SOC 418Culture and Society
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Arts
- Subject
- Sociology
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Students in this course will examine approaches to the study of culture in sociology and related fields. Students will explore debates over the nature of culture, the place of culture in the reproduction of social life, and the role of meaning making in social realms ranging from art, popular culture and the media to politics and morality.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
- SOC302 - Contemporary Sociological Theory (0.50)
- Students must be in level 4A or higher
- Enrolled in 3G-Sociology, 4G-Sociology, H-Sociology, or Sociology Minor
- Must have completed the following:
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
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Course taught by Galen Watts. If you like more of a philosophical view on sociology, I would say this course would be interesting for you. I found it a bit slow at times, but keeps you pretty engaged because you have to participate in discussion. Grading was based on participation, group project/presentation, and final paper, so each is weighed pretty heavy. I would recommend doing your presentation right at the beginning because the course felt like a breeze after it was over (my group was first to present). Final paper was creatively open and you could write it however you wanted as long as it reached the page limit, you double checked your idea with Galen first, and it was on the…
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The readings for this course are fairly difficult and form the basis of most of the course, but they are really interesting to discuss with the professor and your peers. While I typically prefer professor-led lectures, the student presentations were well done and generally engaging. This course definitely challenged me, but Prof. O'Connor was very generous in his grading of each assignment and I feel like I learned a lot about more obscure sociological topics.
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