80 courses in the 1986–87 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
SOC-120R: Ww 3c 05) Fundamentals of Sociology . An exarrination.of the fundamental. . concepts of Sociology and their appiication in seeking to understand the ~—- changing patterns and life-styles taking place specifically in Canada, and in Students may receive credit for only one of SOC 1208 or SOC 101 . SOC 228- FS aC os pannance: Perspectives and
rhe dowenoe-maiing process is exam ined 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: An introductory Sociology - course or consent of instructor . SOC G67A F x Os wore The Sociology of Physical Disability Examination of the social adaptations of the physically disabled. Particuler attention‘is-given to'the theoretical tradition which considers physical. disability as a form of involuntary deviance which stig matizes: the. individual.
Prereq: An introductory Sociology - course .
The Gociology et. Spetied identity : Spoiled identity resulting from deviant: status inhibits 1 not prevents accep: - quences of spoiled identity, lowered.
a symbol interactionist perepective.
Prereq: An introductory Sociology course
institutions
* "Total institutions” are concerned with resocialization of “inmates”. The philoso-
phies, organization, goals and effective: ness in modifying and controlling behavjour, of maximum security prisons, mentai hospitals, isolated work environments and concentration camps constitute the central focus.
Prereq: An introductory Sociology course
SOC SOBA/309R —FW,S A 0.50.5 Independent Study
An independent in depth study of a selected area of concem to the student within the discipline of Sociology. Available to individuals or small groups of third or fourth year Social Development Studies majors and arranged with one of the faculty members from the program.
Officer COURSES NOT OFFERED 1986-87
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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. Special attention is given to Canadian _ society.
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An examination of cultural forces that create social problems and faiures-in
‘personal and institutional adjustments. -
Specific attention is paid to the problems of poverty, delinquency and ethnic relations in Canadian society.
A survey of socioiogical perspectives on marriage and the family in urbanindustrial 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 Collage.
The social definitions of adolescence In cross-cultural and historical perspective. Social roles of adolescents in the institu: tional 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
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 role identity and its development, male role change, media images of men and women and men’s and women’s liberation.
Prereq: SOC 101 of consent of — .. instructor.
Attention will be focused on the concepts and theories of sociology as. they apply especially to the. educational system. This course is designed for Co-op and Regular students who plan to enter the teaching field.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of - instructor .
Offered at Conrad Grebe! College.
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An examination of some of the fimitations 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 Offered at St. Jerome's College
This course focuses on the intersection of biography and social structure within the family. Apptication of sociological theory and methods to students’ own family backgrounds. will be used to iflustrate the social bases of identity. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
0C 214 20 05
Social Inequality
Analysis of social classes in society
including their basis for development.
composition and consequences for
society. Special attention is given to
social stratification in Canada. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of
j tor.
An analysis of the distinctive emphasis and perspectives which characterize 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 Collage
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 Grebe! College
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. Formerly SOC 103
A systematic anatysis and criticism is presented of biological, psychological, Psychoanatytical and sociological theoties of juvenile delinquency. Attention is given to statistics and contemporary research with special emphasis on the distribution and types of delinquent — subcultures.
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 people become involved in deviant activities, and the contingencies affecting their careers as deviants Prerag: SOC 101 or consent of instructor Also offered at Renison College.
Focusing on the “processes and problematics of Social contro!”, 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
An analysis of minority religions considered deviant by the dominant society such as the Amish, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witnesses, with special considera-
’ tion of the recent new religious move-
ments including Unification (Moonies), Scientology and Krishna consciousness. Cross-listed as RS 221. Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
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, burglary and homicide in contemporary society. Special attention is given to Canadian data.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
Course Descriptions 16.158
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 ‘
This course will relate the prospect of » social change to issues such as the division of labour, automation, technology and ecolagy, “post-industrial” society, small scale technology, workers’ control « and the domination of nature.
Prereq: SOC 101
Examines the sources, organization and distribution of beliefs and attitudes and their significance for the individual and society.
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.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
Formerly SOC 104
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.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
The analysis of varieties of social move-_ ments and their relationships to social organization and social change.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
16.160 Course. Descriptions Saciology
The sociological analysis of the behaviour Of crowds, mobs, publics and related phenomena and their relationships to social organization and social change. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of Mstructor
Formerly SOC 106
This course considers the (social) processes by which people “do business”. Focusing on day to day exchanges, ongoing relationships within the business and consumer community are examined from an interactionist perspective.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of the
_ instructor
Special emphasis is given in lectures, reading 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 of consent of instructor
0C 243 S 2C 0.5 Occupational Sociology — 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 course deals with the currant iiterature on death and dying; also, with the sociological implications of institutional housing of 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. Preraq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
This course focuses on the social -
aspects of health and itiness, including
social causes of illness, the social
Process of becoming ii, and the social
consequences of being defined as iil. Preraq: SOC 101 or consent of
instructor
An examination of sociological research and theory in the field of mental illness, 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 101 or permission of the instructor
Offered at St. Jerome's College.
An overview of international 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 world migration. Prareq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
Study of the basic demographic processes in the population of Canada. Demographic implications for selected ~
.8ocial institutions, Use of Canadian “enumeration and registration data.
