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English language proficiency requirements Students registering in post-secondary level courses (numbered 100 to 499) will be required to meet the English language entrance proficiency requirements. Students in ELS or the University Foundations programs can register in those courses identified in the University Foundations program with lower levels of language proficiency. |
Please note that not all courses are offered every semester.
3 credits
Introductory Sociology
Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students are introduced to analysis of social life using basic sociological concepts, methods, and theoretical orientations. Designed to acquaint students with the discipline as well as facilitate critical thought concerning explanations of social interactions, organizations, institutions, and society.
3 credits
Social Issues in Latin America
Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Latin America is a diverse region of considerable importance to Canadians for political, commercial, and social reasons. In this course we explore key facets of social life in this volatile region. We look at the forces that have shaped Latin American society, at the situation Latin America finds itself in now, and at the region’s prospects for the future. In the process we examine class, race, gender, socio-economic development, and other social issues.
Note: This course is offered as both LAS 200 and SOC 200. Students may take only one of these for credit.
3 credits
Key Ideas in Sociology
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students survey sociological theories and theoretical perspectives from early classical theorists up to those writing in contemporary times. Students review history and critiques of sociological ideas and thought that have shaped the discipline, with particular focus on a decolonizing lens.
3 credits
Comparative Societies
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students apply sociological analysis at a global level, making use of comparative methodology to learn more about societies around the world. In doing so, students will reflect upon the relationships between different societies and the global forces that shape them. They will also look at methodological and conceptual debates within the field of comparative sociology, exploring the limits and possibilities of sociological analysis around the world. Through these processes of comparison and critique, students will learn more about their own society and what makes it distinct.
3 credits
The Politics of Art in Latin America
Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
In this course, we examine Latin American artistic culture from the perspectives of the social sciences. Focuses may include art, architecture, literature, film, music, dance, folk art, and popular culture. The intent will be to relate these to the social context in which they are located. In particular, we will be interested in the ways in which artistic expression helps to legitimize or to challenge particular social orders.
Note: This course is offered as LAS 206, ANTH 206, MACS 206, and SOC 206. Students may take only one of these for credit.
3 credits
Social Problems
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students investigate social problems through a social constructionist and socio-historical framework. Content focuses on the claims-making activities of social actors and groups involved in defining and constructing social problems. Students examine the empirical research on a variety of social problems, such as youth crime, sexuality, drug use, racism, Indigenous issues, and gun control.
3 credits
Feminist Perspectives on Community, Work, and Family
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students apply a feminist, intersectional lens to understanding people’s community, work, and family experiences in Canada. Students examine changing patterns of socialization into community, paid and unpaid work, and family behaviours, differentiated in relation to individuals’ gender, sexuality, race, class, Indigeneity, citizenship, and (dis)ability.
3 credits
Individuals and Society
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
An introduction to sociological social psychology and symbolic interactionism. Topics include identity formation, impression management, meaning-making, emotions and social life, everyday rituals, group dynamics, social constructionism, and status hierarchy formation, social order, and deviance.
3 credits
Deviance and Social Control
Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students explore deviant behaviour and identity through an examination of its social construction, explanation, commission, and mechanisms of control.
3 credits
Culture of Captalism
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Examines the components that make up the culture of capitalism. Students will participate in case studies on emergent problems from the culture of capitalism, such as environmental impacts and hunger in low-income countries. The course also considers different types of resistance, along with their purpose and potential for changing the culture of capitalism.
3 credits
Sociology of Development: The Global South
Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students take a critical perspective on the question of development and “underdevelopment” in the global South. Focusing on the enduring legacies of colonialism, the course draws on examples from around the world – particularly South Asia, Africa, and Latin America – to explore questions related to economic growth, aid and the global debt crisis, state capacity and public service delivery, democratization, the “development industry”, welfare provision and social protection, and environmental sustainability.
Note: Students with credit for GDS 250 cannot take this course for further credit.
