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Students examine gaming from a sociological perspective, exploring how games are situated within a larger cultural context. Students examine gaming through sports, board games, and video games using various perspectives like race, gender, and classic ludic theory. Students analyse real world gaming...

Students are introduced to major areas of social theory. They explore important perspectives, key concepts and thinkers, and the sociological influences which fueled the emergence of changing understandings of society. The course will also be of interest to students in a number of different social...

Most people would not consider themselves as deviants as they would assume it refers to criminal behaviour. However, the fact is that everyone is a deviant in some way because deviance is both relative and socially constructed. Students examine sociological theories of deviance, focusing on their...

An introduction to the social processes involved in understanding racial and ethnic minority/majority group relations in Canada and around the world.Prerequisite(s): A minimum "C-" grade in one of the following: ANTH 1120, SOCI 1120, 1121, or 1127.

An investigation of the sociological problems, theories, and ideas concerned with understanding and explaining social change. Various factors influencing social change in the contemporary global context will be examined.Prerequisite(s): A minimum "C-" grade in one of the following: ANTH 1120, SOCI...

The process of industrialization, the work force, the scale of society, consensus in society, and world-wide industrialization.Prerequisite(s): A minimum "C-" grade in one of the following: ANTH 1120, SOCI 1120, 1121, or 1127.

Crime and punishment seem to be a constant in contemporary society, but few people understand the philosophical and historical processes that created our current system of justice and penality. In this course, students explore both classical and modern theories and research to understand the...

How do sociologists and anthropologists gather the data that informs our understanding of the social world? Students examine the distinctive quantitative and qualitative approaches used in sociological and anthropological research. Students learn the practical application of research design and data...

A sociological analysis of the family including sex roles, children's rights, adoption and identity, marriage, divorce, socialization, and change in both historical communities and modern industrial societies.Prerequisite(s): A minimum "C-" grade in one of the following: ANTH 1120, SOCI 1120, 1121...

This course will investigate role of popular culture in everyday life from a variety of sociological perspectives. It will examine how 'popular' culture differs from other cultural forms, and the ways in which it is bound up with larger social and cultural processes.Prerequisite(s): A minimum "C-"...