Sociology

SOC 1013 credits
Introductory Sociology
Prerequisite(s): None
This course is an introduction to and analysis of the basic concepts, methods, and theoretical orientations characteristic of sociology. It is designed to acquaint the student with the discipline and to facilitate critical and logical thought concerning explanations of society, social interactions, organizations, and institutions.

SOC 2003 credits
Social Issues in Latin America
(This course is cross-listed with LAS 200)
Prerequisite(s): None
Latin America is a diverse region of considerable importance to Canadians for political, commercial, and social reasons. In this course we explore key facets of social life in this volatile region. We look at the forces that have shaped Latin American society, at the situation Latin America finds itself in now, and at the region’s prospects for the future. In the process we examine class, race, gender, socio-economic development, and other social issues.
Note: This course is offered as both LAS 200 and SOC 200. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 2013 credits
Key Ideas in Sociology
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 or MACS 110
This course provides a survey of sociological perspectives in the 19th and 20th centuries. It provides a history of sociology as it focuses on the thinkers and ideas that have shaped it. Students will study selected works which represent the breadth and depth of sociology.

SOC 2053 credits
Comparative Societies
Prerequisite(s): None
This course introduces students to the application of sociology at a global level through a comparative study of two or more societies. By holding up other societies for comparison, students will learn more about their own society and what makes it distinct. They will also learn more about societies in general, the relationships between them, and the global forces that shape them, often in the direction of convergence. When this course is taught in the context of a study tour, students have the opportunity for firsthand observation and comparison of different societies.

SOC 2063 credits
Politics of Art Latin America
Prerequisite(s): None
In this course, we examine Latin American artistic culture from the perspectives of the social sciences. Focuses may include art, architecture, literature, film, music, dance, folk art, and popular culture. The intent will be to relate these to the social context in which they are located. In particular, we will be interested in the ways in which artistic expression helps to legitimize or to challenge particular social orders.

Note: This course is offered as LAS 206, ANTH 206, MACS 206, and SOC 206. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 2103 credits
Social Problems of Canadian Society
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101
This course examines selected social issues, both in terms of their historical development and their relationship to the structure of Canadian society. Particular attention is paid to the core structural and institutional issues pertaining to Canada, such as class, ethnic and gender inequality, regionalism, racism, poverty, technological development, and the transformation of community life. Additional issues such as Aboriginal land claims, US/Canada relationships, issues of Canadian foreign policy, immigration, and the environment may be addressed. Attention will also be given to Canadian strategies for participation in contemporary world affairs and the processes of globalization.

SOC 2153 credits
Socialization
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 recommended
Socialization is the process by which people learn the norms and values of the society in which they live. This course examines the process of socialization in one or more of the following institutions: family, education, media, and/or religion. Particular emphasis will be placed on issues of gender, ethnicity, and class in North America.

SOC 2203 credits
Sociology of Women in Canada
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 recommended
This course will use feminist sociological perspectives used in understanding the changing roles of women in Canada. After introducing the process whereby women and men learn gender roles, the course will emphasize the changes occurring for Canadian women in the family, the labour force, and the community. Students will have the opportunity to examine changes in their own social world.

SOC 2253 credits
Urban Life
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 102 or SOC 101
This course examines some of the diverse meanings of urban life and culture, as well as the impacts of cities and urbanism within human social life. An introductory survey, it focuses particularly on the origins and processes of urbanization, on social differentiation within cities, and on the potential meanings of the urban landscape. Readings are centred on the diverse ethnography of urban locations, and discussions will aim to extend these readings to a critical understanding of local, regional, national, and transnational urbanism.

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 225 and SOC 225. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 2303 credits
The Individual and Society
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101
This course is an introduction to sociological social psychology. It has been designed to give an overview of the important concepts, issues, and debates within the field. The main paradigm of the course will be interpretive and include such theories as symbolic interactionism and phenomenology. Students will be introduced to the historical development of North American sociological thought and the social construction of self-identity within North American society.

SOC 2453 credits
Deviant Behaviour
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101; CRIM 104 (Recommended)
This course provides a critical introduction to the sociological study of deviance and social control. The aim is to explore the essence of deviant behaviour--its construction, explanation, commission and control. The course may cover both classical and contemporary approaches including lifecourse, general strain, institutional anomie and feminist theories. In addition, we will apply the theories to various topics including violence, substance use, mental illness, stigma and identity management and social control.

