73 courses in the 1971–72 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Sociology, plus an honours thesis course (e.g. 499). There are a number of joint Honours programmes, combining Sociology with other disciplines, e.g. Anthropology, Political Science, Psychology, Modern Languages and Literature, Philosophy, Mathematics, Canadian Studies etc. The student is reminded that an Honours or a major programme in Sociology is intended to provide a liberal arts education. Students are encouraged to avoid excessive concentration in Sociology, and to elect courses in a variety of social sciences, humanities, modern languages, as well as other Faculties.
An introduction to the basic concepts and frames of reference of Sociological investigation and interpretation. Topics for analysis will include communities, associations and institutions, classes and status groups, crowds and publics, social processes, and social change.
Analysis of Canadian society: its institutions such as family and religion, and social processes, such as integration, stratification and demography, with comparisons to other industrialized societies.
A first course in sociological statistics; sampling, central tendency, probability, co-variance, as illustrated in specifically sociological data.
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.
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.
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.
A comparative analysis of women’s roles in past and present with selected cross-cultural data. Assessment of the present situation: Subjective factors: socialization of women into “women’s” roles, internalization of role expectations by women, perpetuation of stereotypes and symbolic expression of differential worth of men and women. Objective factors: the legal situation, women on the labor market, the “sex revolution”, and the women’s liberation movement.
Based on the facts elaborated in the first term, the second term will focus, first, upon the implications of the findings on selected areas of contemporary sociological theory and questions that need to be researched will be formulated. Secondly, alternative patterns of division of labor and family structure will be discussed and evaluation will be attempted.
The sociological analysis of the behaviour of crowds, mobs, publics, and related phenomena and their relationships to social organization and social change.
The sociological analvsis of varieties of social movements and their
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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; statistics and contemporary research. A sound knowledge of sociological concepts is advisable.
Relations between different racial and cultural groups; analysis of majority-minority group status.
A systematic analysis and criticism is presented of biological, psychological, 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.
The study of population as an area of sociological investigation; population size, composition, and distribution; population trends and problems.
An analysis of the social structure and stratification of East Asia in terms of class, status, prestige, rank, and function with especial consideration given to the question of class formation in Japan and attempted class elimination in China.
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 reflected in, the breakdown in the communication process.
The social behaviour of various species of animals will be examined and compared. The main emphasis will be on exploring the nature of social behaviour and gaining further undestanding of human societies by comparing them with others.
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.
An analysis of natural and experimental groups for a social structural view. The study of processes of differentiation, integration, power, etc., internally; and of nesting of small groups in larger collectivities. Prerequisite: 3rd or 4th year standing in a social science or by permission.
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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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.
Analysis of social classes in society including their basis for development, composition, and consequences for society.
A systematic treatment of the logic and practice of methods basic to social research. Emphasis is on problems of research design based on the analysis of case studies. Special attention is given to problems of participant observation, use of available data, measurement of variables, and simple multivariate analysis. Students will be given laboratory and field experience in several techniques of research. 2 lectures, 2 hours lab., fall term.
Continuation of Research Methods 1. Includes an introduction to sampling, scaling, the analysis of change, and experimental design. Students will be asked to construct a research design for the study of a theoretically relevant problem in sociology. Prerequisite: Sociology 321* 2 hour lab. Winter term.
Introduction to sociological research through the formulation of a theoretically based research objective and its implementation in a small scale team research project. Students must be willing to participate in team research with 6 - 8 other students. Readings are assigned that relate to the steps in the team project. The course grade is based on each team’s final project report and on a final examination covering the readings. Laboratory 3 hours.
A study of a selected institution in the local community, such as the Courts, Mass Media, and Labour Unions, will be conducted employing observational and interview procedures. Permission of Instructor.
General theoretical and methodological issues facing comparative sociology; comparative methods at work in the treatment of Western and non-Western societies (including Canada).
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.
This course constitutes a sociological study of violent and nonviolent conflict and modernization in comparative perspective. A critical review of the selected theoretical explanations of collective protest and social change will be done to discover linkage between social conflict and modernization. An attempt will be made to examine causes and cancenuenrec af racial and nalitinal wlan nanincee wial in oman.
