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SOC SOCIOLOGYOn this page: Introduction | Faculty Members | Programs | Courses See also: Course Summer Timetable | Course Winter Timetable | Secondary School Information | More on Department IntroductionSociological investigation ranges from the analysis of small groups to large social systems. Using a variety of methods and skills, Sociology explores how our individual and collective ways of thinking, feeling and acting are shaped by our social experience. Sociology's tools and subject matter are helpful in many careers: government, politics, industry, education, journalism, etc. A professional career in Sociology, however, requires training beyond the undergraduate level. The medical, legal and environmental fields are finding an increasing need for sociologists. In the Federal Public Service, Statistics Canada hires graduates for the Economist-Sociologist (ES) classification. Municipal governments hire specialists in urban sociology, social work, community relations and regional planning. In private buisness, sociologists work in management consulting firms and public opinion polling organizations, as well as in labour relations and human resources. Positions as faculty members at post-secondary institutions require a Doctoral degree (Ph D) with evidence of first class scholarly research and excellent communication skills. Most SOC courses are not balloted, but preference will be given to students in Sociology programs in the following order: Specialists, Majors, and Minors. All 200-, 300-, and 400-level SOC courses have prerequisites. The Department may waive a prerequisite in certain cases. For further information or individual discussion, contact the Student Counsellor or Undergraduate Director: Undergraduate Director: Professor D.W. Magill, Room 504, 203 College Street (978-3412) Student Counsellor: Room 519, 203 College Street (978-8266) General Enquiries: 978-3412 Undergraduate Course Descriptions: available in Spring 1998 at:
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca:8080/~socungrd/index.html
SOCIOLOGY PROGRAMSEnrolment in Sociology Programs is limited. Consult the March Timetable for enrolment details. SOCIOLOGY (B.A.)Specialist program (Hon.B.A.): S10131 (10 full courses or their equivalent, including at least one 400-series course)Entry Requirements: 1) a minimum grade of 65% in SOC 101Y; 2) a minimum grade of 70% in each of SOC 200Y and 203Y; and 3) all students must have completed 8 full courses and be enroled in the sociology major program. 1. SOC 101Y 2. SOC 200Y, SOC 203Y. These courses to be taken immediately after completing SOC 101Y. 3. SOC 300Y, 389Y 4. SOC 401Y, 405Y (formerly 387Y) 5. Three additional 200+ level SOC courses NOTE: The Department recommends that the Major Program requirements be complete at the end of the 15th course (normally the end of third year) Major program (B.A.): M10131 (6 full courses or their equivalent)
Entry Requirements: 1) a minimum grade of 65% in SOC 101Y; and 2) all students need to have completed 4 full courses towards a degree. Minor program (B.A.): R10131 (4 full courses or their equivalent)
Entry Requirements: 1) a minimum grade of 65% in SOC 101Y; and 2) all students need to have completed 4 full courses towards a degree. SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMICS — See ECONOMICS
SOCIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY — See PHILOSOPHY SOCIOLOGY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE — See POLITICAL SCIENCE Entry Requirements: 1) a minimum grade of 65% in SOC 101Y; 2) a minimum grade of 70% in each of SOC 200Y and 203Y; and 3) all students must have completed 8 full courses and be enroled in the sociology major program. Group A: Economics: ECO 333Y, 334Y, 410H; GGR 220Y, 324H, 326H, 357H, 359H Group B: Geography: JGI 346H, 360H; GGR 211H, 252H, 323H, 350H, 361H Group C: History and Architecture: ARC 283H, FAH 213H, 214H, 265H, 327Y, 328Y, 413H; GGR 247H, 248H, 258H, 336H; HIS 448H, 457H Group D: Politics: GGR 339H; POL 209Y, 221H, 317Y, 321Y, 413Y, 418Y, 439Y, 449Y, 472H, 473H Group E: Environment: GGR 323H, 332H; HIS 448H SOCIOLOGY COURSES(see Section 4 for Key to Course Descriptions)For Distribution Requirement purposes, all SOC courses are classified as SOCIAL SCIENCE courses.
NOTE 1. The following are balloted courses: SOC200Y, 300Y, 389Y, 401Y, 405Y, and all independent Research courses. Students must follow the balloting procedures as outlined in the March Access Timetable and Instructions and in the Sociology Undergraduate Studies Handbook. Students cannot enrol in these courses without balloting at the Department. Ineligible students will be removed from the courses even if the course appears on their timetable.
SSC199Y 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 breadth requirement course; see First Year Seminars: 199Y. NOTE SOC 101Y is a prerequisite for all SOC courses, and instructors will assume students have the background knowledge provided by this course. All higher level SOC courses have prerequisites which are enforced. See the student counsellor for information on waiving a prerequisite.
SOC101Y 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.
NOTE SOC 200Y is a balloted course. See Note 1. at the beginning of this section. In the winter session, SOC 200Y is limited to Sociology Specialists and Majors.
SOC200Y A variety of theoretical approaches and research techniques are critically examined to illustrate general principles of conceptualization, measurement, and explanation.
SOC202Y Patterned relationships, social roles, and social expectations which arise out of interaction among individuals.
SOC203Y Development of sociological theory in the 19th and 20th centuries; history of ideas; formal analysis; relationship between theory and empirical inquiry.
SOC205Y What kinds of communities do we live in, as a consequence of our industrialized urban society? Topics include: urbanization, communities and networks, migration, ethnicity, politics and planning.