SOC 2503 credits
Sociology of Development -- The Global South
Prerequisite(s): None; SOC 101 recommended.
Note: As of September 2013, completion of 18 university-level credits will be required.

This course is an introduction to the sociology of international development, looking at the nature and development of the global south (the largest part of the global social system) and the major explanations of underdevelopment. Among the case studies used to critically evaluate the alternative paths of development there is an emphasis on examples from Latin America. It will be of special interest to those planning to teach, to anyone hoping to work in or travel to the developing World, to those interested in Canada's position in the world, and to anyone concerned about globalization.

This course is offered as SOC 250 and GDS 250. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 2543 credits
Writing for the Social Sciences
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101. ENGL 105 or CMNS 155 recommended.
This course is designed to help the new and developing student of the social sciences learn to write effectively for various applications. Course content will span from rough idea to finished product, and will cover a range of writing tasks along the way: literature reviews, thesis statements, drafts, organizing arguments, presenting evidence, and documenting sources, amongst others.

SOC 2553 credits
Introduction to Social Research
Prerequisite(s): One of ANTH 102, SOC 101, or MACS 110
This course provides a critical introduction to sociological and social anthropological research techniques, data analysis, and questions of methodology. Among the topics considered will be the research cycle, research design, developing and measuring concepts, sampling, methods of data collection, and elementary data analysis. Considerable importance will be given to an exploration of interpretive frameworks that guide research projects, as well as questions of ethical research.

Note: This course is offered as SOC 255, ANTH 255, and MACS 255. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 2603 credits
Food for Thought: Food, Culture, and Society
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 102 or SOC 101
While food is a material necessity of everyday life, it also bears a wide number of social and cultural meanings and is thus ‘food for thought’. Taking an ethnographic and cross-cultural perspective, this introductory course in the anthropology and sociology of food examines food production and consumption, the social and symbolic uses of food, the relationships between food and cultural identity, and the politics of food.

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 260 and SOC 260. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 2653 credits
Social Inequality
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101
This course will examine a number of theories and empirical studies related to social inequality and stratification. The origins, persistence, and consequences of inequality, as well as proposed solutions (such as multiculturalism and equity legislation), will be explored. Forms of inequalities discussed are broad and include race, class, gender, sexuality, age, and physical ability.

SOC 2703 credits
Dynamics of Racism in Canada
Prerequisite(s): One of SOC 101, ANTH 102, MACS 130, or LAS 200
This course is a critical introduction to the area of race and ethnic relations within the Canadian context. In particular racism, inequality, and the social construction of racial and ethnic categories and identities will be examined. The student will develop an awareness of competing conceptual definitions and theoretical interpretations of racism, examine controversies about the extent and meaning of racism in Canada, and investigate how the process of racialization occurs within institutions such as education, the media, and the criminal justice system. Course material will draw upon a variety of historical and contemporary sources, cases, and examples, particularly those relevant to the Fraser Valley.

Note: This course is offered as SOC 270, ANTH 270, and MACS 270. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 2893 credits
Sociology of Animals in Western Society
Prerequisite(s): None; SOC 101 recommended
The Sociology of Human-Animal Relations is a new and rapidly expanding field of sociology that looks at human-animal relationships and their sociological significance within human societies. Special topics in this course will include an examination of the impact of human-animal relations on the development of Western societies, the importance of cultural worldviews concerning the status of animals, the significant social roles animals play in our modern everyday experiences, and some of the critical social issues emerging within a contemporary Western setting.

SOC 2993 credits
Special Topics in Sociology I
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101
This course involves an examination of a selected topic within Sociology that is not addressed in current course offerings. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include, but are not limited to, Leisure and Society, Public Sociology, and McDonaldization of Society.

SOC 3104 credits
Special Topics: Regional Studies in Latin America
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least 6 credits of anthropology, sociology and/or LAS. (One or more of SOC 250, ANTH 220, or LAS 102, 110, 200 or 206 recommended.)
Using sociological and anthropological approaches, this course is designed to provide insights into the society and culture of a specific nation or region within Latin America.