3 credits
Writing for Social Sciences
Prerequisite(s): One of ANTH 102, CRIM 100, CRIM 104, ECON 100, ECON 101, GDS 100, GEOG 111, GEOG 130, GEOG 140, GEOG 240, GEOG 241, GEOG 242, MACS 110, PSYC 101, PSYC 102, POSC 100, POSC 110, POSC 120, SOC 101, or any 100- or 200-level HIST course.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
New and developing students of social sciences will learn to write effectively for various applications. Course content spans from draft idea to finished product and covers a range of writing tasks along the way, such as literature reviews, thesis statements, drafts, organizing arguments, presenting evidence, and documenting sources.
3 credits
Introduction to Social Research
Prerequisite(s): One of ANTH 102, MACS 110, or SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Provides an introduction to sociological research techniques, data analysis, and questions of methodology. Topics considered include research design, developing and measuring concepts, ethics, sampling, methods of data collection, and elementary data analysis.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 255 and MACS 255. Students may take only one of these for credit.
Note: Students with credit for ANTH 255 cannot take this course for further credit.
3 credits
Food for Thought: Food, Culture, and Society
Prerequisite(s): One of ANTH 102, SOC 101, or 18 university-level credits.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students take an ethnographic and cross-cultural perspective in this course examining food production and consumption, the social and symbolic uses of food, the relationships between food and cultural identity, and the politics of food.
Note: This course is offered as ANTH 260 and SOC 260. Students may take only one of these for credit.
3 credits
Social Inequality
Prerequisite(s): 9 university-level credits.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Covers the various forms, origins, persistence, and consequences of inequality as well as strategies of resistance. Students discuss theories and empirical research related to inequalities and social stratification.
3 credits
Dynamics of Racism in Canada
Prerequisite(s): One of SOC 101, ANTH 102, MACS 130, or LAS 200
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course is a critical introduction to the area of race and ethnic relations within the Canadian context. In particular racism, inequality, and the social construction of racial and ethnic categories and identities will be examined. The student will develop an awareness of competing conceptual definitions and theoretical interpretations of racism, examine controversies about the extent and meaning of racism in Canada, and investigate how the process of racialization occurs within institutions such as education, the media, and the criminal justice system. Course material will draw upon a variety of historical and contemporary sources, cases, and examples, particularly those relevant to the Fraser Valley.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 270, ANTH 270, and MACS 270. Students may take only one of these for credit.
3 credits
Sociology of Death and Dying
Prerequisite(s): 9 university-level credits.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Covers the social construction of death and dying as it occurs through various agents of socialization such as families, religious institutions, schools, and peer groups, as well as other social, economic, and political organizations such as the funeral industry, health care systems, and political bodies.
3 credits
Sociology of Health and Illness
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students examine the complex interface between health, illness, and society. Topics may include theory, epidemiology, social determinants of health, social inequality, illness experience, social construction of medical knowledge and practice, medicalization, health professions education, and social organization in Canada, with a specific focus of those on the frontline of health care (doctors, nurses, paramedics, etc.).
3 credits
Sociology of Human-Animal Relations
Prerequisite(s): None.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Focuses on the relationships humans have with non-human animals and their implications for society. Students explore the nature-society dichotomy and the question whether sociology needs to decenter humans. Students also engage with Indigenous cosmologies, feminisms, cultural values and norms, social inequalities, and justice and rights. Possible topics range from the exploitation of non-human animals by humans to humans’ affective relationships with pets.
3 credits
Special Topics in Sociology I
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Examination of a selected topic within sociology that is not addressed in current course offerings. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include, but are not limited to, leisure and society, public sociology, drugs and society, and sociology of disability.
Note: This course will be offered under different letter designations (e.g. C-Z) representing different topics. This course may be repeated for credit provided the letter designation differs.
4 credits
Special Topics: Regional Studies in Latin America
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least 6 credits of anthropology, sociology and/or LAS. (One or more of SOC 250, ANTH 220, or LAS 102, 110, 200 or 206 recommended.)
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Using sociological and anthropological approaches, this course is designed to provide insights into the society and culture of a specific nation or region within Latin America.
