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Sociology Courses
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SSC199Y1 Undergraduate seminar that focuses on specific ideas, questions, phenomena or controversies, taught by a regular Faculty member deeply engaged in the discipline. Open only to newly admitted first year students. It may serve as a distribution requirement course; see page 40. SOC101Y1 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 2003-2004 Fall/Winter session, SOC200Y1 is a restricted course. Enrolment is limited to sociology Majors (see Note 1 above) 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. The social construction of everyday life and secondary socialization is emphasized, with focus on work and family. SOC218Y1 The course will explore the structures and processes of Asian communities in Canada. Historical development of various Asian communities will be explored. Other topics include ethnic economy, ethnic media, ethnic churches, and ethnic voluntary organizations in Asian communities. Experts in related topics are invited to present their research findings. Non-sociology students may seek departmental permission to enrol. 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 Social gerontology deals with many social aspects of advanced age, e.g. problems of retirement, post-retirement life, living arrangements and family, changes in identity, and new roles for later life, in Canada and in a cross-cultural perspective. Focus is on individual aspects of aging. SOC247H1 Social gerontology deals with many social aspects of advanced age. This is a continuation of SOC246H1. Focus is on institutional level analysis of the programs that assist with aging problems. SOC250Y1 Overview of the classic theoretical literature. Topics may include: 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". SOC256H1 Characteristics of very different kinds of societies, from hunters and gatherers to modern postindustrial countries, and how these affect features of individual lives including: life stages, their status, and transitions between them; the variety of possible life courses; rates of birth and death, and their implications for people, their kin, and their societies. SOC257H1 The life course in Canada, in the twentieth century and today, with some comparisons to other first world countries. How lives have changed over the past century; how lives are affected by history and social location; the impact of the life trajectories on health and crime. SOC260Y1 Examination of the forces and factors that drive and shape policy in Canadian society. The policy areas examined may 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 Social psychological perspectives on the quality of life, focusing on interpersonal relationships, marriage and families, social equity and inequality, mass media and popular culture, and violence and victimization. SOC270H1 This course offers an introduction to the study of processes of social stratification and structures of inequality with an emphasis on comparative, cross-national studies that include Canada as point of reference. SOC278Y1 This course will: 1)introduce students to the theoretical foundations of social policy; and 2)examine some of the key social policy issues. The first part of the course will focus on the theoretical bases of the social policy, including class, gender, race, social citizenship, and welfare regimes. We will also try to situate these ideas in historical and societal contexts. The second part will examine some of the key social policy issues, such as health care, housing, immigration, race, and politics of welfare retrenchment. SOC293Y1/ 294Y1/295Y1 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 40 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). Enrolment is limited to sociology specialists (see Note 1 above). 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. SOC306Y1 Examines explanation, theory construction, measurement procedures, and techniques for data collection and analysis within the sociology of crime and delinquency. SOC309Y1 Explores and discusses specific theories of action. Applies theories to various factors associated with AIDS/HIV. Examines political, scientific, health, social, economic, and cultural environments. This course forces students to examine the hidden theoretical assumptions surrounding AIDS/HIV. SOC312Y1 Population processes (birth, death, and migration) and their relationship to social, cultural, and economic change. SOC317Y1 Labour/management relations in industrial societies; impact of technological change on work organizations and labour markets; implications for understanding various topics including social mobility, labour market segmentation, job satisfaction, work/family relations, immigration and race, power in organizations, union and industrial conflict, organizational culture, and the social control of industry. 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 SOC300Y1. 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. SOC336H1 Examines the economic, social, cultural and political impacts of 20th century immigration in Canada, and emerging race and ethnic relations. Topics include immigration policy; population impact; community formation; labour markets; enclave economies; welfare use by immigrants; the criminal justice system; racial conflict; multiculturalism and race; and equity policies. 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. SOC343Y1 An intensive research/reading course on the links between Pacific Rim society and culture and Canada. Institutional and network bridges between the Asian region and North America. SOC344Y1 This overview course focuses on trends and issues associated with contemporary international migration flows and migrant settlement. Emphasis is on Canada although attention is also given to other countries. Topics include causes and types of migration, immigration policy, immigrant women, children of immigrants, and health, language and economic issues. SOC347H1 This course studies the effects of language on human societies, focusing attention on how language changes with social class, gender, and social situations. This course will include studies of language taboos, pidgin and Creole languages, and bilingualism and multilingualism. SOC348H1 This class will provide a broad overview of major issues and theories in the sociology of emotions, and will focus in particular on emotions and social rankings. We will also focus on how one might study the relationships of social structure and social status with emotions. SOC350Y1 A survey of classical social theories from Plato to Nietzsche. Students read excerpts and/or secondary expositions of key social and political ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Nietzsche and others, with a sociological focus. SOC351Y1 This course will explore the Canadian health care policy from an interdisciplinary and hands-on perspective. We will first discuss how policies are made, who are the participants in the health care and social policymaking, how to achieve best health care given limit resources, and how to ensure fair, equal, and accessible health care to all. In the second part of the course we will examine in more detail current health care policy issues and their relationship to other social policy issues. 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 An overview of the link between social inequality and emotional inequality, focusing on differences in mental health across social groups and the role of stress and coping resources in explaining group differences. 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 In this class, we analyze the ways in which race, class, gender and sexuality interact and shape communities, life opportunities, perspectives and politics. We will read contemporary ethnographies concerning work, socialization, and urban life against current sociological theories about inequality and intersectionality, and identity. 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. SOC373H1 The experience of disability and the social definition of the experience for self and others. Combination seminar and lecture format. SOC374H1 The experience of disability and the social definition of the experience for self and others. Combination seminar and lecture format. continuation of Disability I. 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. SOC381Y1 Our society includes many varieties of cultural tastes and practices. How are these related to inequality? How do cultural repertoires shape people's lives, including school success, careers, romance, marriage and friendship? How is culture produced in art worlds and industries, transmitted more or less successfully and creatively received? SOC382Y1 Many on-going changes - in education, crime, family life, population, and the environment, among others - give rise to troubling social problems. This course uses sociological analysis and the findings of sociological research to examine public discussions and policies proposed to deal with both new and enduring social problems. SOC383H1 Examines the international migration of women in post-industrial economies with emphasis on Canada. Topics include: theories of female migration; the impacts of immigration policies; migration trends and entry status; integration issues pertaining to family, language knowledge, citizenship and economic status; labour market barriers and public policy consideration. SOC385H1 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. SOC387Y1 Theoretical problems and debates concerning historical and field work (qualitative research); development of research techniques. Students design and carry out research projects. SOC387Y1 is a restricted course. Enrolment is limited to sociology Specialists (see Note 1 above). 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 SOC389Y1. SOC389Y1 A selective introduction to major thinkers and approaches in contemporary sociological theory. SOC389Y1 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. SOC395H1/396H1/397H1 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 40 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. SOC401Y1 is a restricted course. Enrolment is limited to sociology Specialists (see Note 1 above). SOC442Y1 Individual field placement with a health research or administration professional, in which the student applies theory and skills to a specific project. Culminates in an oral and written report. SOC451H1 Covers statistical methods currently used in the major sociological journals including multiple linear regression, logistic regression, and the fitting of loglinear models to tables of cross-classified categorical data. Stresses presentation skills and sociological interpretation of results. SOC452H1 Students learn to calculate life tables and total fertility rates, and apply these concepts in computer projections and simulations. 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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