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This course attempts to provide the student with an opportunity for exploring literature as a social phenomenon. Specific areas to be dealt with might include: 1) the relationship of the artist to his social structure; 2) the nature of the relationship of the work and its audience; 3) the attitudes toward the social structure implicit in the work of art. In general the course is viewed as an attempt to combine both the scientific approach and the humanistic approach to literature. Here literature is viewed as including both belles /ettres and popular culture. The course will be taught by someone in Sociology and someone in Literature in dialogue method. Prerequisites: Sociology 101/102 and English 101 {or equivalent).
Sociological analysis of industry, including relationships between labour and management and industry and society.
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.
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.
The social creation of Actors; the establishment of legitimacy and the development of loyalty; socialization through the life cycle; cohorts and age-grading; generational differences and youth movements. Prerequisite: 3rd or 4th year standing in a social science or by permission.
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.
The sociological analysis of the institutionalization of power, political movements, parties, conflict and its accommodation.
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.
Introduction to the standard techniques of analysis of enumeration and registration data.
The goal of the course is to develop models of social change, through active participation in action groups in the community, reading, seminars, and written analyses. All students will be expected to join a group oriented to altering or maintaining existing social structures, to participate as full members, and at the same time to make social scientific sense of social process as manifested in the group and its
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This course will focus on the contribution of Marxism to the development of sociological theory in its relation to other types of social thought. Readings will include selections from Marx, Engels, Lenin, Gramsci, Plekhanov, Lukacs, and contemporary sources. Prerequisites: 4th year Honours and Graduate students only.
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 and fourth year students majoring in sociology-anthropology, honours sociology-psychology (etc.) Others admitted by permission of instructor.
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.
Selected readings and essay assignments under the direction of a staff member.
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 basics of the reanalysis and reinterpretation extant data.
Multiple and partial correlation; regression; analysis of variance and covariance; selected non-parametric techniques. Prerequisite: Sociology 202* or equivalent.
Selected mathematical techniques with applications to sociology; sets and graphs, Markov chains and game theory. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Required of all honours students in Sociology or by election by joint honours students in their fourth year.
The following courses are administered by Conrad Grebel College
This course is designed for co-op and regular students who plan to enter the teaching field. Attention will be focused on the concepts and theories of sociology as they apply especially to the educational system. Winter Term.
An evaluation of the origin and growth of the family as a social institution; its structures and functions in primitive and modern societies; the effect of modern technology on the family, trends and contemporary problems.
An examination of intentional communities; extinct and contemporary. Attention will be paid to origin, purpose, structure and process in each community studied. An assessment of factors contributing to success and failure will be attempted.
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The following courses are administered by Renison College
Sociological Analysis. Applying sociological analysis to three selected areas: the major institutions of Education, Religion and Law, and developing a pattern and an approach which could be applied to the study of other social areas.
Master Trends in Modern Society. Introducing the student to the main ideas of urban, industrial and political sociology studied within a framework emphasizing social change; illustrations will be drawn from emergent as well as advanced societies.
The following courses are administered by St. Jerome's College
An analysis of the family as a universal institution. The role of the family as the basic unit of social organization in all human societies. The biological basis of the family as the foundation for its universality. Courtship, mate selection and the institution of marriage will be cross culturally examined, along with a brief overview of human sexuality and the role of sex in marriage and family stability. Prerequisite: Sociology 101 or permission of the Instructor. Three hours per week. Year Course.
The Department of Sociology of the University of Waterloo offers graduate training leading to the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Sociology. The programme is primarily oriented towards a preparation for research and an academic career in Sociology.
For Graduate work in Sociology a student must have at least an average or its - Honours Degree in Sociology or its equivalent, a B equivalent in Sociological course work and an acceptable average in other courses. He must also submit his results from the Graduate Record Examination. Applicants will not be considered unless they submit this complete information for evaluation. Deadline for applications is April 1. Students who do not meet these standards for graduate work in Sociology may, with the approval of the Graduate Committee of the Department, be admitted to a programme of qualifying work.
All students must enrol for an initial year of work in Sociology.
Course Requirements: a) Two semester courses in Sociological Theory b) Two semester courses in Research Methods c) Two semester courses in a substantive area. The student may, with the approval of the instructor, substitute tutorials for course work. d) In addition the student must complete a course in Introductory Statistics unless he can otherwise demonstrate proficiency.