Note: This course is offered as ANTH 310, LAS 310, and SOC 310. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Agriculture and Rural Life
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits to include one of: SOC/ANTH/MACS 255, GEOG 252,CRIM 220 or equivalent.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Agriculture is essential to our well-being, and yet for the majority it is easy to separate this fact from our day to day lives. For those who live in rural areas, however, the features of agriculture and rural life are often inseparable. Fertilizer in the ground water, agricultural noise pollution, housing development, seasonal workers—these are just a few of the issues for exploration under the topic of agriculture and rural life. This course is an applied introduction to agriculture and rural life in the North America context, with students conducting their own primary research on a subject of relevance to the course and under guidance of the instructor. Class time will be spent learning about a specific case study or studies related to agriculture and rural life, and discussing practical and theoretical aspects of conducting a research project.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 313 and GEOG 313. Students may take only one of these for credit. Students who have taken SOC 358C cannot take SOC 313 and GEOG 313 for further credit.
4 credits
Cities and Culture
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including (ANTH 102 or SOC 101) and (3 credits of ANTH or SOC at the 200 level or higher).
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Examines how anthropologists, sociologists, and others have explored urban life, urban forms, and cities as objects of inquiry. Issues explored include urbanization, the built environment, and similarities and differences in the experience of urban life in a range of local and global contexts.
Note: This course is offered as ANTH 325 and SOC 325. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Culture and Cognition
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including 6 credits of ANTH, PHIL, PSYC, or SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students draw on a variety of perspectives and explore ways in which attention, perception, classification, memory, reasoning, and meaning are shaped by culture. Examples are drawn from a broad spectrum of social life.
4 credits
Sociology of Families
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits, including SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students focus on the sociological study of Canadian families, both past and present, in all of their diverse and ever-changing forms and practices. A multiplicity of topics and intersecting issues are examined, including the different social factors that structure families, diversity of family forms, discourses and “the family”, individual experiences of the family, Indigenous families, history and families, intimacy and commitment, parenting, work and family life, midlife and aging families, social inequality, and families of children with disabilities. While this course focuses primarily on “Canadian” families, a diversity of family forms, both past and present and from other societies will be examined.
4 credits
Schooling and Society
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits to include at least six credits of Sociology.
Corequisite(s): None
Pre- or corequisite(s): None
A sociological analysis of the education system and its relation to major social institutions in Western industrial societies, in particular Canada. Aspects studied may include the classroom, teachers, student culture, bureaucratization, inequality, employment, and social policy.
Note: Students with credit for EDUC 333 cannot take this course for further credit.
4 credits
Cultural Policy in Canada
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits, including three credits of AH, MACS, or SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Examines the essential role played by the federal government in shaping and supporting culture in Canada. Explores Ottawa’s involvement in such areas as radio and television broadcasting, Indigenous media, the fine and performing arts, and multiculturalism.
Note: This course is offered as MACS 334 and SOC 334. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Gender and Gender Relations
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits including SOC 101 and 3 additional credits of SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students explore sociological experience and construction of gender, including gender identity and expressions, as well as broader social structures such as gender institutions and ideologies. Students focus on how gender interacts with other factors such as race and class, and critically engage with gender binary and gender spectrum concepts.
4 credits
Taste and Culture
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits including 6 credits of SOC and/or MACS.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students critically examine the concept of “taste”. Students explore the relationship between social class and taste and how it plays out in areas including art, film, television, fashion, music, food, advertising, identity, subcultures, and our bodies.
Note: This course is offered as MACS 337 and SOC 337. Students may only take one of these for credits.
4 credits
Environmental Justice
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including 6 credits of SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Introduces students to the study of environmental justice through theory and case study, and covers both the structural and ideological bases of environmental injustice. Examines where social marginalization – by ethnicity, class, gender, or geography, amongst others – is disproportionately affected by negative environmental impacts.
4 credits
Protest and Social Movements
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including 6 credits of SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students examine protests and social movements in a wide range of manifestations and social contexts. Students explore examples and case studies from both democratic and authoritarian states, developing familiarity with theoretical perspectives, terms, and concepts important to the sociology of social movements.
