98 courses in the 1991–92 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
0C 120R W 3C 0.5 Fundamentals of Sociology 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 Ganada, 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
Examination of the social adaptations of the physically disabled. Particular attention is given to the theoretical tradition which cansiders physical disability as a form of involuntary deviance which stigmatizes the individual.
Prereq: An introductory Sociology course
Spoited 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. Prereg: 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
Not offered in 1991–92.
Not offered in 1991–92.
Not offered in 1991–92.
Not offered in 1991–92.
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.
Not open to students who have taken
Listed without a description.
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 oftered 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 urbanindustrial 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 gender relations in Canadian society, including historical changes and the contemporary situation. Emphasis is placed on a consideration of the social construction of gender, the gender structure of institutions and gender inequality. The course also examines selected issues in contemporary gender relations. 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.
Course Descriptions Sociology
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 Also offered at St. Jerome's College
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 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 107 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, 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’ 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
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
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
A survey of the changing nature and ideology of work, as well as the impact of different kinds of work organizations on other institutions and on individual works. Canadian emphasis but some comparative material included. Examines the relationship between formal and domestic economies. Some discussion of alternative forms of work (co-ops, industrial democracy).
Course Descriptions Sociology
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 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
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
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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 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.
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
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
Relations between different racial and cultural groups, analysis of majorityminority group status with special reference to Canada.
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 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
The sociotogical 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
Community
An analysis of the Mennonites as a
social movement, their transition to a
sectarian community, transformation to
a religious-ethnic society, and present
pluralistic profile. Case studies of/and
field visits to area Mennonites included. Offered at Conrad Grebe! College
Course Descriptions Sociology
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 7) on page 9:7
A basic introduction to sociological research methods. Theory construction, epistemological issues, measurement, sampling, experimentation, surveys, naturalistic inquiry, research design, data analysis. Recommended for three year, General sociology students. Prereq: SOC 101 or consent of instructor See overlapping content note (Grading Systems, itern 7) on page 9:7
A study of the interaction between social organization and ecological factors such as pollution, energy and land resources.
Using communes and the writings of utopian visionaries as case studies, the nature and definition of community, the place and problem of community in modern societies, and the function of community in local and worldwide societal harmony will be analyzed.
Offered at Conrad Grebe! College
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 Callege.
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.
Prereq: SOC 101 and SOC 280 or consent of instructor
See overlapping content note (Grading Systems, item 7} on page 9:7
involves seminar meetings emphasizing the critical evaluation of research techniques.
Examines in depth the process and results of criminal sentencing. Topics include types of sentences for criminal and quasi-criminal offences; objectives of sentences; factors affecting sentences; the process of sentencing; the administration and effectiveness of sentences; and unresolved debates in sentencing.
Prereq: SOC 101 and one course in the 220 series or permission of instructor
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 atti-
tudes 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
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 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 all members, including patients, alternative arrangements for providing health care, and the social positions held by health professionals.
Prereq: SOC 107 of consent of instructor
Course Descriptions Sociology
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 strategies employed in the study of leisure.
Prereq: Two term courses in soci ology
Cross-listed as REC 201
Comparative analysis of population problems across societies. Focus is on social institutions and their relationships to population. Emphasis on fertility and family planning.
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 107 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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Special attention will be paid to the growing public awareness of the failure of jaw 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 Grebe! 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 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 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.
An examination of sociological theories of gender and gender relations. Emphasis is placed on tracing historical changes in interpretations of gender, with a particular consideration of contemporary theoretical debates. Approaches to be considered include feminist theories as well as political economy and cultural studies.
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)
0C 410 2C 0.5 Qualitative Methods: Field Research 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.
0c 415 2C 05 Social Networks 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
Course Descriptions Sociology
Design and data analysis in contempotary sociological research, with an emphasis on the analysis of secondary data and computer applications. Prereg: SOC 280 or equivalent or consent of instructor Formerly SOC 381
An examination of the social psychological foundations of Canadian participation, broadly conceived, in the political system.
Prereq: Third- or fourth-year social science or consent of instructor
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 Devel opment Studies section.
Not offered in 1991–92.
Not offered in 1991–92.
Not offered in 1991–92.