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
Religion is defined broadly and its relation to phenomena like totalitarian movements, psychoanalysis and drug experience examined. The features common to all religions are explai 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 demogrephic 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
An examination of the object and function of sociological theory in social research. Types of sociological theories. Discussion of selected classics of sociological theory.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor .
A case study of the Waterloo County Mennonites as a social system. Atten: ° tion is paid to a methodology for studying a religious-cuttural group by engaging in direct field studies. The community, charter resources, integration, family system, life ceremonies.
_ adaptation to change, and survival tech-
niques will be examined.
Prereq: An introductory social stience course
Offered at Conrad Grebe! College
A first course in sociological statistics, sampling, central tendency, probability, covariance, as illustrated in specifically sociological data.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
See overlapping content note (Grading Systems, item 6) on page 8.7
A study of the interaction between ! social organization and ecological factors such as pollution, energy and land resourcas.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College
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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.
An analysis of naturally occurring and experimental groups from a social structural perspective. The study of Processes of intemal differentiation, integration, authority, etc; and the relationshios between small groups and their environments.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of
instructor
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An introductory survey of the research
- techniques smployed 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
involves seminar meetings emphasizing the critical evatuation of research techniques.
Prereq: SOC 321 or consent of instructor Cr WE IO NE
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Issues in Third-World Development A study of, and sensitization for possible careers in, Third-Word development and modernization with special emphasis on poverty issues, minority group problems and the roies of governmeniai and voluntary agencies.
Prereq: SOC 255 or permission of the instructor
Offered at Comad 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 (?) the criminal activities of legitimate business people, but also (3) the agencies regulating crime. .
Prereq: Soc 101 and 1 Sociology course in the 220 series -
A seminar Geaiing with muiticuiturai atti-
tudes ‘and beliefs in Canadian society.
especialty within thé 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; profassional careers; the professionalization of occupations; relationship to government.
professional snecialization: status, oowar Professions! speciaization; Status, power
and mobility of professionals. Prereq: SOC 101
Course Descriptions 16.161 Sociology
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.
Using sociologica! concepts and theories, the course will examine the nature of the relationship between employers and employees, current issues facing unions and management, and the. character of accommodation which may be realized between the two.
Examination of the organizations which provide health care, including assumptions under which they operate, interactive roies played by aii members, =“ including patients, alternative arrangements for providing health care, and the social positions held by health professionals.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor ‘
An introduction to individual and population aging. Tanics discussed include: aging from an historical and comparative perspective; aging in subcuitures; aging and the social structure; aging and social processes, aging and the environment, work and retirement; and
Bain on. Isistire Gates
aging a id leisure Vata.
Prereq: SOC 101 and 1 other Soc# ology course Crosslisted as Kit 352.
Nature and extent of leisure phenomena in contemporary society. Examination of institutional and formal organization
_ aspects, social role, social research
strategies employed in the study of leisure. Prereq: 2 term courses in sociology Cross-listed as REC 301.
An introduction to the sociology of
sport. Utilizing the major frames of refer |
ence of the social sciences, the function of sport.in contemporary society is examined. .
Prereq: SOC 101 and 1 other Soci ology course
Crosslisted as REC 209 and KIN 252.
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 seminar examining the relations: between the social psychological characteristics of Canadians and their political behaviour, with an emphasis on public opinion and voting.
Prereq: SOC. 101 or consent of
instructor
SOC 3644. 2C 05 Social Change 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 1 other Soci ology course
Also offered at St. Jerome's College
The comparative study of urbanization
as a process; the culture and organiza-
tion 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 1 other Soci
ology course.
Special attention will be paid to the growing public awareness of the failure of law to provide justice or social control in a number of situations. Local judges, lawyers and police officials are invited to disouss 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 mathods and aims of the social sciences. generally, the problems specific to Psychology, Sociology, Polit-
‘ical Science, etc., and their relations to
one another will‘be cansidered. Prereg: Some previous work in a
Social Science or in Philosophy Cross-listed as PHIL 362.
This seminar will devote attention to research methods, sociological theary 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
Design and data analysis in contempo-
tary 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 1 other Soct ology course (SOC 271 is recom mended)
Development af sociological theory in the 20th century. included is discussion of current theoretical work.
Prereq: SOC 101 and 1 other Soct ology course (SOC 271 is reco mended) ..
Selected readings and essay assignments under the direction of a faculty member.
Prereq: Fourth year standing in Soci ology.
SOE 440A FIWS 05 Dlrected Readings In Deviance, Criminology, and Corrections.
SOC 4400 FW,S, 0.5 . Directed Readings in Quantitative Methods and Statistics
SOC 440) F,W.S 0.5 Directed Réadings in the Marketplace
SOc 4408S FWS 05 Directed Readings in Developing Nations
Sociology..
Sociology or by election by Joint : Honours students in their fourth year. Fer students electing Honours Sociology (Canadian Studies), the essay shoutd bear on some topic of particular sociological significance for Canadian society. Prereq: Fourth year Sociology Honours . A letter grade for SOC 499A will be submitted onty after the completion of SOC 4998
Sociology courses offered at Renison College are listad in the Social Dévelopmant Studies section.
Not offered in 1986–87.