Honours Specialization


Honours Specialization in Sociology

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree requirements, which include regulations on first year and subject maximum and breadth requirements.


Program Requirements:

Students will need to achieve a minimum 70% average in the 60 credits presented for the Honours Specialization in Sociology.

Students must complete 120 credits including 60 credits in the Honours Specialization as follows:
SOCI 1016 Introduction to Sociology 3 cr.

SOCI 2016 or

SOCI 2017

Exploring Social Conflict and Solidarity or

Communication, Power, and Capital

 3 cr.
SOCI 2126 Introduction to Sociological Research Methods  3 cr.

SOCI 2127 or

SOCI 3036

Quantitative Research Methods or

Qualitative Research Methods

 3 cr.
SOCI 4000 level*   6 cr.
SOCI Any level*   42 cr.

*Students may choose to pursue one or more of the concentrations listed below. The credits used for the concentration can be used towards the SOCI any level and SOCI 4000 level requirements.


Breadth Requirements and Electives:

ACAD 1601   3 cr.
Humanities   3 cr.
Science   6 cr.
Electives   48 cr.

 


Note:

A maximum of 6 credits of cross-listed courses may count toward an Honours Specialization in Sociology.


Group Requirements:

Health, Death, & Wellness Concentration

15 credits from the following:  
SOCI 1207 Intro to Religion Topics 3 cr.
SOCI 2027 Sociology of Nursing 3 cr.
SOCI 2036 Gerontology: Aging and Society 3 cr. 
SOCI 2037 Sociology of the Family 3 cr.
SOCI 2116 Health Healing and Religion 3 cr.
SOCI 2176 Biology and Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 2226 Sex, Body and Identity 3 cr.
SOCI 2227 Death and Immortality 3 cr.
SOCI 2236 Love, Sex and Intimacy 3 cr.
SOCI 2237 Human Sexual Behaviour 3 cr.
SOCI 2266 Death, Dying and Spirituality in End-of-Life Care 3 cr.
SOCI 2606 Hospice, Palliative Care, and Religion 3 cr.
SOCI 3057 Population and Society 3 cr.
SOCI 3106 Sports and Society 3 cr.
SOCI 3166 The Social Determinants of Health 3 cr.
SOCI 3167 Society and Mental Disorder 3 cr.
SOCI 3186 Health and the Family 3 cr.
SOCI 3226 Survey Design 3 cr.
SOCI 3346 The Living and the Dead 3 cr.
SOCI 3357 The Opioid Crisis 3 cr.
SOCI 4106 Multispecies Ethnography 3 cr.
SOCI 4206 Determinants of Population 3 cr.
SOCI 4227 Science, Technology and Environment 3 cr.

Education & Society Concentration

15 credits from the following:  
SOCI 1207 Intro to Religion Topics 3 cr.
SOCI 2027 Sociology of Nursing 3 cr.
SOCI 2036 Gerontology: Aging and Society 3 cr. 
SOCI 2037 Sociology of the Family 3 cr.
SOCI 2116 Health Healing and Religion 3 cr.
SOCI 2176 Biology and Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 2226 Sex, Body and Identity 3 cr.
SOCI 2227 Death and Immortality 3 cr.
SOCI 2236 Love, Sex and Intimacy 3 cr.
SOCI 2237 Human Sexual Behaviour 3 cr.
SOCI 2266 Death, Dying and Spirituality in End-of-Life Care 3 cr.
SOCI 2606 Hospice, Palliative Care, and Religion 3 cr.
SOCI 3057 Population and Society 3 cr.
SOCI 3106 Sports and Society 3 cr.
SOCI 3166 The Social Determinants of Health 3 cr.
SOCI 3167 Society and Mental Disorder 3 cr.
SOCI 3186 Health and the Family 3 cr.
SOCI 3226 Survey Design 3 cr.
SOCI 3346 The Living and the Dead 3 cr.
SOCI 3357 The Opioid Crisis 3 cr.
SOCI 4106 Multispecies Ethnography 3 cr.
SOCI 4206 Determinants of Population Change 3 cr.
SOCI 4227 Science, Technology and Environment 3 cr.

