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SOC Sociology CoursesSOC101Y1 The basic principles and methods of sociology applied to the study of human societies;
social sources of differing values and conceptions of reality, and the influences of these
on the behaviour of individuals, patterns of relations among groups, and social stability
and change. SOC200Y1 A variety of theoretical approaches and research techniques are critically examined to
illustrate general principles of conceptualization, measurement, and explanation. In the
2000-2001 Fall/Winter session, SOC200Y is a restricted
course. Enrolment is limited to sociology Majors (see Note 1 above) SOC202Y1 Patterned relationships, social roles, and social expectations which arise out of
interaction among individuals. SOC203Y1 Development of sociological theory in the 19th and 20th centuries; history of ideas;
formal analysis; relationship between theory and empirical inquiry. SOC205Y1 Complementary perspectives of the city: as an evolving entity historically
(urbanization); as a way of life and adaptation, reflecting cultures and subcultures
(urbanism); as territorial parts reflecting and contributing to social processes
(ecological perspective); as a unit managed by formal and informal parties (structural
perspective). SOC207Y1 The nature and meaning of work in relation to changes in the position of the
professions, unions and government, of women and minority groups, and in industrial
societies more generally. Career choice and strategies, occupational mobility, and
individual satisfaction at work. SOC210Y1 Impact of racial, ethnic, and linguistic heterogeneity and of various patterns of
immigration on economic, political, and cultural institutions, and on individual identity,
self-conceptions, social attitudes, and relations. SOC212Y1 Sociological analysis of deviance (acts or persons that violate the normative
structures of society) and social control (societal responses that attempt to reduce,
treat, or transform deviance). What is deviance? What are different ways societies respond
to deviance? What are the consequences of efforts to regulate, prevent, and punish
deviance? SOC213Y1 An introduction to social scientific perspectives and research on the nature, sources,
dimensions, and impact of law; conceptual issues and methodological strategies in
establishing and interpreting linkages between legal and other social structures and
processes. SOC214Y1 An examination of cross-cultural variations and social-historical changes in the
organization of family life, followed by a critical look at the key activities in family
life today. Emphasis is on gender relations. SOC215Y1 The acquisition and reproduction of personality, culture, and social structure.
Child-rearing practices, sex-role acquisition and learning, structural influences on
values, attitudes and aspirations, political socialization, adult socialization. SOC220Y1 An analysis of historical and contemporary empirical patterns of inequality in Canada.
The focus is on income, power, ethnic, regional, and gender inequalities. SOC242Y1 Social factors influencing health and illness, definitions of illnesses, and social
responses to illness. Options for organizational structure of health care systems. SOC246H1 (formerly SOC245Y) 39L SOC247H1 (formerly SOC245Y) 39L SOC250Y SOC250Y1 Overview of the classic theoretical literature. Topics examined are: the social origins
of Judaism and Christianity; the process of secularization; the significance of new
religious movements; the relevance of "civil religion"; and the contemporary
upsurge of "fundamentalism". SOC255Y1 Variations in the adult life cycle between and within societies; the effects of social
structure on life cycles, and of life stages and transitions on individuals. SOC260Y1 Examination of the forces and factors that drive and shape policy in Canadian society.
The policy areas examined include education, labour force and employment, employment
equity, ethnocultural relations, and the environment. Exploration of the applications of
sociology in the formulation and evaluation of policy choices. SOC263H1 (formerly SOC262Y) 26L SOC293Y1/294Y1/295Y1 An opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Courses relate to
instructor’s area of research, so topics vary from year to year. Consult the
Departmental website for current course offerings. SOC296H1/297H1/298H1 An opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Courses relate to
instructor’s area of research, so topics vary from year to year. Consult the
Departmental website for current course offerings. SOC299Y1 Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See page 42 for details. SOC300Y1 Basic statistical techniques with an emphasis on applications to sociological examples.
Hypothesis testing techniques include chi-square, analysis of variance, and regression.
