74 courses in the 1983–84 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
The Individual, Society and Religion
Master Trends in Modern Society
Race and Culture in the Third World 1
Race and Culture in the Third World 2
ISS 350A
SOC 121R SOC 220R SOC 221R SOC 225R
An examination of the fundamental concepts of sociology and their application in seeking to understand the changing patterns and life-styles taking place specifically in Canada, and in general, within North American society.
A sociological appraisal of the fundamental concepts and issues pertaining to minority groups in Canadian society: The influences of ethnicity, social origins, religion, racial factors and social status will be
Course Descriptions : 417 Social Development Studies
examined as factors which determine social mobility.
Prereq: An introductory Sociology course and second year standing or consent of instructor.
An examination of the adjustment of Native people, French Canadians, Orientals and other minorities within the Canadian mosaic. The course will analyze modernization, constitutional
debates and historical events in terms of |
their impact on minority adjustments. Prereq: An introductory Sociology course and second year standing or consent of instructor.
Examination of the social adaptations of the physically disabled. Particular attention is given to the theoretical tradition which considers physical disability as a form of involuntary deviance which stigmatizes the individual.
Prereq: An introductory Sociology course.
Spoiled identity resulting from deviant status inhibits if not prevents acceptance and social mobility. Consequences of spoiled identity, lowered status positions and deviant criminal and “social” adaptations are examined from a symbolic interactionist perspective.
Prereq: An introductory Sociology course.
“Total institutions” are concerned with resocialization of “inmates”. The philosophies, organization, goals and effectiveness in modifying and controlling behaviour, of maximum security prisons, mental hospitals, isolated work environments and concentration camps constitute the central focus.
Prereq: An introductory Sociology course.
An independent in-depth study of a selected area of concern to the student within the discipline of Sociology. Available to individuals or small groups of third or fourth year Sociat e Development Studies majors and
arranged with one of the faculty members from the program.
Prereq: Permission of Undergraduate Ofticer.
The following elective courses are administered by Renison College. For
fuller descriptions,. see appropriate Departments.
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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, poverty, delinquency and industrial disruptions in Canadian society.
An introductory survey of Canadian society. This course will examine issues in the socio-historical development of Canadian society, its present social structure, organizations and ideologies.
Introducing students to symbolic interaction, a sociological social psychology, this course examines: the impact of culture on socialization experiences; the development of self-identities and social reputations; and interaction patterns in a variety of casual, occupational and deviance contexts.
The sociological analysis of the behaviour of crowds, mobs, publics and related phenomena and their relationships to social organization and social change.
This course will examine the conngctions between organized social life and types of personalities found in it. Examples will be drawn from contemporary as well as historical situations.
A study of social change and innovation from the perspective of the role of individuals who dissent from the dominant norms and institutions. Jesus, Conrad Grebel, Marx, Woodsworth and King will be considered among others. Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
* $0C 200 FLW 2C 05
Marriage and the Family
A survey of sociological perspectives on marriage and the family in urban-industrial societies. Special attention is given to marriage and the family in Canada. Comparisons with U.S. and Britain will be undertaken.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
The social definitions of adolescence in cross-cultural and historical perspective. Social roles of adolescence in the institutional structures of urban-industrial societies with special emphasis on the family, education, and the economy. The relationship of adolescents’ social roles to processes of social change and stability.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
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Sociology
An examination of male and female roles in contemporary Canadian society. Current and past roles of both sexes in different societies are considered. Selected topics of interest include sex rote identity and its development, male role change, media images of men and women and men's and women’s tiberation. ©
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
OC 207 S,F 20 05
Sociology of Education
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.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
An examination of some of the limitations and alternatives to formal schooling employed mainly by Canadian and Australian indigenous groups (Indian, Inuit, and other aboriginal groups). Special emphasis is placed on skill training and the group’s search for identity.
Offered at St. Jerome's College.
This course focuses on the intersection of biography and social structure within the family. Application of sociological theory and methods to students’ own family backgrounds will be used to illustrate the social bases of identity. Prereg: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Offered at St. Jerome's Collage.
0C 214 2c 05
Social Inequality
Analysis of social classes in society including their basis for development, composition and consequences for
‘society. Speciai attention is given to
social stratification in Canada. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
An analysis of the distinctive emphasis and perspectives which characterize contemporary sociological theory in Catholic cultures. The course will focus on theories of the family, the commu-
nity, human sexuality, politics and the economy. Offered at St. Jerome's College.
A study of the structure, stratification and social roles in the organization, operation and management of small businesses. Attention will also be given to decision making, labour-management relations, the institutionalization of value systems, and job satisfaction. Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
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 subcuitures.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
The deviance-making process is examined in a variety of social contexts. Examines the emergence of rules and control agencies, the processes by which persons become involved in deviant activities, and the contingencies affecting persons’ careers as deviants. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Also offered at Renison Catlege.
