Specialization


Specialization in Sociology

Graduation Requirements:

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


Program Requirements:

Students will need to achieve a minimum 60% average in the 54 credits presented for the Specialization in Sociology.

Students must complete 120 credits including 54 credits in the 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 3000 or 4000 level*  6 cr.
SOCI Any level*   36 cr.

*Students may choose to use some of these credits to pursue one or more of the concentrations listed below.


Breadth Requirements and Electives:

ACAD 1601   3 cr.
Humanities   3 cr.
Science   6 cr.
Electives   54 cr.

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

6 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.
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.

Note:

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


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