4 credits
Sociological Themes and Theorists
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including 6 credits of SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students examine classical and contemporary sociological concepts, themes and theorists and assess them through a decolonizing lens to see whether, how, and where they are relevant to the world today.
4 credits
Public Policy Analysis
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students examine the practice of policy analysis through various theoretical approaches within social, political, economic, and legal contexts that situate the action and inaction that is social policy.
Note: Students with credit for POSC 352 cannot take this course for further credit.
4 credits
Program Evaluation
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits, to include SOC 255 and an additional three credits of Sociology
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course examines the methods of program evaluation to provide students with the most effective evaluative approaches to social programs. Students will explore a range of evaluation techniques, from evaluability assessments and needs assessments to the most provocative models associated with evaluating a program’s effectiveness.
4 credits
Quantitative Research Methods
Prerequisite(s): MACS 255/SOC 255.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students examine methods, techniques, and concepts used in quantitative sociological analysis. Using computer software and real-world data, students develop practical research skills in quantitative data analysis and critical thinking skills appropriate for evaluating others’ use of these methods. Students take a hands-on approach to learning.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 355 and MACS 355. Students may take only one of these for credit.
Note: Students with credit for ANTH 355 cannot take this course for further credit.
4 credits
Qualitative Research Methods
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits including MACS 255/SOC 255.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students examine methods used in the collection and analysis of qualitative data. Topics may include interviews, ethnographic research, archival research, textual analysis, sociological theory, and research ethics.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 356 and MACS 356. Students may take only one of these for credit.
Note: Students with credit for ANTH 356 cannot take this course for further credit.
4 credits
Advanced Research Methods
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including one of CRIM 220 or SOC 255/MACS 255 (formerly offered as ANTH 255).
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students gain an in-depth learning experience with one or two specific sociological research methods. Exploration of this method will include both data collection and analysis. Methods covered will vary and may include, but are not limited to, comparative-historical methods, network analysis, visual sociology, discourse analysis, grounded theory, and evaluation research.
4 credits
Advanced Research on a Selected Topic
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits to include one of SOC 255/ANTH 255/MACS 255, GEOG 252,
CRIM 220, or equivalent.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
In this course students conduct their own primary research on the course topic, as directed by the instructor. The course is based around a select sociological topic, and readings address the selected topic. Class time is spent learning about and discussing the topic as well as discussing practical and theoretical aspects of conducting a research project. The course topic is determined by the instructor and will vary from semester to semester.
4 credits
Eating and Thinking: Food, Identity, and Power in Global Societies
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 102 or SOC 101 required; ANTH/SOC 230 recommended; in addition to 45 university-level credits.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
In the modern world, it is increasingly the case that people neither eat what they grow nor grow what they eat. This seminar course examines the global ethnographic, social, political-economic, and theoretical implications of this conundrum. We explore a number of issues in the contemporary anthropology and sociology of food, including the gender, status and identity meanings of food; the relationships between food, power, and development; the local and global impacts of food production and consumption; and the growing importance of food-based movements for social change.
Note: This course is offered as ANTH 360 and SOC 360. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Processes of Development and Underdevelopment: Latin America
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least 6 credits of Sociology, Anthropology, LAS, or GDS. (SOC 250, ANTH 220, LAS 200 and GDS 100 are recommended.)
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course is an examination of theories and strategies of socioeconomic development and underdevelopment as applied to the Global South from 1945 until the present. Special attention will be paid to Latin America as the source of several development theories and the best example of the application of related development strategies.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 363, ANTH 363, LAS 363 and GDS 363. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Power, Inequality, and the Environment
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including one of ANTH 102, GEOG 140, or SOC 101.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Investigates and questions how framings of environmental issues reflect broader power structures, cultural categories, and social anxieties. Focuses on how we—as scholars, citizens, and activists—can work to alter current environmental conditions in ways that foster social and ecological justice for all living beings.
