SOC 322 Language and Culture
The study of languages as social behaviour including semantic analysis (ethnoscience) and linguistic theory. Prerequisites 102 or permission of the instructor.
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SOC 350 Culture Theory
A survey of the historical development of the concepts of culture, cultural evolution, and acculturation. Prerequisites: 101 and 102. 3 lectures. Offered once in 4 years.
SOC 353 Primitive Social Organization
A study of primitive social structure with primary emphasis on kinship systems. Prerequisites: 102, or permission of the instructor. 3 lectures, offered of sufficient demand.
SOC 356 Primitive Economics
A study of economic systems of bands, tribes, and chiefdoms as contrasted with those of primitive states. Prerequisites: 102, or permission of the instructor. 3 lectures, offered if sufficient demand.
SOC 357 Hunting and Gathering Cultures of North America
Archaeological and ethnological data on various prehistoric and historic groups are presented. Emphasis is on hunting and gathering cultures as a distinct type. Prerequisites: 101 and 102, or permission of the instructor. 3 lectures, alternate years. Offered if sufficient demand.
SOC 359 Political Anthropology
The study of political behaviour in both state and non-state society. A comparative approach will be used with a thorough examination of the political systems of selected societies. Prerequisites: 102 or permission of the instructor. 3 lectures, alternate years.
370* Ethnographic Field Methods - 390 or 391* Reading in Anthropology
Traditional and recently developed approaches to ethnographic field work are explored. The problems the worker faces in the field, and possible solutions to them, are discussed. Some effort will be made to develop field technique in simulated and/or real field situations. Prerequisites: 102 or permission of the instructor. 3 lectures, alternate vears.
Guided reading in a selected portion of the anthropological literature. Prerequisites: Anthropology major and permission of the instructor.
SOC 450 Honours Seminar
Seminar on selected contemporary issues in anthropology. Open only to Honours Anthropology students.
SOC 499 Honours Essay 15* Sociology
Directed reading and research in a selected area of anthropological inquiry. Open only to Honours Anthropology students.
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A general] introduction to the subject covering the main concepts, theories and ideas and how they relate to study of groups in society.
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
An introduction to the basic concepts and frames of reference of sociological investigation and interpretation. Topics for analysis will include communities, associations and institution, classes and status groups.
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sections will be made available in addition for students who are majoring in the Department, or who indicate their expectation to do so, including those engaged in joint programmes with Sociology: Anthropology, Psychology, Political Science, etc.
SOC 101 (Fall)
General introduction to the subject covering main concepts and analytical approaches. Student should possess a sound knowledge of basic sociological concepts. 3 lectures, alternate years.
SOC 102 (Winter)
On the basis of the theoretical and descriptive framework provided in Sociology 101, continuing analysis of specific institutions, associations, social action, etc., will be undertaken. (Prerequisite: Sociology 101}.
SOC 202 Sociological Statistics
A first course in sociological statistics; sampling, central tendency, probability, co-variance, as illustrated in specifically sociological data. 3 lectures.
SOC 205 Social Problems
An examination of cultural forces that create social problems and failures in personal and institutional adjustments. Specific attention is paid to the problems of emotional disturbance, addictions, delinquency and crime. 3 lectures.
SOC 210 (Psychology 253*) Introductory Social Psychology
The relation between psychological processes and social interaction. Topics to be considered include (1) how we evaluate others’ personalities, (2) determinants of friendship, (3) formation and change of attitudes, (4) conformity and independence, (5) the self-concept. Prerequisite: Introductory Psychology. 3 lectures. Fall term.
SOC 212 (Psychology 254*) Interpersonal Relations
The contribution of social organization to interpersonal processes. Consideration of some “theories” of social interaction. The social system approach to the problem of personal and interpersonal control. Prerequisite: Second year standing. 3 lectures. Winter term.
SOC 230 Family and Kinship
An evaluation of the origin and growth of the family as a social institutions; its structures and functions in primitive and modern societies; the. effect of modern technology on the family; trends and contemporary problems. 3 lectures.
SOC 240 Collective Behaviour
The sociological analysis of the behaviour of crowds, mobs, publics, and related phenomena and their relationships to social organization and social change. 3 lectures.
SOC 241 Social Movements
The sociological analysis of varieties of social movements and their relationsips to social organization and social change. 3 lectures.
