. Tests of significance and measures of association, analysis of variance, correlation, regression and probability will be studied extensively. | | Antirequisite(s): Psychology 392F/G | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in an Honors/Combined Honors program (old curriculum), or an Honors Specialization (new academic choices) offered through the Department of Sociology with a minimum grade of 60% in Sociology 205a/b and 206a/b, or the former Sociology 231. If not in Honors, a minimum grade of 70% in Sociology 205a/b and Sociology 206a/b, or the former Sociology 231 is required. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 302a/b, Research Methodology in Empirical Sociology | |
| | Description: Mandatory for third-year (old) Honors/(new) Honors Specialization Sociology students. A comprehensive study of the problems of methodology and research design. The methodology of major studies in sociology will be critically examined. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 300a/b. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 304F/G, The Experience of Health and Illness | |
| | Description: This course presents an intensive examination of the experience of illness and its impact on the self. Specific examples ranging from tuberculosis to cancer and AIDS are employed to illustrate the variety of ways in which the experience of illness is shaped and controlled by public and professional definitions and evaluations. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 325F, if taken in 1993-94 or 1994-95. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E and third or fourth year standing in a program (old) or module (new) in Sociology, or permission of the Department. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 305F/G, The Management of Health and Illness | |
| | Description: This course presents a critical examination of the profile of health problems in Canada at the present time and how our health care system is organized to manage them. Special attention is given to heart disease, cancer, accidental deaths and how these vary in terms of age, social class, gender, ethnicity, and region. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 327G, if taken in 1993-94 or 1994-95. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E and third or fourth year standing in a program (old) or module (new) in Sociology, or permission of the Department. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 310F, The Sociology of Everyday Life I. | |
| | Description: In this seminar, students explore a social dimension of everyday life which interests them. From this they develop a problem focus and ways of researching it using approaches such as intensive interviewing, participant observation, unobtrusive data collection and grounded theory building. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 328F and 329G, if taken in 1993-94 or 1994-95 or the former Sociology 306E and Sociology 307F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 233 or 234E and third or fourth year standing in a program (old) or module (new) in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 311G, The Sociology of Everyday Life II. | |
| | Description: In this seminar, students carry out research proposals developed in The Sociology of Everyday Life I. Emphasis in this semester is on learning how to interview and observe, to record and code field notes and to report findings in an eithically acceptable way. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 328F and 329G, if taken in 1993-94 or 1994-95 or the former Sociology 306E and Sociology 307F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 310F/G and third or fourth year standing in a program (old) or module (new) in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 314F/G, Family and Work | |
| | Description: A study of changes in family and work, and their interrelationship. The focus is on paid and unpaid work, its division by gender, and the accommodation made by families, workplaces and social policy in terms of the needs to earn a living and care for family members. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E and third or fourth year standing in a program (old) or module (new) in Sociology, BACS, or the Honors Specialization Health Science Rural Health. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course
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| Sociology 316F/G, Demographic Change and Human Resources | |
| | Description: The components of demographic change (fertility, mortality, migration) and their impact on the Canadian labor force. The focus is on education, work and retirement in the life course, along with associated social policy with respect to education, training, employment, equity, social security and pensions. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E and third or fourth year standing in a program (old) or module (new) in Sociology, BACS or Urban Development. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 318F/G, Globalization and International Migration | |
| | Description: The course will focus on the analysis of the role of economic and cultural globalization in generating international migration flows, as well as select economic and social outcomes arising from these flows for the sending countries, the migrants, and the receiving countries. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 320F/G, Youth and Society | |
| | Description: This course surveys issues related to the study of the transition to adulthood. Sociological perspectives on the nature and relevance of youth are reviewed, along with historical and cultural variations in coming-of-age socialization contexts, and current institutional influences on the timing and prospects of youth-adult transitions.
| | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E and enrolment in third or fourth year Sociology. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Sociology 322a/b, Community Analysis: Research & Evaluation | |
| | Description: The objective of this course is to provide students with the tools necessary to conduct research in the community using such qualitative research methods as interviewing, ethnography, participatory action research, focus groups, oral history and feminist methodologies. Working with the professor, the students will develop their own community-based research project. | | Antirequisite(s): Sociology 332 | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 215a/b or permission of the Instructor. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 325F/G-329F/G, Special Topics | |
| | Description: Topic and course description will be available at time of registration. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E and permission of the Department. | | 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 330F/G, Community Development: Foundations | |
| | Description: The study of the fundamental concepts and models in the field of community development, both historically and in their current applications to civic engagement, housing, community economic development, sustainability, and community diversity. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 215a/b and enrolment in the Community Development program, or permission of the instructor. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 331F/G, Community Development: Practice | |
| | Description: Exploring the practice of community development, students will cultivate their skills in problem diagnosis, problem solving and community-building initiatives via the analysis of case studies on topics such as literacy and education, health care, seniors, youth, global development, policing and justice, and building of community cultures. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 330F/G and enrolment in the Community Development program, or permission of the instructor. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 333F/G, Interpreting Law and Social Policy to Build Communities | |
| | Description: Students will learn to interpret law and social policy for communities according to the degree of political awareness and/or literacy levels. Through understanding of the scholarly literature and practical application, the student will facilitate dialogue among community members as they share experiential knowledge, to understand the impact of laws and policies on their neighborhoods and communities. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 334a/b, Community Practicum | |
| | Description: Under the supervision of a community practitioner, students will apply their academic knowledge to real world settings with placements in the community. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 215a/b and enrolment in the Community Development program, or permission of the instructor. | | One-half day (5 hours) per week, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 338E, Advanced Social Change | |
| | Description: A critical examination of the sources and consequences of change in social systems. The emphasis will be upon the application of contemporary theories of social change to Canadian society. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 237 or Sociology 238a/b or the former 236, enrolment in third year Sociology or permission of King's Department of Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 341F/G, The Social Construction of Gender | |
| | Description: The course will consider the ways in which our view of gender has changed from one that saw gender as an attribute of individuals to one that sees gender as a social construction that shapes social life. Implications of this change for gender inequality will also be explored. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E and third or fourth year standing in a program (old) or module (new) in Sociology. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 343F/G, The Sociology of Religion: Understanding Islam I | |
| | Description: Using a Weberian approach to its cultural and social evolution, Islam is considered as: prophetic and charismatic force and as an element in ethnic, state and regional social structures and ideologies. The seminar is a background for the understanding of modern topics in the sociology of Islam. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 344F/G, The Sociology of Religion: Understanding Islam II | |
| | Description: Building on an understanding of the early development and evolution of Islamic culture and societies, such questions as Islam and women; Islamic mysticism and Sufism; Islam and globalization; Islam and international conflict; the treatment of Islam in Western media; and Islamic immigrants in European and North American societies will be addressed. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 343F/G or permission of the Department. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course
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| Sociology 345F/G, Socialization | |
| | Description: A general survey of theory and research pertaining to symbolic interactionist, social-learning, cognitive-developmental and psychoanalytic schools of thought. Emphasis will be placed on special topics in order to demonstrate the explanatory utilities and deficiencies of each perspective. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 233 and enrolment in third or fourth year Sociology. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 347F/G, Current Issues in Stratification | |
| | Description: The course will examine current theories and research methods in stratification. Consideration will be given to both industrialized and developing societies. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E and enrolment in third or fourth year Sociology. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 350F/G, Complex Organizations | |
| | Description: An examination of alternative theories of complex organizations, the nature and types of organizations, their relationships to modern society, aspects of their internal differentiation, and processes of organizational change. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 353F/G, Restructuring in the Americas | |
| | Description: A study of power dynamics at a broad societal level, particularly in the workplace. Special emphasis on how globalization affects industrial restructuring in Canada, the U.S. and Latin America. Attention is also paid to the social implications of the renewed prominence of industry in Latin American countries such as Mexico. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Sociology 352E. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 354F/G, Crossing Borders in the Americas | |