Note: In some iterations of this course, a mini-conference will be held outside of class time at the end of the semester.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 368 and ANTH 368. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Television and Social Values
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including 6 credits of MACS and/or SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students will focus on a particular television program, series, or universe and interrogate it with a socio-cultural lens. By taking a critical
approach to television, students will analyze programming as a text to uncover how meaning is created, transmitted, and received.
Note: This course is offered as MACS 385 and SOC 385. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include ANTH 102 and at least 3 additional credits of Anthropology and/or Sociology
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course looks at selected studies of cultural patterns and contemporary issues of Aboriginal peoples in Canada (including First Nations, Inuit, and Metis).
Note: This course is offered as ANTH 387 and SOC 387. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Global Indigeneity
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Explores the social and cultural experiences of Indigenous peoples outside of Canada within the context of settler colonialism. Students will then consider the parallels and differences between case studies discussed and the experiences of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Note: This course is offered as ANTH 388 and SOC 388. Students may take only one of these for credit.
Note: Students with credit for LAS 388 cannot take this course for further credit.
6 credits
Canada Internship
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits, instructor’s permission, and department head’s permission.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course provides a Canadian experiential learning opportunity for students to apply their classroom learning in a workplace setting under the supervision of a vetted business, government agency, or NGO.
Note: This course is offered as GEOG 396, SOC 396 and GDS 310. Students may take only one of these for credit.
6 credits
International Internship
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits, instructor’s permission, and department head’s permission.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course provides an international experiential learning opportunity for students to apply their classroom learning in a workplace setting under the supervision of a vetted business, government agency, or NGO.
Note: This course is offered as GEOG 398, GDS 311, and SOC 398 Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Special Topics in Sociology II
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including 6 credits of SOC.
Corequisite(s): None
Pre- or corequisite(s): None
Students examine a selected topic within sociology that is not addressed in current course offerings. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include, but are not limited to, cultural identity in the context of globalization, terrorism, oppression and resistance, sociology of religion, and the social causes and effects of violence .
Note: This course will be offered under different letter designations (e.g. C-Z) representing different topics. This course may be repeated for credit provided the letter designation differs.
4 credits
Knowledge, Power, and Science
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits including SOC 101 and 6 additional credits of SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students examine how social factors shape the production of knowledge. Drawing on the sociology of science and the sociology of knowledge, students explore the “social” nature of scientific knowledge production by examining how, in different contexts, “science” has been used to justify claims about race, gender, and colonialism that have served to reproduce existing hierarchies and power relations.
4 credits
Advanced Topics in Childhood and Family
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including SOC 331.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students explore special topics and issues of concern in the sociology of family and childhood. Topics will vary.
4 credits
Sociology of Sexuality
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits including 9 credits of SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students examine the social, moral, and political aspects of constructions of sexuality, the loaded meanings attributed to sexual experiences, the varied social identities and social movements associated with sexual practices, and how definitions of sexuality are culturally and historically specific.
4 credits
Religion in Latin America
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology, LAS, and/or Religious Studies. (HIST 261, 262, 459 can be considered LAS courses.) (ANTH 130 can be considered Religious Studies)
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Most people know of Latin America as the crucible for recent developments in Catholicism like liberation theology. However, religion has long played a central role in shaping Latin American societies just as it has been shaped by them. This course will explore the connections between religion and society in the Latin American context. The emphasis of the course will shift from term to term, but it will normally focus on some combination of the following: pre-Columbian religions, Catholicism and conquest, syncretism, liberation theology, religion and revolution, evangelism, the survival of indigenous religions, and other related topics.
Note: This course is offered as LAS 442 and SOC 442. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Power, Deviance & Soc Control
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits including 9 credits of SOC.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students investigate the sociological study of deviance and social control. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the sociology of mental illness, stigma, sexual deviance, surveillance, and substance use, abuse, and control.
4 credits
Selected Issues in Sociological Theory
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least nine credits sociology. (SOC 350 recommended)
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
An examination of the ideas of a particular thinker or group of thinkers, or of the different approaches to a particular theoretical problem. Examples include, but are not limited to, feminist theory, post-structuralism, and neo-Marxism.
