Academic Calendar 2024/25

Sociology

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Sociology/Anthropology major

This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section and includes the requirements for declaring a major. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.

Lower-level requirements: 18 credits

Course Title Credits
ANTH 102 Culture and Society 3
ANTH 202 Ethnographic Toolkit 3
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology 3
SOC 255/ MACS 255 Introduction to Social Research (formerly also offered as ANTH 255) 3
Plus: One course from List 1A (lower-level Sociology) 3
Plus: One course from List 2A (lower-level Anthropology) 3

Note 1: Students are advised to select lower-level courses that are prerequisites (or recommended courses) for the upper-level courses of interest to them. See the course descriptions section for more information.

Note 2: A single course cannot be used to satisfy more than one requirement.

Upper-level requirements: 31–32 credits

Course Title Credits
ANTH 301 Theoretical Currents in Contemporary Anthropology 4
SOC 350 Classical Sociological Thought 4
One of: 3-4
IPK 344 Research in Action: Indigenous Meaning Making (formerly also offered as ANTH 344/SOC 344)  
SOC 355/ MACS 355 Quantitative Research Methods (formerly also offered as ANTH 355) (see Note 1)  
SOC 356/ MACS 356 Qualitative Research Methods (formerly also offered as ANTH 356)  
Plus: Two additional courses from List 1B (upper-level Sociology) 8
Plus: Two courses from List 2B (upper-level Anthropology) 8
Plus: One course from List 3 (Indigenous competency) 4

Note 1: CRIM 320 may be substituted for SOC 355/MACS 355.

Note 2: A single course cannot be used to satisfy more than one requirement.

Elective lists

List 1A (lower-level Sociology)

Course Title Credits
SOC 200/ LAS 200 Social Issues in Latin America 3
SOC 201 Key Ideas in Sociology 3
SOC 205 Comparative Studies 3
SOC 206/ LAS 206/ ANTH 206/ MACS 206 The Politics of Art in Latin America 3
SOC 210 Social Problems 3
SOC 220 Feminist Perspectives on Community, Work, and Family 3
SOC 230 The Individual and Society 3
SOC 245 Deviant Behaviour 3
SOC 247 Culture of Capitalism 3
SOC 250/ GDS 250 Sociology of Development – The Global South 3
SOC 254 Writing for the Social Sciences 3
SOC 260/ ANTH 260 Food for Thought: Food, Culture, and Society 3
SOC 265 Social Inequality 3
SOC 270/ ANTH 270/ MACS 270 Dynamics of Racism in Canada 3
SOC 275 Sociology of Death and Dying 3
SOC 280 Health and Illness 3
SOC 289 Sociology of Human-Animal Relations 3
SOC 299 Special Topics in Sociology I 3

List 1B (upper-level Sociology)

Course Title Credits
IPK 344 Research in Action: Indigenous Meaning Making (formerly also offered as ANTH 344/SOC 344) 3
SOC 310/ LAS 310/ ANTH 310 Special Topics: Regional Studies in Latin America 4
SOC 313/ GEOG 313 Agriculture and Rural Life 4
SOC 325/ ANTH 325 Culture and Theory of the City 4
SOC 330 Culture and Cognition 4
SOC 331 Sociology of Families 4
SOC 333 Schooling and Society 4
SOC 334/ MACS 334 Cultural Policy in Canada 4
SOC 335 Gender and Gender Relations 4
SOC 337/ MACS 337 Taste and Culture 4
SOC 346 Environmental Justice 4
SOC 348 Protest and Social Movements 4
SOC 352 Public Policy Analysis (formerly also offered as POSC 352) 4
SOC 353 Program Evaluation 4
SOC 355/ MACS 355 Quantitative Research Methods (formerly also offered as ANTH 355) 4
SOC 356/ MACS 356 Qualitative Research Methods (formerly also offered as ANTH 356) 4
SOC 357 Advanced Research Methods 4
SOC 358 Advanced Research on a Selected Topic 4
SOC 360/ ANTH 360 Eating and Thinking: Food, Identity, and Power in Global Societies 4
SOC 363/ ANTH 363/ GDS 363/ LAS 363 Processes of Development and Underdevelopment: Latin America 4
SOC 368/ ANTH 368 Power, Inequality, and the Environment 4
SOC 385/ MACS 385 Television and Social Values: The Simpsons 4
SOC 388/ ANTH 388 Global Indigeneity (formerly also offered as LAS 388) 4
SOC 396/ GEOG 396/ GDS 310 Canada Internship (see Note) 6
SOC 398/ GEOG 398/ GDS 311 International Internship (see Note) 6
SOC 399 Special Topics in Sociology II 4
SOC 430 Knowledge, Power, Science, and Society 4
SOC 431 Advanced Topics in Childhood and Family 4
SOC 435 Sociology of Sexuality 4
SOC 442/ LAS 442 Religion in Latin America 4
SOC 445 Advanced Topics in Deviant Behaviour 4
SOC 450 Selected Issues in Sociological Theory 4
SOC 460/ MACS 460 Issues in the Information Society 4
SOC 470/ ANTH 470 Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism 4
SOC 472/ LAS 472/ ANTH 472 Latin America: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration 4
SOC 475 Communities, Difference, and Belonging 4
SOC 490 Directed Studies in Sociology 4
SOC 493 Advanced Research Project 5

Note: No more than 6 credits may be in the internship courses SOC 396/GDS 310/GEOG 396 and SOC 398/GDS 311/GEOG 398.

List 2A (lower-level Anthropology)

Course Title Credits
ANTH 111 First Nations of British Columbia – Traditional Cultures 3
ANTH 130 Religions and Cultures 3
ANTH 210 Gender and Sexuality Across Cultures 3
ANTH 220/ GDS 220 Anthropology of Globalization and Development 3
ANTH 260/ SOC 260 Food for Thought: Food, Culture, and Society 3
ANTH 268 Culture and Environment 3
ANTH 275 Fantastic and Speculative Worlds 3

List 2B (upper-level Anthropology)

Course Title Credits
ANTH 325/ SOC 325 Culture and Theory of the City 4
ANTH 368/ SOC 368 Power, Inequality, and the Environment 4
ANTH 375/ MACS 375 Indian Mediascapes 4
ANTH 470E/ SOC 470E Ethnicity, Race, and Nationalism 4

List 3 (Indigenous competency)

Course Title Credits
AH 321 Canada: Contact Zone 4
ANTH 388/ SOC 388 Global Indigeneity (formerly also offered as LAS 388) 4
FILM 313 Indigenous Film 3
IPK 302 Colonial Trauma, Residential Schools, and Resilience 3
IPK 331/ POSC 336 History of Indigenous Leadership 4
IPK 332 Indigenous Governance and Leadership 3
IPK 344 Research in Action: Indigenous Meaning Making (formerly also offered as ANTH 344/SOC 344) 3
IPK 386 Braiding Indigenous Knowledges, Practices, and Worldviews 3
IPK 401 Indigenous Worldviews and Spirituality 3
POSC 301 The Canadian State and Indigenous Governance 3
POSC 321 Global Issues in Indigenous Politics 3

Course listings

For complete details on courses see the course descriptions section.


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