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 310, LAS 310, and SOC 310. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3254 credits
Culture and Theory of the City
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 102 or SOC 101, and ANTH 225/SOC 225, in addition to 45 university-level credits; or permission of instructor.
In this seminar course, we examine the application of ethnographic theory and techniques to the city, with a special emphasis on the theoretical approaches anthropologists, sociologists, and others have taken to cities and urban life. Our explorations in reading and discussion will draw attention to cities as sites of power and magnetism as well as of social differentiation and disempowerment. A special focus of the course will be on the urban ethnography of Canadian communities in order to permit a consideration of urban theory amid local and regional contexts, and particularly concerning the influences of colonialism, migration, ethnicity, and globalization on Canadian urban milieux.

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 325 and SOC 325. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3304 credits
Culture and Cognition
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits to include at least 9 credits of Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, or Philosophy (SOC 230 recommended).
This course draws from research and scholarly writing that addresses how, and the ways in which, cognition is shaped by social factors. Drawing on Durkheim and theories by symbolic interactionists, phenomenologists, social psychologists, cognitive sociologists, and cognitive anthropologists, the course explores ways in which things such as attention, perception, classification, reasoning, and meaning are deeply intertwined with the culture in which we live. Examples to illustrate these points are drawn from a broad spectrum of social life.

SOC 3314 credits
Sociology of Families
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least six credits sociology
A description and analysis of family structures in modern industrial society. Major theoretical perspectives on families and family change in developed societies will be examined, as well as varying methodological approaches to the study of families. Topics may include mate selection, marriage and divorce, family size and structures, domestic labour, power relationships within family, childhood socialization, variant family forms, and policy issues related to families. (Seminar)

SOC 3334 credits
Schooling and Society
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least six credits of sociology
A sociological analysis of the education system and its relation to major social institutions in Western industrial societies, in particular Canada. Aspects studied may include the classroom, teachers, student culture, bureaucratization, inequality, employment, and social policy. (Seminar)
Note: Students cannot take EDUC 333 for further credit.

SOC 3344 credits
Cultural Policy
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least 6 credits of Sociology and/or MACS
This course examines public policy in Canada as it relates to culture. It explores government involvement in such areas as radio and television broadcasting, multiculturalism, pornography, and aboriginal media.

Note: This course is offered as MACS 334 and SOC 334. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3354 credits
Gender Relations and Social Issues
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least six credits sociology. (SOC 215 and/or 220 recommended)
A sociological study of the position of women and men in one or more of the major social institutions in western industrial societies, in particular Canada. Social institutions that may be examined include the family, education, the economy, the polity, the law, and the mass media. Various social policy issues and controversial topics related to gender may also be examined.

SOC 3374 credits
Taste and Culture
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least six credits of sociology and/or MACS.
This course is an interdisciplinary examination of the concept of taste. Why do we value certain cultural artifacts while we denigrate others? How do our choices reflect who we are? What is “bad taste”? What role do class and subculture play within these notions of taste? This course will investigate theories of aesthetics, identity, subcultures, and taste in such areas as art, film, music, photography, food, and advertising.

Note: This course is offered as MACS 337 and SOC 337. Students may only take one of these for credit.

SOC 3504 credits
Classical Sociological Thought
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least six credits sociology; SOC 201 recommended
An explanation of selected work of 19th or early 20th century sociological theorists, primarily Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.

SOC 3524 credits
Public Policy Analysis
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits, to include at least six credsits of Sociology
This course examines the art of policy analysis by exploring its normative nature through a diversity of theoretical and practical approaches. Students will explore various policy analysis models within the social, political, economic, and legal contexts that situate the action and inaction that is social policy.

SOC 3534 credits
Program Evaluation
Prerequisite(s): 45 university-level credits, to include SOC 255 and an additional three credits of Sociology
This course examines the methods of program evaluation to provide students with the most effective evaluative approaches to social programs. Students will explore a range of evaluation techniques, from evaluability assessments and needs assessments to the most provocative models associated with evaluating a program’s effectiveness.

SOC 3554 credits
Quantitative Research Methods
Prerequisite(s): MATH 104 or MATH 106, and ANTH 255/MACS 255/SOC 255
This course is an examination of measurement issues within sociological and anthropological research, focusing on the logical and conceptual construction and interpretation of tables, and an examination of the uses and abuses of statistics. Students will blend classroom knowledge of statistics with real life analysis of sociological data (including the use of computer software) to develop practical research skills. The course focuses on the application, rather than the mathematics, of statistics.

