93 courses in the 1987–88 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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. Students may receive credit for only one of SOC 120R or SOC 101
The deviance-making process is examined in a variety of social contexts. Examines the emergence of rules and contro! agencies, the processes by which persons become involved in deviant activities, and the contingencies affecting their careers as deviants. Prereq: An introductory Sociology course 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 ’inrnates”. The philoso-
phies, organization, goals and effective- ©
ness in modifying and controlling behaviour, of maximum security prisons, mental hospitals, isolated work environmenis 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 individuats or small groups of third or fourth year Social Development Studies Majors and arranged with one of the faculty members from the program. Prereq: Permission of Undergraduate Officer
COURSES NOT OFFERED 1987-88
{SS 231R Social kdeas, Social Policy and Political Practice 2
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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 Pratussgest and social change. Special attention is given to Canadian society.
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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 poverty, delinquency and ethnic relations in Canadian society.
A survey of sociological perspectives on marriage and the famity 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 College.
The social definitions of adolescence in cross-cultural and historical perspective. Social roles of adolescents 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
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 or consent of instructor
Attention will be focused on the 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 of consent of
instructor
Offered at Conrad Grebe! College.
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Sociology
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.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
Also offered at St. Jerome's College.
Analysis of social classes in society
including their-basis for development.
composition and cansequences for
society. Special 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 community, human sexuality, politics and the economy.
A study of the structure, stratification and social rotes 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
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 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.
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.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
Also offered at Renison College.
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
An examination of theories of juvenile justice, juvenile law, and the structure and operations of juvenile systems, espe-
‘cially in Canada.
Prereq: SOC 222 or consent of instructor
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
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 ecology, *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 movements and their relationships to social organization and social change.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
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 instructor
Formerty 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 partic-
ular 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 course deals with the current literature on death and dying. 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 ili. Prereq: 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 iliness will be examined. Prereq: SOC 191 or permission of the instructor
An overview of international.migration, particularly during this century; a survey of statistical sources arid theoretical explanations of migratior’ A section of the course will be on the history of immigration to Canada, migratio’ within Canada, and Canadian immigration policies in the context of world migration. 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. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
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
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
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An analysis 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 RS 221 Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
Religion is defined broadly and its relation to phenomena like totalitarian movements, psychoanalysis and drug experience examined. The features common to all religions 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, politica movements, parties, conflict and its accommodation.
Prereq: SOC 101 or-consent of insifuctor °
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
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, intégration, family system, life ceremonies, adaptation to change, and survival techniques will be examined.
Prereq: An introductory social science course
Offered at Conrad Grebe! College
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A basic 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 resources.
Using communes and the writings of utopia visionaries as case studies, the nature and definition of community, the Place and problem of community in modern societies, and the function of communi: ; in local and worldwide societal harmony will be analysed.
Offered at Conrad Grebe! College
An examination of the object and function of sociological theory in social research. Types ai sociological theories. Discussion of selected.classics of sociological theory.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
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 leamers and instructors dnd 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 struc-
tural perspective. The study of processes
of internal differentiation, integration, authority, etc; and the relationships between small groups and their environments.
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. Equivalent to: KIN-330, ERS 150, P SCI 315, PSYCH 291, REC 270A, {SS 251R.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
Methods 2 . Continuation of Methods 1. The course involves seminar meetings emphasizing the critical evaluation of research techniques. - : Prereq: SOC 321 or gonsent of
instructor
A study of, and sensitization for possible careers in, Third-World development and modemization with special emphasis on poverty issues, :ninority group problems
and the roles of governmental and volun-
tary agencies.
Prereq: SOC 255 or permission of the instrugtor.
Offered at Conrad Grebel College.
Examines the inter-relaigdness of crime and buginess, looking not only at the
extent to which (1) crime represents business for its practitioners and (2) the crim-
inal 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 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; profes-
_ sional 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 organi-
_ zations in industrial society, and their
impact and influence. INustrations will be drawn from commerce and industry, as well as education, health services, and government.
SOC 42 2C 05
Sociology of industrial Relations Using sociological concepts and theories, the course will examine the nature of the relationship between employers and employees, current issues facing unions and management, and the char-
- acter of actommodation which may be
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 health professionals.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor.
An introduction to individual and population aging. Topics discussed include: aging from an 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 1 other Soci ology course
Cross-listed as KIN 352
Nature and extent of leisure phenomena
in contemporary society. Examination of
institutional and formal organization
aspects, social role, social research strat-
egies employed in the study of leisure. Prereq: Two term courses in sociology Cross-listed as REC 301
SOC 48 3C 05 Sport in Society An introduction to the sociology of ' Utilizing the major frames of referencthe social sciences, the function of —.t in contemporary society is exam’ Prereq: SOC 101 and one othe Soci ology course Cross-listed as REC 203 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
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 Soc? ology 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 atten-
tion is given to industrial cities of
Canada, with comparative reference to
the principal cities of Western societies. Prereq: SOC 101 and one 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 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 2
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 examination of the growing sociological literature on women’s roles, experiences, realities, problems and challenges. Particular emphasis is placed on critiques of traditional sociological theory and methodology and the emergence of new theories and methodologies which better reflect women’s experiences. Prereq: SOC 101 and 206, or consent of insructor
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-
rary sociological research, with an
emphasis on the analysis of secondary
The design of sample surveys. Survey procedures from the conceptual level through sampling, measurement, questionnaire design, administration and anaiysis of responses are illustrated within the context of practical examples and student projects.
Theory
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 Soc ology course (SOC 271 is recommended)
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Development of sociological theory in the 20th century. Included is discussion of current theoretical work.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one other Soci ology course (SOC 271 is recommended)
Selected readings and essay assign-
ments under the direction of a faculty
member. , Prereq: Fourth-year standing in Soci
ology
Criminology, and Corrections.
SOC 440) FW,S 05 Directed Readings in the Marketplace
16:166. Course Descriptions
Not offered in 1987–88.