All students must sit for a written Qualifying Examination no later than six months after completion of the course requirements. The examination will cover three fields: (a) Sociological Theory, (b) Sociology Research Methods, and (c) an area of specialization. Successful students in the Qualifying Examinations may proceed towards the M.A. degree or the Ph.D. degree. This is a decision of the Graduate Committee of the Department. A failing student may retake the Qualifying Examination
Master of Arts Degree in Sociology
Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Sociology. Admission Requirements
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M.A. Thesis. .
A Thesis Committee consisting of two faculty members (one of whom will serve as chairman) selected in consultation with and acceptable to the student will supervise the student’s thesis. The Thesis Committee will select a departmental reader in addition to the readers who supervise the thesis.
a) Students who proceed towards the M.A. degree must submit a thesis proposal no later than three months after successful completion of the Qualifying Examination. The thesis topic will be largely a matter of the student’s choice. The proposal will contain a statement of the problem, its relationship to a body of sociological theory and a statement of the
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b) The student must give an oral defense of the thesis. Normally not more than two years are needed to complete all requirements for the M.A. degree.
Entrance requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Sociology are an M.A. degree in Sociology or its equivalent, a B average or its equivalent in course work. The student must submit his results from the Graduate Record Examination.
Requirements
a) the student for the Ph.D. degree, in consultation with his adviser, is required to enrol for a minimum of six semester courses in Sociology. Transfer students must satisfy Departmental requirements of competence in Sociological Theory and Research Methods.
b) At any time the student may, with the approval of the instructor, substitute a tutorial instead of course work in his special field.
c) The student must enrol for a one semester course in Intermediate Statistics unless he can otherwise demonstrate proficiency.
d) The student whose Ph.D. dissertation requires familiarity with a subject not normally given in the Department of Sociology is encouraged to elect additional work in the appropriate department.
e) The student must demonstrate reading proficiency in a language other than English. Canadian students are strongly encouraged to read French. f) Having completed all prior requirements, and before submitting a dissertation proposal, the student must sit for a written Comprehensive Examination. Successful completion of the Comprehensive Examination entitles the student to Candidacy for the Ph.D. degree.
g) The candidate must submit a proposal for the Ph.D. dissertation no later than six months after having been admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree.
h) The candidate must give an oral defense of his dissertation. Normally no more than four years beyond the B.A. are needed to complete all requirements for the Ph.D. degree.
The student must maintain a B average throughout his course work, A review is made of the student's work at the end of his first year in the Ph.D. programme.
Graduate Courses
(These courses may be available as tutorials when not available as seminars.)
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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 also to fourth year honours Sociology students.)
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 perspecitve. (Open to fourth year Sociology 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. s students.) (Open to fourth year Sociology h
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.)
A stock-taking of the present fund of conceptual equipment for handling distinctively social phenomena, with proposals for its refinement for purposes of measurement.
Relation of Social Theory to specific problems of sociological analysis.
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, casuality and measurement are discussed.
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.
A systematic review and analysis of major theories of social change. Theoretical problems are exmined within a specific context such as social organization, economic institutions, social stratification, and urban structures.
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An interpretation of social change from the demographic perspective; this includes an outline of demographic analysis.
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. Occupational structures of modern societies will be examined.
The course is devoted to the comparative study of selected Western and non-Western societies in relation to their institutions, structures, value systems, changes and interactions.
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.
On the basis of a thoroughgoing analysis of Mannheim’s Jdeology and 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 fourth year honours students who have completed Sociology 500.)
The study of science as an institution; its historical development and contemporary relationships with other institutions including government, education and industry.
The seminar undertakes a critical examination of the major theoretical perspectives 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.
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Selected topics in the sociological analysis of industrialized societies.
An analysis of the structural and processual aspects of modernization occuring in developing nations with emphasis upon a specific area (e.g. Africa, or Latin America, or Middle East) depending on the instructor.
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 anthropology and political science.
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.
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.
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Community is considered as an affinity bond rather than place (Durkeim’s “mechanical solidarity”; Toennies’ Gemeinschaft”). The competitive strenghts of the following in generating community are considered: kingship, territory, language, race, class and faith.
Selected readings in a specific topic, including the preparation of a research paper under the supervision of a faculty member.
A seminar dealing with theoretical issues and research findings in the area of social psychology.
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