Note: This course is offered as SOC 355, ANTH 355, and MACS 355. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3564 credits
Qualitative Research Methods
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include ANTH 255/MACS 255/SOC 255
This course examines methods used in the collection and analysis of sociological data including interviews, participant observations, ethnographic research, archival research, feminist and critical methodologies, and research ethics.

Note: This course is offered as SOC 356, ANTH 356, and MACS 356. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3574 credits
Advanced Research Methods
Prerequisite(s): SOC 255/MACS 255/ ANTH 255
This course is a special topics course designed as an in-depth exploration of how to collect and analyze sociological data using one or two specific research methodologies. Methods covered will vary from semester to semester and may include, but are not limited to, comparative-historical methods, network analysis, visual sociology, grounded theory, and evaluation research.

SOC 3584 credits
Advanced Research on a Selected Topic
Prerequisite(s): SOC 255/ANTH 255/MACS 255
Pre- or corequisite(s): One of: SOC 355/ANTH 355/MACS 355 or SOC 356/ANTH 356/MACS 356
In this course students conduct their own primary research on the course topic, as directed by the instructor. The course is based around a select sociological topic, and readings address the selected topic. Class time is spent learning about and discussing the topic as well as discussing practical and theoretical aspects of conducting a research project. The course topic is determined by the instructor and will vary from semester to semester.

SOC 3604 credits
Eating and Thinking: Food, Identity, and Power in Global Societies
Prerequisite(s): ANTH 102 or SOC 101 required; ANTH/SOC 230 recommended; in addition to 45 university-level credits.
In the modern world, it is increasingly the case that people neither eat what they grow nor grow what they eat. This seminar course examines the global ethnographic, social, political-economic, and theoretical implications of this conundrum. We explore a number of issues in the contemporary anthropology and sociology of food, including the gender, status and identity meanings of food; the relationships between food, power, and development; the local and global impacts of food production and consumption; and the growing importance of food-based movements for social change.

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 360 and SOC 360. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3634 credits
Processes of Development and Underdevelopment: Latin America
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include SOC 101 and at least 3 additional credits of Sociology, Anthropology, or LAS. (SOC 250, ANTH 220, and/or LAS 200 recommended.)
This course is an examination of theories and strategies of socioeconomic development and underdevelopment as applied to the Third World from 1945 until the present. Latin America will figure prominently as an example of a developing region

Note: This course is offered as SOC 363, ANTH 363, and LAS 363. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3854 credits
Television and Social Values: The Simpsons
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least six credits of SOC and/or MACS
In well over four hundred episodes, The Simpsons TV series has explored innumerable aspects of contemporary North American life, always with humour and often with profound insight. This course uses both the series and scholarly
writings based on it to explore a diversity of social and cultural issues, focusing on such areas as education, family, the media, religion and work.
This course is offered as SOC 385 and MACS 385. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3874 credits
Aboriginal Peoples of Canada
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include ANTH 102 and at least 3 additional credits of Anthropology and/or Sociology
This course looks at selected studies of cultural patterns and contemporary issues of Aboriginal peoples in Canada (including First Nations, Inuit, and Metis).

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 387 and SOC 387. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3884 credits
Minority Indigenous Peoples of the World
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include ANTH 102 and at least three additional credits of Anthropology and/or Sociology
This course will examine the social and cultural experiences of indigenous peoples within various modern industrial nation-states and relations of these peoples with majority societies and other indigenous groups throughout the world. Case studies will be drawn from Latin America and other areas.

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 388, LAS 388, and SOC 388. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3966 credits
Global Development Studies: Canada Internship
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits and instructor’s permission.
Experiential learning is an opportunity for students to reflect on the global/local and theory/practice dynamics of the world around us. This will normally involve a three-day-per-week practicum in a multi-disciplinary local setting with a NGO or other organization for a total of 13 weeks. The number of hours per week that a student actually works in his/her placement may vary according to the needs and practices of the NGO.