| | Description: A study of how restructuring has influenced the movement of goods and people across borders in the Americas, especially within newly emerging trade blocks such as NAFTA. Emphasis on the socio-political forces affecting greater and lesser facility in the passage of particular goods and people across borders. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Sociology 352E. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King’s) | | back to top |
| Sociology 357F/G, Crime and Deviance in the Workplace | |
| | Description: This course will survey the empirical research and theoretical issues surrounding occupational and organizational crime and deviance in private and public organizations. What constitutes crime at work is a contested category and attention will be focused on the role power plays in the definition and prosecution of crime. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or 021E, and Sociology 266a/b, as well as third or fourth year standing in a program (old) or module (new) in Sociology. | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 360F/G, Law and Social Inequality | |
| | Description: This course critically investigates the origins and the operation of law in society. Both the extent to which the law reflects and reinforces social inequalities, and the possibility for change and reform through law, are explored. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 020 or Sociology 021E and enrolment in third or fourth year Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 380F/G, Advanced Gender Relations: The World of Work | |
| | Description: This seminar course focuses on the interrelatedness of social policy to the institution of work and the union movement in Canada. Students develop a greater understanding of gender in relation to occupational roles, labour movements, union organization, and both union executives' and committee responses to the needs of workers. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 341F/G and enrolment in third or fourth year Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 385F/G, Special Topics | |
| | Description: Topic and course description will be available at time of registration. | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in third or fourth year Sociology. | | 0.5 course. | | (Brescia). | | back to top |
| Sociology 386F/G, Special Topics | |
| | Description: Topic and course description will be available at time of registration. | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in third or fourth year Sociology. | | 0.5 course. | | (Brescia). | | back to top |
| Sociology 404F/G, Modern Sociological Theory I | |
| | Description: This course will survey major trends in modern sociological theory. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 270a/b and Sociology 271a/b or the former Sociology 230 or Sociology 240E and enrolment in fourth year of the Honors program (old) or one of the Honors Specialization (new) offered in Sociology or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 405F/G, Modern Sociological Theory II | |
| | Description: This course will consist of an in-depth analysis of selected schools of thought in modern sociological theory. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 270a/b and 271a/b or the former Sociology 230 or Sociology 240E and enrolment in fourth year of the Honors program (old) or one of the Honors Specializations (new) offered in Sociology or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 430F/G, Advanced Sociology of Education | |
| | Description: An application of sociological perspectives to current national and global educational developments, issues and controversies. Special attention is paid to the use of normative and empirical components in institutionally based radical, reformist, and critical educational discourses. | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year honors Sociology or permission of the Department or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 431F/G, The Sociology of Childhood | |
| | Description: A delineation of the historical evolution of the concept of childhood and a critical examination of contemporary debates on childhood as a developmental and life course stage and as a social policy issue. | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year honors Sociology, or enrolment in fourth year honors Childhood and Family Relations, or permission of the Department or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 436F/G, Advanced Social Psychology | |
| | Description: Current theory and research in Social Psychology. | | Prerequisite(s): Sociology 233 and enrolment in fourth year Sociology or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| Sociology 437F/G, Advanced Sociology of Deviance | |
| | Description: Current theory and research in the Sociology of Deviance. | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year of the Honors program (old) or one of the Honors Specializations (new) offered in Sociology or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 461F/G, Advanced Communications | |
| | Description: Current theory and research in communications. | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year Sociology or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | (Brescia) | | back to top |
| | Description: The design and execution of a research project and its presentation in the form of a thesis under the direction of a faculty member. Thesis to be submitted by April 15 of the fourth year. Students who wish to take this course must apply to the Chair, Department of Sociology, King's College. (This course is restricted to students in fourth-year honors Sociology at King's College.) | | Prerequisite(s): Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 1.0 course. | | (King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 498F/G, Independent Study | |
| | Description: Reading and discussion of selected topics in Sociology. | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year of the Honors program (old) or one of the Honors Specializations (new) offered in Sociology, or written permission of the Department. Students may take only two of Sociology 398F/G, Sociology 399F/G, Sociology 498F/G, Sociology 499F/G or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
| Sociology 499F/G, Independent Study | |
| | Description: Reading and discussion of selected topics in Sociology. | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in fourth year of the Honors program (old) or one of the Honors Specializations (new) offered in Sociology, or written permission of the Department. Students may take only two of Sociology 398F/G, Sociology 399F/G, Sociology 498F/G, Sociology 499F/G or Honors Double Major in Sociology. | | 3 hours (reading course), 0.5 course. | | (Brescia, King's) | | back to top |
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