SOC 250 Crime and Society
An analysis and criticism of the major theories of criminal behaviour. Emphasis is given to the relationship between social structure and criminal behaviour; types of criminal behaviour such as drug addiction; sta-
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tistics and contemporary research. A sound knowledge of sociological concepts is advisable. 3 lectures, alternate years.
SOC 251 Ethnic and Racial Relations
Relations between different racial and cultural groups; analysis of majority-minority group status. 3 lectures.
SOC 252 Juvenile Delinquency
A systematic analysis and criticism is presented of biological, psy< hological, psychoanalytical and sociological theories of juvenile delinquency. Attention is given to statistics and contemporary research with special emphasis on the distribution and types of delinquent subcultures.
SOC 260 Population
The study of population as an area of sociological investigation; population size, composition, and distribution; population trends and problems. 3 lectures, offered of sufficient demand.
SOC 270 Communication
An analysis of the role of language and other symbol systems in social interaction; the interplay between communication and the social system; the formation of attitudes through language; social and individual disorders as caused by, and refiected in, the breakdown in the communication process. 3 lectures, offered once in four years.
SOC 300 Human Communities (non-literate, folk and rural)
A comparative analysis of different types of human communities from mainly sociological and anthropological points of view: primary emphasis on types of communities found in non-literate, folk, and pre-industrial rural societies; major theories concerning communities of these types. Prerequisites: Sociology 100 and Anthropology 102. 3 lectures, offered at least once in four years.
SOC 301 Urban Sociology
The comparative study of urbanization as a process; the culture and social organization of cities, urban problems; special attention is given to industrial cities of Western societies. 3 lectures, alternate years.
SOC 310 Group Dynamics
An analysis of natural and experimental groups from a social structural view. The study of processes of differentiation, integration, power, etc., internally; and of nesting of small groups in larger collectivities. Prerequisite: An honours programme in sociology or permission of the instructor. 3 lectures, fall term.
SOC 311 Dehumanizing Institutions
A supposedly value-free social science cannot address itself to questions of the despoilment or enrichment of the human condition. Once values are taken as essential in human societies, reference to cultural or subcultural values facilitates evaluative analysis of social institutions and of interpersonal behaviour. Within a value frame of reference and with the analytic tools of behavioural science, this course seeks to explore the institutional origins, evolving social structures, and behavioural consequences of imperialism, slavery, racism, and total war. Fall term.
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SOC 312 Liberating Social Movements
Dehumanizing institutions are not infrequently undermined by countervailing forces. Peasant and slave revolts, socialism and anarchism, consumer cooperation and utopian communities, some forms of nationalism, and a diffuse revolution of manner’s are among the social movements that indicate directions toward more humane social institutions. This course inquires into causes of success and failure of movements of social reconstruction by asking what structural constraints and facilitators were encountered by the movements, and what structural incongruities and dilemmas of action may have deflected men from their goals in the process of building new institutions. Winter term.
SOC 315 Social Stratification
Analysis of social classes in society including their basis for development, composition, and consequences for society. 3 lectures, alernate vears.
SOC 320 Sociological Research
A systematic treatment of the logic and practice of methods basic to social research. Examination of problems of experimental design, sampling, data gathering, and anlysis in the context of case studies of research. Students will be given laboratory experience in several techniques of research. 3 lectures.
SOC 325 Sociological Theory
Major European and American sociologists and ‘‘schools”’ from Comte to the present. Emphasis will be less on history and biography than on the ideas and their application to an understanding of major issues generated in human societies. Limited to third year students majoring in sociology-anthropology, honours sociology-psychology; others admitted by permission of instructor. 3 lectures.
SOC 330 Comparative Social Structure
General theoretical and methodological issues facing comparative sociology; comparative methods at work in the treatment of Westernand non-Western societies. 3 lectures.
SOC 331 Social Change
A systematic review and analysis of major theories of social change including some of the classical and modern theories. Analysis will focus upon the sources, patterns, processes and consequences of change. Special topics to be included are: Marxism, social change in developing countries, the role of ideas, and the breakdown and reorganization of social structure. 3 lectures.
SOC 339 Industrial Sociology
Sociological analysis of industry, including relationships between labour and management and industry and society. 3 lectures, alternate years.
SOC 340 Formal Organizations
A survey of theory and research on formal organizations making use of selected contributions from the scientific management and human relations approaches, but with emphasis on the structure and functions of large scale organizations. The nature and types of formal organizations; control techniques and leadership; relations of the organization to its clients and publics; informal aspects of the organization; organizational tensions and pathologies of bureaucratic systems; how the organization adjusts to change. Pn
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SOC 341 Sociology of Occupations
The sociological study of occupations as an aid to understanding the social structure; social and demographic aspects of the labour force; the meaning of work; the relation of work and leisure; career and occupational mobility patterns; occupation and status; professionalization; trends in occupations. 3 lectures, alternate years.