Note: This course is offered as GEOG 396 and GDS 310, and SOC 396. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3989 credits
Global Development Studies: International Internship
Prerequisite(s): 60 university- level credits and instructor’s permission.
The practicum placement is an opportunity for students to reflect on the global/local and theory/practice dynamics of the world around us. This is a five-day-per-week practicum in a multi-disciplinary international setting with a NGO or government agency for up to a total of 13 weeks in another country and two weeks of debriefing and analysis back in Canada.

Note: This course is offered as GEOG 398, GDS 311, and SOC 398. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 3994 credits
Special Topics in Sociology II
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits to include at least 6 credits of Sociology
This course involves an examination of a selected topic within Sociology that is not addressed in current course offerings. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include, but are not limited to, Sociology of Sustenance, Sociology of English Canada, and Sociology of Professions.

SOC 4304 credits
Knowledge, Power, Science and Society
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits, to include SOC 101 and six additional credits in Sociology (SOC 230 recommended).
This course is an examination of scientific and other knowledge about the “natural” world. In it we explore how social factors such as power relationships influence what is known and how knowledge is used. For example, who decides if a medical procedure is used—the doctor, patient or the government? The course is a critical examination of the ways in which social factors influence whether a claim is considered to be knowledge, a cultural belief, or a misinformed idea; how methods of observation and analysis influence what becomes known (or not known); and who has authority to say what is “the truth.” This course draws on material from the areas of sociology of science and sociology of knowledge.

SOC 4314 credits
Advanced Topics in Childhood and Family
Prerequisite(s): SOC 331 and 60 credits to include at least nine credits of Sociology
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore special topics and issues of concern in the sociology of family and childhood. Topics will vary but will be limited to those which our library resources can support.

SOC 4334 credits
Selected Topics in the Sociology of Education
The course will allow the student to investigate a specific topic in the sociology of education. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include, but are not limited to, the global economy and school-labour market transitions; the state and the restructuring of teachers' work; higher education; knowledge, curriculum and cultural politics; meritocracy and social exclusion.
Note: Students cannot receive credit for both SOC 433 and EDUC 433.

SOC 4354 credits
Sociology of Sexuality
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits to include at least 9 credits of Sociology (SOC 220 and SOC 335 recommended)
This course examines sexuality from a sociological perspective. It is designed to allow students to investigate the moral and political controversies that surround sexuality, the loaded meanings attributed to sexual experiences, the varied social identities and social movements constructed around sexual practices, and how definitions of "normal" sexuality shift over time. The course will investigate Foucault's History of Sexuality and a variety of theories which may include the social construction of sexuality and queer theory.

SOC 4404 credits
Selected Topics in the Sociology of Religion
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology and/or Religious Studies.
An advanced course in the sociology of religion. Topics will change from term to term.

SOC 4424 credits
Religion in Latin America
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology, LAS, and/or Religious Studies. (HIST 261, 262, 459 can be considered LAS courses.) (ANTH 130 can be considered Religious Studies)
Most people know of Latin America as the crucible for recent developments in Catholicism like liberation theology. However, religion has long played a central role in shaping Latin American societies just as it has been shaped by them. This course will explore the connections between religion and society in the Latin American context. The emphasis of the course will shift from term to term, but it will normally focus on some combination of the following: pre-Columbian religions, Catholicism and conquest, syncretism, liberation theology, religion and revolution, evangelism, the survival of indigenous religions, and other related topics.

Note: This course is offered as LAS 442 and SOC 442. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 4454 credits
Advanced Topics in Deviant Behaviour
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits to include at least 9 credits of Sociology (SOC 245 recommended)
The course will allow the student to investigate a specific topic in the sociological study of deviance and social control. Topics covered will vary from semester to semester and may include, but are not limited to, the sociology of mental illness, stigma, sexual deviance, surveillance, and substance use, abuse and control.

SOC 4504 credits
Selected Issues in Sociological Theory
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least nine credits sociology. (SOC 350 recommended)
An examination of the ideas of a particular thinker or group of thinkers, or of the different approaches to a particular theoretical problem. Examples include, but are not limited to, feminist theory, post-structuralism, and neo-Marxism.

SOC 4604 credits
Issues in the Information Society
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology and/or MACS.
This course explores the social, political, and cultural dimensions of information technology and what has come to be known as the “information society”. Students will examine technology in relationship to a variety of social issues such as the changing nature of: work, individual identity formation, social roles, democracy, privacy, and community.

