99 courses in the 1989–90 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 control 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
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 examined as factors which determine sociat mobility. Prereq: An introductory SOC 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”. This course considers the structure of maximum security prisons, mental hospitals, isolated work environments and concentration camps, emphasizing their philosophies, their organization, their goals, and their effectiveness in modifying and controlling behaviour. 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 Social Development Studies Majors and arranged with one of the faculty members from the program.
Prereq: Permission of Undergraduate Officer
COURSES NOT OFFERED 1989-90
(SS 231R Social ideas, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 sociotogical 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 Offered at St. Jerome's College.
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Class, Status and Power
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
instructor
A sociology of language is provided with particular reference to the relationship between language, (Canadian) society, and identity. Included are various sociolinguistic issues such as the role of language in shaping the (re)construction of diverse realities.
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.
Offered at St. Jerome's 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 contral 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.
Deviance : 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, especially 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 explore the production of scientific knowledge in its social historical content, using a case study approach. Specific topics will include scientific objectivity, diseases in social context, selective bias and the logic of positivism.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of the instructor
This course relates the prospect of social change to issues such as the division of labour, automation, technology and ecology, “post-industrial” society, small scale technology, workers’ contrel 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.
Prereq: SOC 101 or PSYCH 101 or consent of instructor
Course Descriptions 16:169 Sociology
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
The analysis of varieties of social
movements and their relationships to
social organization and social change. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of
instructor
The saciological 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.
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 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
: Soclology
An introduction to the process and functions of communication in dyadic or small group settings. Emphasis is directed toward increasing student understanding of communication in face-to-face contexts.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
This course provides an introduction to the social processes and functions of mass media communication - with particular reference to the Canadian context. Emphasis is focused on the relationship between mass communication and the ongoing reconstruction of social reality.
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 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 101 or permission of the instructor
Offered at St. Jerome's College
An introduction to the basic institutions and cultural values in contemporary Japanese society. Topics will include family, community, religion, education, work, social stratification, ethos, and the economic behaviour of Japan overseas.
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.
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
gical 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
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 R S 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, 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
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..
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 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 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: ERS 150, P SCi 315, PSYCH 291, REC 270A, ISS 251R.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
involves seminar meetings emphasizing the critical evaluation of research techniques.
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 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; 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.
Using sociological concepts and theoties, 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 roles played by alt 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 comparafive 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 Sociology course Cross-listed as KIN 352
Course Descriptions 16:171 Sociology
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: Two term courses in soci-
ology Cross-listed as REC 201
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 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.
Participation
A seminar examining the relations
between the social psychological char-
acteristics of Canadians and their polit-
ical 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 Sociology 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 one other
Sociology course
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Sociology
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 a Social Science or in Philosophy Cross-listed as PHIL 362
An examination of the growing sociological literature on women's roles, experiences, realities, problems and challenges. Particular emphasis is placed on critiques of traditional sociol- Ogical 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 instructor
The design of sample surveys. Survey procedures from the conceptual level through sampling, measurement, questionnaire design, administration and analysis of responses are illustrated within the context of practical examples and student projects.
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 305 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 305 is recommended)
An application of symbolic interactionist theory, this course examines the contingencies affecting data collection and analysis of ongoing group life. While doing field work, students have an opportunity to examine basic features of interactionist thought.
Prereq: SOC 101
Formerly SOC 380
This course gives students practical experience in the formulation and execution of research questions. Emphasis is on integrating theory into research. A seminar format tailors the course to student interests, allowing Students to work out research ideas using feedback from the seminar. The class assignment will allow for rewriting and modification and could be used as the basis of honours essays, graduate work or preparation for employment.
A survey of applications of the concept of the network in studying social structures. Examples will be drawn from diverse areas, such as interpersonal relations, community studies, social support, interorganizational relations, elites, deviant groups, etc.
Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor
Design and data analysis in contemporary sociological research, with an emphasis on the analysis of secondary data and computer applications. Prereq: SOC 280 or equivalent or consent of instructor Formerly SOC 381
Selected readings and essay assignments under the direction of a faculty member.
Prereq: Fourth-year standing in Sociology
Criminology, and Corrections.
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.
Prereq: Fourth-year Sociology Honours
A letter grade for SOC 499A will be submitted only after the completion of SOC 499B
Sociology courses offered at Renison College are listed in the Social Devet opment Studies section.
Not offered in 1989–90.
Not offered in 1989–90.
Not offered in 1989–90.