SOC 355 Sociology of Religion
The analysis of religion as a social institution; its relationship to culture, personality and social change with consideration given to theories of religious behaviour and contemporary research findings. 3 lectures.
SOC 360 Political Sociology
The sociological analysis of the institutionalization of power, political movements, parties, conflict and its accommodation. 3 lectures.
SOC 365 Social Structure of the Soviet Union
A sociological analysis of contemporary Soviet society focusing on the patterns and functions of its basic institutions including the family, government, education, and industry; consideration of class formation and distribution of power. 3 lectures.
SOC 450 Seminar: Problems in Contemporary Theory and Research
Examinations of current frames of reference and theories in sociology and related disciplines. Their utility in sociological problem formulation and their test by current methods and techniques. 1 - 3 hours.
SOC 465 Readings
Selected readings and essay assignments under the direction of a staff member. 3 - 4 hours.
SOC 470 Semiaar: Practicum in Theory and Methodology
A preparation for advanced undergraduate students for an independent, sophisticated orientation to graduate study. The practicum provides opportunities for: (1) developing research designs on the basis of extant theory, and (2) theorizing on the basis of the reanalysis and reinterpretation of extant data. 1 - 3 hours.
SOC 499 Senior Honours Essay Admission Requirements Course Requirements
Required of all honours students in Sociology or Psychology-Sociology in their fourth year.
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Programme Leading to The Master of Arts Degree in Sociology.
The entrance requirement for the M.A. degree is an Honours degree in Sociology or its equivalent. Applicants not meeting this requirement may, with the approval of the Graduate Committee of the Department be admitted to a programme of qualifying work. This normally means one preliminary year of work in Sociology to insure that the stu ent’s training is equivalent to that of an Honours graduate in Sociol sgy.
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Sociology, Social Change and Social Structure, Social Disorganisation and Deviance, Area Studies, Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Knowledge, etc. d) In addition students will be expected to have completed a course in Introductory Statistics unless they can demonstrate competence through a qualifying examination, or unless in special cases this requirement is waived by the Graduate Committee of the Department. e) Students whose M.A. theses require familiarity with a subject not given in the Department of Sociology are encouraged to elect an additional course in the appropriate department, e.g. History, Political Science, Geography, Economics, Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, French, (or other language), Mathematics, etc.
The student for the M.A. degree in Sociology must present a thesis to the Department which will be defended before. a committee of no less than two members of the Department.
Programme Leading to the Ph.D. Degree in Sociology.
For admission to the Ph.D. programme a student must have an M.A. degree in Sociology or its equivalent, plus a better than B average or its equivalent in his course work. The student must also submit his results from the Graduate Record Examination. Students in the M.A. and Ph.D. programmes are expected to maintain a better than B average (approximately 70%) in their course work. The Graduate Committee of the Department will undertake a complete review of each student’s work at the end of his first year in the Ph.D. programme.
a) The student for the Ph.D. degree is required 10 enroll for a minimum of one academic year of course work selected in consultation with his graduate faculty adviser. A minimum of six semester courses in Sociology are required. b) In addition the candidate for the Ph.D. degree normally will be required to complete a one semester course in Advanced Statistics unless he can demonstrate proficiency in a qualifying examination. c) Before he submits his dissertation to the Department the student must demonstrate reading proficiency in a language (e.g. French) other , than English as specified by the Department. d) The individual Ph.D. candidate must pass a set of oral and written comprehensive and qualifying examinations in Sociology as determined by the Department.
In keeping with University requirements the candidate must submit a Doctoral Dissertation which he will be required to defend in an oral examination.