Corresponding exploratory techniques (or resistant methods of developing hypotheses). SOC301Y1 Theories of social inequality, its historical evolution, and the determinants of
continuity and change of patterns of social inequality. SOC303H1 Describes the political, social and economic implications of diversity in family
structure. Uses empirical studies in the sociological tradition to describe current trends
in living arrangements and family relationships. Examines social and economic consequences
of the inconsistencies between public definitions and the reality of family life. SOC304H1 Shows how “getting ahead” or becoming “downwardly mobile” are
affected by social as well as economic factors. Links the experience of mobility to larger
scale social change. SOC305H1 Standard and more recent approaches to measuring perceptions, attitudes and
preferences. Emphasizes a critical view of data collection practices in both academic and
applied research. SOC306Y1 Examines explanation, theory construction, measurement procedures, and techniques for
data collection and analysis within the sociology of crime and delinquency. SOC309Y1 (formerly SOC309H) 52L SOC310H1 Covers demographic and sociological factors underlying social change in francophone
Canada between 1951 and 1996. SOC312Y1 Population processes (birth, death, and migration) and their relationship to social,
cultural, and economic change. SOC317Y1 (formerly SOC316Y) 52L SOC320Y1 Uses of sociological research in guiding social policies and programs. Evaluation
research and needs assessment methods are emphasized. Students are required to engage in a
research practicum (apprenticeship) at an agency working towards social change or
providing social services. SOC327Y1 Themes include the demand for caregiving, evolving and emerging diseases (genetic,
environmental, social, cancer-linked), state’s role in health care, factors affecting
caregivers, home health care procedures, how families organize to deal with health
problems. SOC328H1 Develops student skills in manipulating cross-classified categorical data as well as
the effective presentation and informed interpretation of results. Requires use of
internet to access census tables. Not intended for Sociology Specialists, who must take SOC300Y. SOC330Y SOC330Y1 Comparative study of interethnic relations, including comparisons of ethnic groups and
types of ethnic groups and comparisons of their relative position in different
institutions, social structures, and societies. Comparisons made with respect to the
impact of society on ethnic groups, and ethnic groups in society. SOC338Y1 Examines impact of globalization on labour markets, processes and movements as well as
the informal and informal responses of workers to the changing context. Topics include
labour migration, transnational workers movements, national and international labour
codes. SOC340Y1 Examination of competing interpretations of the processes of revolution and
counterrevolution through the study of the French Revolution, Russian Revolution and
Mexican Revolution; these historically specific debates are linked to generic issues of
Political Sociology, such as state-society relations; class versus elite analysis;
relationship between economic, political and social change. SOC341Y1 Classical and recent writings on Jewish ethno-national identity in the modern period;
communal organization; forms of Jewish life in the diaspora and its relationship to other
ethnic groups and to society at large; contemporary role of the Holocaust and ethnic
memory; Jews in Canada; gender in the Jewish community. SOC342Y1 (formerly SOC394Y) 52L SOC343Y1 (formerly SOC493Y) 52L SOC355Y1 The structure of social relationships, including both personal networks and the overall
organization of whole social settings. The role of social structure in social support,
access to scarce resources, power conflict, mobilization, diffusion, and beliefs. SOC356Y1 Analysis of the interplay between technology and society, starting with the Industrial
Revolution. Considers how technological developments affect social systems,
communications, work, leisure and world-systems. SOC360Y1 Examination of cultural process practices through which culture is constituted
(ordered) and reproduced. A dominant cultural order is created and reproduced through the
process of selective tradition, which is treated as natural and “taken for
granted.” The cultural processes involve the interaction of economic, political,
ideological and cultural practices. SOC363H1 (formerly SOC262Y, 264H)
26L SOC365Y1 Examination of historical and contemporary sources of gender inequity, and the many
dimensions of gender difference and inequality today. SOC366H1 Women’s paid and unpaid work and the relationship between the two. Questions about
gender gap in earnings, sexual segregation of the labour force, restructuring of paid
work, sexual harassment, paid domestic work, and the division of housework and child care. SOC367H1 Explores three key sources of inequality in this society: gender, social class, and
race. Examines these three sources of divisions in paid and unpaid work; differences in
family by class, race, and ethnicity; the organization of different communities; and
select cultural issues. SOC369Y1 Attention focused on case studies which investigate the social organization of Canadian
communities. The case study approach emphasizes theory and methods. The major course
requirement is an ethnographic study of a “community.” SOC370Y1 The role and development of labour and the labour movement in Canada, its differential
success in various industries and regions, and its impact on other aspects of society. SOC375Y1 Internal structure of formal and informal organizations; bureaucracies; patterns of
interorganizational relations; impact of organizations on social structure and social
classes of different societies. SOC380Y1 Film as a medium of communication. How such messages are assembled and how the film
references symbolic systems. SOC381Y1 (formerly SOC393Y) 52L SOC385Y1 Provides a framework for the empirical analysis and practical solution of problems
dealing with human well-being which have contextual dimensions. Topics dealt with cover
both built and natural environments, as well as aspects of technology. Each student
examines a particular problem in detail. SOC386Y1 Examines explanation, theory construction, measurement procedures, and the logic of
quantitative analysis within urban sociology and social demography. SOC388H1 Explores the structure and interactions of everyday experience. Views our lives as
socially ordered and ourselves as agents. Offers experience in qualitative research and
using writing experience. Not intended for Sociology Specialists, who must take SOC405Y. SOC389Y1 A selective introduction to major thinkers and approaches in contemporary sociological
theory. SOC389Y is a restricted course. SOC390Y1/391H1/392H1 An opportunity to pursue independently a sociological topic of interest with a
Departmental advisor. Intended for students in a Sociology program who have completed a
minimum of 10 courses. SOC393Y1/394Y1 An opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Courses relate to
instructor’s area of research, so topics vary from year to year. Consult the
Departmental website for current course offerings. SOC395H/396H1/397H1 An opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Courses relate to
instructor’s area of research, so topics vary from year to year. Visit Department or
consult the Departmental website for current course offerings. SOC398H0/399Y0 An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. See page 42 for details. SOC401Y1 Provides sociology Specialists with an opportunity to explore a sociological topic in
depth. Varies in focus from year to year. Consult the Departmental website for current
course offering. SOC401Y is a restricted course.
Enrolment is limited to sociology Specialists (see Note 1 above). SOC405Y1 (formerly SOC387Y) 52L SOC451H1 (formerly SOC387Y) 26L SOC452H1 (formerly SOC387Y) 26L SOC490Y1/491H1/492H1 An opportunity to pursue independently a sociological topic of interest with a
Departmental advisor. Intended for students in a Sociology program who have completed a
minimum of 15.0 courses. SOC493Y1/494Y1/495Y1 An opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Courses relate to
instructor’s area of research, so topics vary from year to year. Visit Department or
consult the Departmental website for current course offerings. SOC496H1/497H1/498H1 An opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Courses relate to
instructor’s area of research, so topics vary from year to year. Visit Department or
consult the Departmental website for current course offerings. |
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