Focusing on the “processes and problematics of social control”, this course examines: the conditions affecting the emergence of legal norms; the enforcement of criminal law; and the processing of offenders.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
0C 225 SW 3C 05
Sects, Cults and New Religious Movements
An anatysis of minority religions considered deviant by the dominant society such as the Amish, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses, with special consideration of the recent new religious movements including Unification {Moonies), Scientology and Krishna consciousness.
Cross-listed as R § 221.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
OC 227 2c 05
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 statistics and contemporary research. Special attention is given to Canadian data.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
SOC 228 45
Sociology of Corrections
Decisions to process offenders and the role of social factors in the Canadian criminal justice system are critically
. examined. Focal issues include police discretion, the legal profession and prison systems.
Prereq: SOC 101
Examines the nature of social beliefs and attitudes toward various groups in society, such as ethnic, political and religious groups. Considers the sources, organization and distribution of beliefs
and attitudes, and their implications for .
Canadian society. Prereq: SOC 101 or PSYCH 101 or consent of instructor.
0C 235 2C 0.5
Communication
An analysis of the role of Janguage 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. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
"SOC 236 2C 05 Social Movements The sociological analysis of varieties of social movements and their relationships to socia! organization and social change. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
This course considers the (social) processes by which people “do business”. Focusing on day to day exchanges, ongoing relationships within the business and consumer
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Sociology
community are examined from an interactionist perspective.
Prereq: SOC 104 or consent of the instructor.
Special emphasis is given in lectures, readings and assignments to the particular problems facing industrial Canada, especially in reference to regionalism, elitism, the multinational enterprise and the problem of foreign ownership.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
An introduction to the study of work and occupations: the problems of occupational choice, occupational socialization and identification; the concepts of career and career mobility; the professionalization process, the nature of professions; the impact of occupation on life styles, leisure and retirement. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
The study of adoptive kinship sheds light on the weakening of the western family as in an institution. It also reveals strains that appear to be inherent in the invention and enactment of any new institution.
The course deals with the current literature on death and dying; also, with the sociological implications of institutional housing of the terminal patients. Patterns of mortality as affecting different social groups and as reflecting differential life chances of individuals in society are described. North American issues of death and dying are considered against an historical background.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
This course focuses on the social aspects of health and illness, including social causes of illness, the social process of becoming ill, and the social consequences of being defined as ill. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
An examination of sociological research and theory in the field of mental iliness, especially as it relates to the family. Such topics as psychiatric hospitals, public attitudes and social stigma, aftercare and rehabilitation, and the epidemiology of mental illness will be examined.
Prereq: SOC 107 or permission of the instructor.
An international overview of migration, particularly. during this century; a survey of statistical sources and theoretical explanations of migration. A section of the course will be on the history of immigration to Canada, migration within Canada, and Canadian immigration policies in the context of the world migration situation.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Study of the basic demographic processes in the population of Canada. Demographic implications for selected social institutions. Use of Canadian enumeration and registration data. Emphasis on immigration and immigration policy.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent 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).
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of | instructor.
An analysis of issues of social and economic development in selected areas of the Third World, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Relations between different racial and cultural groups, analysis of majorityminority group status with special! reference to Canada.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
Religion is defined broadly and its relation to phenomena like totalitarian movements, psychoanalysis and drug experience examined. The features common to all retigions are explained, viz. myth, dogma, church, ritual, ethics, and religious experience.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Also offered at St. Jerome’s College.
The sociological analysis of the institutionalization of power, political movements, parties, conflict and its accommodation.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
How have recent demographic and economic changes in North America affected the organization and goals of higher learning? This course explores organizational crises and various attempts at containing and managing them.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
0C 271 2C 05 . introductory Sociological Theory An examination of the object and
function of sociological theory in social —
research. Types of sociological theories. Discussion of selected classics of sociologicat theory.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
A case study of the Waterloo County Mennonites as a social system. Attention is paid to a methodology for studying a religious-cultural group by engaging in direct field studies. The community, charter resources, integration, family system, life ceremonies, adaptation to change, and survival techniques will be examined. Prereq: An introductory social science course.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
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Sociology
A first course in sociological statistics, sampling, central tendency, probability, covariance, as illustrated in specifically sociological data.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
An introductory survey of the research techniques employed by sociologists. The formulation of research designs appropriate to various kinds of intellectual problems in social science is stressed.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
Continuation of Methods |. The course invoives a field project, together with classroom work emphasizing the critical evaluation of research reports.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
A study of the interaction between social organization and ecological factors such as pollution, energy and land resources.
Offered at Conrad Grebet College.
The aim of this course is mainly to study the prevailing patterns and resulting problems connected with the ways in which different societies react to the emergence of new generations. Concentrates on an analysis of the 1960s.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
OC 307 W 2C 05
Problems in Contemporary Education A study of problems arising from the interplay between institutionalized education and the forces of rapid social change in the contemporary society. It emphasizes the changing roles of the learners and instructors and social dimensions of newer learning theories and programs. Themes will be selected and studied in depth on a seminar basis. Prereq: SOC 101 and 207..
Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
A study of, and sensitization for possible careers in, Third-World development and modernization with special emphasis on poverty issues, minority group problems and the roles of governmental and voluntary agencies.
Prereq: SOC 325 or permission of the instructor.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
Examines the inter-relatedness of crime and business, looking not only at the extent to which (1) crime represents business for its practitioners and (2) the Criminal activities of legitimate business people, but also (3) the agencies regulating crime.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one Sociology course in the 220 series.
A seminar dealing with multicultural attitudes and beliefs in Canadian society, especially within the majority English and French Canadian populations.
Prereq: An introductory course in a Social Science.
An examination of the distinctive nature of professions; professional recruitment, socialization and identification; professional careers; the — professionalization of occupations; relationship to government; professional specialization; status, power and mobility of professionals. Prereq: SOC 101.
Examines the role of large-scale organizations in industrial society, and their impact and influence. Illustrations will be drawn from commerce and industry, as well as education, health services and government.
Prereq: SOC 101 and SOC 242.
Using sociological concepts and theories, the course will examine the nature of the relationship between
employers and empioyees, current issues facing unions and management, and the character of accommodation which may be realized between the two. Prereq: SOC 101 and SOC 242.
0C 343 2C 05
Sociology of Health Care
Examination of the organizations which provide health care; including assumptions under which they operate, interactive roles played by all members, including patients, alternative arrangements for providing health care, and the social positions held by heaith professionals. .
Prereq: SOC 101 and SOC 248
An introduction to individual and population: aging. Topics discussed include: aging from a historical and comparative perspective; aging in subcultures; aging and the social structure; aging and social processes; aging and the environment; work and retirement; and aging and leisure patterns.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Sociology course.
Nature and extent of leisure phenomena in contemporary society. Examination of institutional and format organization aspects, social role, social research strategies employed in the study of leisure.
Prereq: Two term courses in sociology. Cross-listed as REC 301.
An introduction to the sociology of sport. Utilizing the major frames of reference of the social sciences, the function of sport in contemporary society is examined.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Sociology course.
Cross-listed as REC 303 and KIN 452.
An introduction to the sociology of sport. Utilizing the major frames of reference of the social sciences, the function of sport in contemporary society is examined.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Sociology course.
Cross-listed as REC 303 and KIN 282.
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Sociology
0C 354 2C 05
World Population Problems Comparative Analysis of population problems across societies. Focus is on social institutions and their relationships to population. Emphasis on fertility and family planning.
-Prereq: SOC 101 and SOC 253.
A systematic review and analysis of sources, patterns, processes, and consequences of social change in developing countries, the role of ideas, and the breakdown and reorganization of social structure.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Sociology course.
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
The comparative study of urbanization as a process, the culture and organization of cities, urban problems; special attention is given to industrial cities of Canada, with comparative reference to the principal cities of Western societies.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Sociology course.
0C 370 F 2C 05
Sociology of Law
Special attention will be paid to the growing public awareness of the failure of law to provide justice or social control in a growing number of situations. Local judges, lawyers and police officials are invited to discuss such issues as the jury system, police and violence, civil rights and mass media.
Prereq: Third year standing or by permission.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
Problems about the fundamental methods and aims of the social sciences generally, the problems specific to Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, etc., and their relations to one another will be considered.
Prereq: Some previous work in a Social
Science or in Philosophy. Cross-listed as PHIL 362.
This seminar will devote attention to research methods, sociological theory and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Mennonite communities and culture. / Prereq: Permission of the instructor. Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
An application of symbolic interactionist theory, this course examines the contingencies affecting data collection and analysis of on-going group life. While doing field work, students have an opportunity to examine basic features of interactionist thought.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Sociology course.
oc 381 2C 05
Quantitative Methods
Design and data analysis in contemporary sociological research, with an emphasis on the analysis of secondary data and computer applications. . Prereq: SOC 101 and SOC 280.
Development of sociological theory in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Emphasis is on the European tradition, although selective attention is given to North American theorists.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Sociology course (SOC 271 is recommended).
Development of sociological theory in the 20th century. Included Is discussion of current theoretical work.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Sociology course (SOC 271 is recommended).
SOC 404A-E,H,K.M,N,P,S.X S,F,W 0.5 Directed Readings
Selected readings and essay assignments under the direction of a faculty member.
Prereq: Fourth year standing in Sociology.
SOC 4408S, S.F.W 0.5 Directed Readings in Developing Nations
Required of all Honours students in Sociology or by election by Joint Honours students in their fourth year. For students electing Honours Sociology (Canadian Studies), the essay should bear on some topic of particular sociological significance for Canadian society.
Preréq: Fourth year Sociology Honours.
Sociology courses offered at Renison College are fisted in the Social Development Studies section.
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