SOC 500 Modern European Social Theory
Discussion and reports on leading social thinkers and the development of a systematic body of knowledge about social life. Special emphasis will be given to the emergence of sociological thought from the turn of the century to the period between the two world wars. Topics will include: Durkheim and the French Sociological Tradition, Max Weber and German Interpretative Sociology; Pareto and Machiavellian Social Theory; Marx and Historical Materialism; trends in contemporary existential social philosophy. (Open to 4th yr. honours soc. students)
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SOC 507 The Sociological Imagination $08* Explanation in Sociology
C. Wright Mills viewed the link between private troubles and public issues as the mainspring to a proper science of society. This seminar seeks to assess Mills’ writings and the contributions of other sociologists within this perspective. (Open to 4th yr. soc. honours students)
The writings of sociologists will be studied with a view to identifying among them actual or potential explanatory models and such tests of the theories as may have been devised. Where no testing of theory has been undertaken students are asked to specify possible approaches. {Open to 4th yr. soc. honours students)
SOC 542 Seminar Organizational Analysis
This seminar will study diverse theories, models and methods, and interdisciplinary approaches relevant to the analysis of complex organizations, such as industrial enterprises, public and governmental organizations, educational institutions, etc. Particular attention will be given to problems of productivity and organizational effectiveness, power and human relations, decision-making, innovation, and resistance to change. (Open to Fourth-Year Honours students who have successfully completed course 339 in Industrial Sociology.)
SOC 603 Sociological Theory
A stock-taking of the present fund of conceptual equipment for handling distinctively social phenomena, with proposals for its refinement for purposes of measurement.
SOC 604 Selected Problems in Sociological Theory
SOC 605 Sociological Method
An examination of the techniques used in theoretically oriented research: these include gathering, processing and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, field methods, use of documents, laboratory observation and punched-card techniques. Problems of statistical inference, causality and measurements are discussed.
SOC 606 Selected Problems in Sociological Research Method
Analysis of selected research procedures with special attention to the types of research problems to which they are applicable and research designs within which they are most effectively incorporated. Examination of ways in which effective use of these procedures can contribute to conceptual and theoretical development in sociology.
SOC 611 Theories of Social Change
A systematic review and analysis of major theories of social change, with particular attention to evolutionism, historicism and functionalism. Theoretical problems are then examined within a specific context such as social organization, economic institutions, social stratification and urban structures.
SOC 612 Demographic Variates in Social Change
An interpretation of social change from the demographic perspective; this includes an outline of demographic analysis.
SOC 615 Social Stratification
This course will deal with class, status, and power groups in an industrial society as they strive to maximize their share of wealth, prestige, and power. In order to do so, cross-cultural materials treated as historical examples will be used to develop general principles.
SOC 620 Comparative Social Structure
The course is devoted to the comparative study of Western vs. non- Western societies with their institutions, structure and change in them.
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SOC 625 Socialization and Social Structure
Comparison of childhood socialization in family settings with socialization in formally organized settings, such as Kibbutzim. Analysis of socialization in adolescent and young adulthood focuses on the interplay of the family, educational, and political institutions in occupational placement. North America is compared with England, Russia and Japan.
SOC 631 Sociology of Knowledge
On the basis of a thorough going analysis of Mannheim’s /deology & Utopia and related studies, the seminar undertakes to develop a general theory of the relation of social thought to social action, comparative value systems and the role of the scientist, artist and intellectual in his society. (Open to 4th yr. honours students who have completed Soc. 500).
SOC 632 Sociology of Science
The study of science as an institution; its historical development and contemporary relationships with other institutions including government, education and industry.
SOC 636 Sociology of Deviance
The seminar undertakes a critical examination of the major theoretical perspectives in the sociology of deviance.
SOC 637 Selected Problems in the Sociology of Deviance
A seminar in theory and research in the sociology of deviance; special emphasis is given the fields of crime and delinquency.
643* Industrial Society
Selected topics in the sociological analysis of industrialized societies.
644* Sociology of Developing Nations
An analysis of the structural and processual aspects of industrialization occurring in developing nations.
SOC 645 Community Power Structures
An analysis of the theoretical and selected empirical, sociological studies of community power structures and their practical implications. The sociological material will be supplemented with relevant contributions from the fields of antropology and political science.
SOC 650 Sociology of Religion
Religion is considered as an activity generated by the social process itself. The significance of its recoil and attempted recovery in secular society is considered, as well as the encounter in the forum of secular society of the different faiths.
SOC 655 Family and Kinship
Family and kinship are viewed as the rudimentary structures of society from which other structures differentiate. They are shown to persist in modern society as a reinforcement structure beneath the specialized institutions.
SOC 660 The Bases of Community
Community is considered as an affinity bond rather than place (Durkheim’s “mechanical solidarity’; Toennies’ ‘‘“Gemeinschaft”’). The competitive strengths of the following in generating community are considered: kinship, territory, race, class and faith.
SOC 670 Social Psychology
A seminar dealing with theoretical issues and research findings in the area of social psychology.
SOC 699 Thesis
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