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SOC 302Contemporary Sociological Theory

Units
0.50
Faculty
Arts
Subject
Sociology

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Students will examine the nature and functioning of sociological theory from the mid-20th century to today. Students will critically analyze selected types of theory that have been influential in shaping the discipline of sociology in more recent decades. Students will apply these theories to everyday realities to develop a better understanding of our social world.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed the following:
    • SOC202 - Classical Sociological Theory (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00134600 / 60TTh 10:00–11:20
LEC 701129528 / 9999Online or by arrangement

Reviewed on UW Flow

50% liked it50% easy67% useful

From 12 ratings and 5 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Would not recommend taking this course with Carlie Leroux unless it's required. She was not very clear in her lectures and didn't explain concepts thoroughly. Difficult course.

    Sep 2020 · didn’t like it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Took this course in Winter 2026, taught by a sociology PhD candidate. Based on prior reviews and my experience, this course really comes down to who teaches it. This term, we were graded on three components: a presentation (35%), a final paper + reflection (40+5%), and critical reflections of other presentations (20%). The students essentially are the lecturers as everyone has to choose a unique theory from the textbook to deliver a 1h20min lecture included guided discussion (we only had about 20 students this term so we had to cover the entire class duration). Our final paper is based on the theory we selected and its application on a social problem. The top 10 of our reflections are…

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  • If you have Schram and are a visual learner, I really really would not advise taking this course. The class is pretty much all 'discussion' based, and he never used one visual aid, unless it was watching YouTube videos of other people explaining concepts. This was a big struggle for me especially when taking notes to try to better understand concepts. He gave us readings every week and expected you to hand in one max 1000 word 'participation' assignment about those readings per week. He then told us at the end of the term that he didn't read any of them, and was just going to read our names off the top of all the pages we handed in to see who did the participation assignments each week and…

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  • I have very mixed feelings about this class. Schram's personality is a 10/10, his care for students is a 10/10, his passion for the content is a 1000/10, but his teaching style is a 2/10. I cannot tell you one thing I have learned from this class because he provides no powerpoint and no overview of what is to be learnt. Rather, it appeared to be class discussions which were very hard to keep up with. However, Schram is such an inspiring and knowledgeable man. He gives amazing feedback and TRULY wants to see his students succeed. It is very easy to get a 90% in this class. Keep notes of things YOU actually understand and find interesting. They will come in very handy for the final essay,…

    Jan 2022 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this

  • Much more clear, helpful, and interesting than classical theory. Easy mandatory course

    Nov 2017 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this

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Spring 2021

Online classes time and days 6 points, 2 comments

u/itriedtwo: “… I will be taking SOC 302 with Noorin Manji. My class is suppose to be online but when I checked the schedule, it does not say on which days or times when the class will be held. Does this mean it will be asynchronous or do it at-your-own-pace type of thing? …”

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Fall 2020

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “… SOC 202 SOC 207R SOC 221 SOC 224R SOC 224W SOC 227 SOC 229 SOC 240 SOC 248 SOC 270 SOC 275 SOC 302 SOC 306 SOC 321W SOC 322 SOC 324 SOC 325 SOC 327 SOC 370 SOC 398R SOC 399R SOC 406 SOC 428 SOC 434 SOC 490R SOC 498 SOC 499A SOC 499B SOC 700 SOC 701 SOC 712 SOC 725 SOC 740 SOC …”

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