4 credits
Issues in the Information Society
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including at least 9 credits of SOC and/or MACS.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Explores the social, political, and cultural dimensions of information technology and what has come to be known as the “information society”. Students will examine technology in relation to a variety of social issues including the changing nature of work, individual identity formation, social roles, democracy, privacy, and community.
Note: This course is offered as MACS 460 and SOC 460. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Race and Racism: Selected Topics
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology and/or Anthropology.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Questions of race and ethnicity arise frequently in the context of popular discussions of social problems, national identity, and even national unity. They are equally important in academic discussions about modern societies around the world. This course explores selected topics related to race, racism, and ethnicity from sociological and anthropological perspectives. Topics covered may include ethnic conflict, immigration and immigration policy, multiculturalism, racism, the development of immigrant identities and communities, charter groups/dominant cultures, indigenous and migrant subordination, the meaning of exile, etc. Students should consult the department to determine the content for a particular semester.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 470 and ANTH 470. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Latin America: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology, Anthropology and/or LAS. (LAS 110 and/or HIST 261 recommended)
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Concepts of race and ethnicity have been crucial elements in the formation of Latin American society, culture, and identity. Migration has further shaped identity and society among Latin Americans inside and outside Latin America. This course explores various aspects of Latin American concepts of race, ethnicity, and immigration from several perspectives. It also examines patterns of migration from Latin America to Canada and the effects of Canadian concepts of identity, race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism on the integration of Latin Americans into Canadian society. Topics covered may include: the push/pull factors causing immigration, immigration policy, the development of immigrant identities, the meaning of exile, and the formation of immigrant communities and their relationship to the dominant culture of Canadian society.
Note: This course is offered as ANTH 472, LAS 472 and SOC 472. Students may take only one of these for credit.
4 credits
Communities, Difference, and Belonging
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits including one of CRIM 220, CRIM 320, CRIM 321, GEOG 252, IPK 344 (formerly offered as ANTH 344/SOC 344), POSC 300, PSYC 202, PSYC 301, PSYC 311, MACS 255/SOC 255 (formerly offered as ANTH 255), MACS 355/SOC 355 (formerly offered as ANTH 355), or MACS 356/SOC 356 (formerly offered as ANTH 356).
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students explore community as a social ideal, the production or collapse of community, and the experience of community. Central to the course will be students' community engagement through qualitative participatory action research. Exploration of the conceptualization of community, the relationship between community and society, citizenship, social ties and connections, social inequality, and social inclusion/exclusion are integral. Specific topics include types of communities (e.g. ethnic, Indigenous peoples, 2SLGBTQIA+, religion, cyber, etc.), community organization, urban-rural differences, nationalism, and globalization.
4 credits
Directed Studies in Sociology
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits including 9 credits of ANTH and/or SOC, and department permission.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Directed studies in a selected area under the direction of a single faculty member. This course will allow students to continue research in areas begun in other courses, or to explore in depth the literature relating to specific issues or sub-fields of the discipline. A major paper will be required. Details of the course will be specified in an individual learning contract.
2 credits
Directed Studies in Social, Cultural, and Media Studies
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include 6 credits of area of specialization (ANTH, SOC, LAS, MACS). Permission to enter requires written consent of both the faculty member supervising the student and the department head.
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course is designed for upper-level students who wish to examine in greater depth a particular problem/issue in Anthropology, Sociology, Latin American Studies, or Media and Communication Studies.
Note: This course is offered as SOC 492, ANTH 492, LAS 492, and MACS 492. Students may take only one of these for credit.
5 credits
Advanced Research Project
Prerequisite(s): SOC 255/MACS 255 (formerly offered as ANTH 255), SOC 355/MACS 355 (formerly offered as ANTH 355) and SOC 356/MACS 356 (formerly offered as ANTH 356).
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Intended to be the final step in the sociology research concentration, students will complete a final research project. Students demonstrate advanced library and data collection skills, and interpretation and written analysis of primary data in a particular sociological subject area.
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