SOC 250Contemporary Japanese Society
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Winter
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1989–90 to 1994–95 (before that, 1963–64 to 1980–81 used the number for Criminology and Crime and Society); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
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
As printed in the 1989–90 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
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- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
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In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1963–64 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1989–90 to 1994–95 4 calendars
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
Offered Winter · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1981–82 to 1988–89 calendars.
1968–69 to 1980–81 13 calendars
Another title: Crime and Society, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
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. A sound knowledge of sociological concepts is advisable.
Prereq: Soc 101
Offered Fall, Winter · 2 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
- 1968–69 PDF p. 360
- 1969–70 PDF p. 339
- 1970–71 PDF p. 420
- 1971–72 PDF p. 473
- 1972–73 PDF p. 535
- 1973–74 PDF p. 580
- 1974–75 PDF p. 647
- 1975–76 PDF p. 450
- 1976–77 PDF p. 393
- 1977–78 PDF p. 433
- 1978–79 PDF p. 420
- 1979–80 PDF p. 434
- 1980–81* PDF p. 262
* Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.
1966–67 to 1967–68 2 calendars
Another title: Crime and Society, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
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. A sound knowledge of sociological concepts is advisable.
3 lectures.
251*,. Ethnic and Racial Relations. Relations between different racial and cultural groups; analysis of majority-minority group status. 3 lectures.
Not in the 1965–66 calendar.
1964–65 1 calendar
Another title: Criminology, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
Consideration of the causes, prevention, and control of crime.
3 lectures.
1963–64 1 calendar
Another title: Criminology, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
The study of the development of criminal or unlawful behaviour, its causes and treatment. 3 lectures.