Note: This course is offered as MACS 460 and SOC 460. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 4634 credits
Special Topics in Development Studies
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology and/or Anthropology. (ANTH 220, SCMS 363, and SOC 250 recommended.)
This course is an examination of processes of social and cultural change in selected Third World societies. Topics will change from semester to semester, but may include liberation movements and colonialism; the comparative study of post-revolutionary societies; the persistence, transformation, and disappearance of contemporary peasantries; and directed change programs.

Note: This course is offered as SOC 463, ANTH 463, and LAS 463. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 4684 credits
Environment and Society
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include ANTH 102 and at least 6 additional credits of Sociology and/or Anthropology

This course examines anthropological and sociological approaches to ecological and environmental issues. Topics include relationships between forms of social organization and resource use, studies of resource use conflicts, and the ways in which different cultures view the environment.

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 468 and SOC 468. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 4704 credits
Race and Racism: Selected Topics
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology and/or Anthropology.
Questions of race and ethnicity arise frequently in the context of popular discussions of social problems, national identity, and even national unity. They are equally important in academic discussions about modern societies around the world. This course explores selected topics related to race, racism, and ethnicity from sociological and anthropological perspectives. Topics covered may include ethnic conflict, immigration and immigration policy, multiculturalism, racism, the development of immigrant identities and communities, charter groups/dominant cultures, indigenous and migrant subordination, the meaning of exile, etc. Students should consult the department to determine the content for a particular semester.

Note: This course is offered as SOC 470 and ANTH 470. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 4724 credits
Latin America: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least 9 credits of Sociology, Anthropology and/or LAS. (LAS 110 and/or HIST 261 recommended)
Concepts of race and ethnicity have been crucial elements in the formation of Latin American society, culture, and identity. Migration has further shaped identity and society among Latin Americans inside and outside Latin America. This course explores various aspects of Latin American concepts of race, ethnicity, and immigration from several perspectives. It also examines patterns of migration from Latin America to Canada and the effects of Canadian concepts of identity, race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism on the integration of Latin Americans into Canadian society. Topics covered may include: the push/pull factors causing immigration, immigration policy, the development of immigrant identities, the meaning of exile, and the formation of immigrant communities and their relationship to the dominant culture of Canadian society.

Note: This course is offered as ANTH 472, LAS 472 and SOC 472. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 4754 credits
Sociology of Communities
Prerequisite(s): 60 university-level credits to include at least 9 credits of Sociology; SOC 255/ANTH 255/MACS 255 (formerly SCMS 255) is recommended.
This course explores a number of different types of communities including neighbourhood, cyber, ethnic, hobby, and professional. Types of communities will be compared, contrasted, and explored in terms of how structures such as formal organizations and leadership promote (or prohibit) social cohesion and the importance of communication, common experience, space and place, and social and cultural capital. Students may conduct their own qualitative research project on a community of their choice in consultation with the instructor.

SOC 4904 credits
Directed Readings in Sociology
Prerequisite(s): 60 credits, to include at least nine credits of sociology plus permission from supervising faculty member and department head
Directed reading in a selected field of study under the direction of a single faculty member. A major paper will be required.

SOC 4922 credits
Directed Studies in Social, Cultural, and Media Studies
Prerequisite(s): 45 credits, to include 6 credits of area of specialization (ANTH, SOC, LAS, MACS). Permission to enter requires written consent of both the faculty member supervising the student and the department head.
This course is designed for upper-level students who wish to examine in greater depth a particular problem/issue in Anthropology, Sociology, Latin American Studies, or Media and Communication Studies.

Note: This course is offered as SOC 492, ANTH 492, LAS 492, and MACS 492. Students may take only one of these for credit.

SOC 4935 credits
Advanced Research Project
Prerequisite(s): SOC 255/ANTH 255/MACS 255; and SOC 355/ANTH 355/MACS 355; and
SOC 356/ANTH 356/MACS 356
Intended to be the final step of a student’s research concentration in the sociology major, this course is devoted to the completion of a final research project. This course is intended as a vehicle by which a student will demonstrate advanced library and data collection skills, and interpretation and written analysis of primary data in a particular sociological subject area.

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