Sociological analysis of research and theory on selected criminal activities. Motivation, modus operandi, and the social characteristics of offenders...
The course examines how forms of society influence technological developments and, reciprocally, how society is influenced by technology. It covers...
Introducing students to symbolic interaction, a sociological social psychology, this course examines: the impact of culture on socialization...
The sociological analysis of the behaviour of crowds, mobs, publics and related phenomena and their relationships to social organization and social...
A survey of the changing nature and ideology of work, as well as the impact of different kinds of work organizations on other institutions and on...
An introduction to the study of work and occupations; the problems of occupational choice, occupational socialization and identification; the concepts...
This course provides an introduction to the social processes and functions of mass media communication -- with particular reference to the Canadian...
This course discusses health, illness and the distribution of disease in society. It introduces concepts such as social determinants of health,...
An examination of sociological research and theory in the field of mental disorder particularly as they apply to issues of law and social control....
An introduction to the basic institutions and cultural values in contemporary Japanese society. Topics will include family, community, religion,...
An introduction to the study of human population, with a focus on mortality, fertility, migration and spatial distribution in Canada. Methods and...
Relations between different racial and cultural groups, analysis of majority-minority group status with special reference to Canada. Prereq: SOC 101...
An examination of the nature and causes of episodes of mass violence inspired by apocalyptic beliefs. The course will use historical and contemporary...
An examination of the nature of religious experience, the elements of religious group life, the ways in which religions are a source of social...
The course examines religion in the American context regarding issues like secularization, the nature and the influence of sects (e.g., Mormonism,...
This course examines various cults and new religious movements (e.g., Scientology, Krishna Consciousness, Neo-paganism) and places them within the...
An analysis of the Mennonites as a social movement, their transition to a sectarian community, transformation to a religious-ethnic society, and...
A basic course in statistics used in social science research including sampling, central tendency, probability, covariance, as illustrated in...
A study of the interaction between social organization and ecological factors such as pollution, energy and land resources. Prereq: SOC 101 or 120R
An examination of the nature and functioning of sociological theory in the 20th and 21st centuries, with a focus on selected types of theory that have...