Environment & Social Justice Concentration

15 credits from the following:  
SOCI 2046 Ethnicity and Racialization 3 cr.
SOCI 2056 The Anthropocene: Environment and Globalization 3 cr.
SOCI 2066 Social Inequality 3 cr. 
SOCI 2076 Deviance, Crime & Social Control 3 cr.
SOCI 2136 Environmental Justice 3 cr.
SOCI 2157 Case Studies in Gender and the Law 3 cr.
SOCI 2176 Biology and Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 2186 Animal Rites 3 cr.
SOCI 2226 Sex, Body and Identity 3 cr.
SOCI 2246 Transformative Justice: Case Studies 3 cr.
SOCI 2276 The Ethnographic Imagination 3 cr.
SOCI 2286 Contagion 3 cr.
SOCI 2326 Pets 3 cr.
SOCI 2356 Religion, Justice and Animals 3 cr.
SOCI 2396 Religion, Colonialism and State Violence 3 cr.
SOCI 2516 Violence, Race and Law 3 cr.
SOCI 2526 Prisons, Race and Gender 3 cr.
SOCI 3006 Social Movements and Moral Panics 3 cr.
SOCI 3106 Race and Gender in Popular Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 3107 Rural People, Places, and Problems 3 cr.
SOCI 3116 Anthropology of Development in the Canadian North 3 cr.
SOCI 3166 The Social Determinants of Health 3 cr.
SOCI 3227 Indigenous Peoples and the State 3 cr.
SOCI 3236 Memory and Violence 3 cr.
SOCI 3256 Globalization and Development 3 cr.
SOCI 3326 Virtual Animals 3 cr.
SOCI 3407 Spiritual Journeys 3 cr.
SOCI 3507 Religion and the Environment 3 cr.
SOCI 4106 Multispecies Ethnography 3 cr.
SOCI 4227 Science, Technology and Environment 3 cr.


Media, Communication, & Culture Concentration

15 credits from the following:  
SOCI 1006 Intro to Anthropolog 3 cr.
SOCI 2076 Deviance, Crime, and Social Control 3 cr.
SOCI 2117 Cults and New Religious Movements 3 cr.
SOCI 2166 Women, Media and Representation 3 cr.
SOCI 2216 Belief and Popular Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 2217 Gender and the Media: Themes and Controversies 3 cr.
SOCI 2276 The Ethnographic Imagination 3 cr.
SOCI 2316 Rituals, Ceremonies and Celebrations 3 cr.
SOCI 2366 Language and Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 2536 Tourism, Pleasure, and Power 3 cr.
SOCI 3007 Consumer Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 3076 Digital Media and Society 3 cr.
SOCI 3077 Mass Culture and Mass Media 3 cr.
SOCI 3336 Sports and Society 3 cr.
SOCI 3106 Race and Gender in Popular Culture 3 cr.
SOCI 3216 Narrative and Memory 3 cr.
SOCI 3236 Memory and Violence 3 cr.
SOCI 3276 Reality Tv and the Politics of Difference 3 cr.
SOCI 3326 Virtual Animals 3 cr.
SOCI 3356 Queer Media 3 cr.

Social Analysis & Public Policy Concentration

9 credits of required concentration courses from:   

SOCI 2127 or   

SOCI 3036 

Quantitative Research Methods or

Qualitative Research Methods

 3 cr.
  (whichever is not taken as part of the program requirements listed above)  
SOCI 3226 Survey Design 3 cr.
SOCI 4127 Advanced Social Data Analysis 3 cr.
Students should note that in the degree requirements SOCI 2127 or SOCI 3036 are listed as a requirement, however, in the Social Analysis & Public Policy concentration both courses are required.                 
Plus 15 credits from the following:   
SOCI 2157 Case Studies in Gender and the Law 3 cr.
SOCI 2246 Transformative Justice: Case Studies 3 cr.
SOCI 2276 The Ethnographic Imagination 3 cr.
SOCI 3116 Anthropology of Development in the Canadian North 3 cr.
SOCI 3166 The Social Determinants of Health 3 cr.
SOCI 3227 Indigenous Peoples and the State 3 cr.
SOCI 2037 Sociology of the Family 3 cr.
SOCI 3026 Work, Employment and Society 3 cr.
SOCI 3057 Population and Society 3 cr.
SOCI 3506  Social Problems 3 cr.
SOCI 4016 Social Processes and Social Structure 3 cr.
SOCI 4206 Determinants of Population Change 3 cr.

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