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.
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SOC210Y 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.
SOC212Y 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?
SOC213Y An introduction to social scientific perspectives and research on the nature, sources, dimensions, and impact of law: the "value question" in defining and studying law as a set of social phenomena; conceptual issues and methodological strategies in establishing and interpreting linkages between legal and other social structures and processes; the uses and limits of law in maintaining order and promoting social change.
SOC214Y 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.
SOC215Y 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.
SOC220Y An analysis of historical and contemporary empirical patterns of inequality in Canada. The focus is on income, power, ethnic, regional, and gender inequalities.
SOC225Y Relationship between education and society. Differing internal structures of educational systems and their educational consequences.
SOC242Y Organizational structure of health facilities and delivery of health care. Definition of health and illness by users, and pathways to health-care providers.
SOC245Y 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.
SOC250Y 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".
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SOC255Y 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.
SOC260Y 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.
SOC263H 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.
SOC264H An overview of the link between social inequality and emotional inequality, focusing on differences in mental health across social groups and stress and coping resource
SOC299Y Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. See Research Opportunity Program for details. NOTE SOC 300Y is a balloted course limited to Sociology Specialists. See Note 1. at the beginning of this section.
SOC300Y 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).
SOC301Y Theories of social inequality, its historical evolution, and the determinants of continuity and change of patterns of social inequality.
SOC302Y The nature of interpersonal relationships within families. Theoretical and methodological issues in the investigation of family dynamics.
SOC303H 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.
SOC304H 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.
SOC305H 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.
SOC306Y Examines explanation, theory construction, measurement procedures, and techniques for data collection and analysis within the sociology of crime and delinquency.
SOC309H 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.
SOC312Y Population processes (birth, death, and migration) and their relationship to social, cultural, and economic change.
SOC313Y Central issues of sociological theory examined through contributions of social scientists whose work has both historical and conceptual importance.
SOC317Y 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.
SOC320Y The uses of sociology in solving social problems and planning alternative social structures. Applications in areas including poverty, crime, medicine, drug use, race and ethnic relations, industrial relations, education, and politics.
SOC330Y 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.
SOC333Y Various forms of intimacy, including sexuality: how individuals experience such relationships, how a sense of intimacy comes to be shared, how relationships alter through time, kinds of developmental pathways.
SOC338Y Composition, organization, and political role of labouring classes (artisans, industrial workers, and rural workers) during the early phases of industrial development and state modernization in Western Europe and Russia and in "Third World" countries during the 20th century. Responses of the business class, land owning classes, and political authorities.
SOC340Y 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.
SOC355Y 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.
SOC356Y 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.
SOC360Y 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.
SOC365Y Examination of historical and contemporary sources of gender inequity, and the many dimensions of gender difference and inequality today.
SOC369Y 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."
SOC370Y 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.
SOC371H Sociological and social science perspectives on nationalism, ethnic conflict and war. What is a nation? What is nationalism? What is ethnicity, or an ethnos? What is the record of social science in terms of predicting, preventing and explaining the rise of nationalism, ethnic conflict and war? What kinds of nationalism do we have in Canada?
SOC375Y Internal structure of formal and informal organizations; bureaucracies; patterns of interorganizational relations; impact of organizations on social structure and social classes of different societies.
SOC380Y Film as a medium of communication. How such messages are assembled and how the film references symbolic systems.
SOC385Y 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.
SOC386Y Examines explanation, theory construction, measurement procedures, and the logic of quantitative analysis within urban sociology and social demography.
SOC388H 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.
NOTE SOC389Y is a balloted course limited to Sociology Specialists. See Note 1. at the beginning of this section.
SOC389Y A selective introduction to major thinkers and approaches in contemporary sociological theory.
NOTE All Independent Research courses are balloted. See Note 1. at the beginning of this section.
SOC390Y/391H/392H Approval of Undergraduate Director required. Deadline for application at the Department is one week prior to last date to enrol with College Registrar; strongly recommend earlier application. Intended for those taking Sociology programs who have enroled with the Department and have completed a minimum of 10 courses.
SOC393Y/394Y/395Y Designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Consult the Departmental website (page 428) for current course descriptions.
SOC396H/397H/398H Designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Consult the Departmental website (page 428) for current course descriptions.
SOC399Y 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.
NOTE SOC 401Y and 405Y are limited to Sociology Specialists and must be balloted. See Note 1. at the beginning of this section.
SOC401Y Designed to provide Specialists with the opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Varies in focus from year to year. Students should obtain a course outline from the Department.
SOC405Y Theoretical problems and debates concerning historical and field work (qualitative research); development of research techniques. Students design and carry out research projects.
NOTE All Independent Research courses are balloted. See Note 1. at the beginning of this section.
SOC490Y/491H/492H Approval of Undergraduate Director required. Deadline for application at the Department is one week prior to last date to enrol with College Registrar; earlier application strongly recommended. Intended for those taking Sociology programs who have enroled with the Department and have completed a minimum of 15 courses.
SOC493Y/494Y/495Y Designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Consult the Departmental website (page 428) for current course descriptions.
SOC496H/497H/498H Designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore a sociological topic in depth. Consult the Departmental website (page 428) for current course descriptions.
NOTE Graduate courses available to fourth-year Specialists with permission of the instructor and a minimum GPA of 3.3 for undergraduate program credit. Consult the Department for enrolment procedures.
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