Sociology Courses

Each year, the Sociology Department offers dozens of courses for undergraduate students, ranging from dynamic large enrolment courses in Introductory Sociology and Sociology of Deviance and Conformity to small interactive seminars on topics such as Gangs and Violence, Sociology of Mental Health and Illness, and Critical Media Studies.

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Courses in Research Methods

SOC 210: Introduction to Social Statistics
SOC 315: Introduction to Social Methodology
SOC 415: Applied Research Internship
SOC 418: Qualitative Methods in Social Research
SOC 456: Data Analysis and Research

Courses by Research Area

Explore courses offered in the Department of Sociology that correspond to our identified areas of strength:

Class and Inequality

SOC 203: Social Problems
SOC 260: Inequality and Social Stratification
SOC 291: Introduction to Environmental Sociology
SOC 301: Sociology of Gender
SOC 363: Sociology of Work and Industry
SOC 369: Topics in Global Sociology
SOC 370: Racism and Decolonization
SOC 371: Anti-Racism and Racial Injustice
SOC 423: Crime and Public Policy
SOC 498: Commons and Climate Justice

Criminology

SOC 224: Sociology of Deviance and Conformity
SOC 225: Criminology
SOC 226: Surveillance Studies
SOC 321: Youth, Crime and Society
SOC 323: Sociology of Policing
SOC 327: Criminal Justice Administration in Canada
SOC 421: Sociology of Punishment
SOC 423: Crime and Public Policy
SOC 424: Gangs and Violence
SOC 425: Sociology of Terrorism
SOC 427: Immigration, Ethnicity and Crime
SOC 430: Women and Crime

Gender and Sexuality

SOC 271: Introduction to the Family
SOC 301: Sociology of Gender
SOC 430: Women and Crime
SOC 492: Queering the Social Health and Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing

SOC 375: Sociology of Aging
SOC 382: Sociology of Heath and Illness
SOC 452: Mortality and Population Health
SOC 473: Sociology of Death and Dying
SOC 486: Sociology of Mental Health and Illness

Law and Society

SOC 224: Sociology of Deviance and Conformity
SOC 327: Criminal Justice Administration in Canada
SOC 429: Sociology of Law
SOC 496: Human Rights in International Perspective
SOC 498: Commons and Climate Justice

Population and Life Course

SOC 251: Population and Society
SOC 271: Introduction to the Family
SOC 301: Sociology of Gender
SOC 342: Socialization
SOC 369: Topics in Global Sociology
SOC 375: Sociology of Aging
SOC 376: Sociology of Religion
SOC 377: Sociology of Youth
SOC 427: Immigration, Ethnicity and Crime
SOC 451: Sociology of Human Fertility
SOC 452: Mortality and Population Health
SOC 459: The Social Demography of Partnerships and Families
SOC 473: Sociology of Death and Dying

Race and Decolonization

SOC 260: Inequality and Social Stratification
SOC 269: Sociological Perspectives on Global Crises
SOC 369: Topics in Global Sociology
SOC 370: Racism and Decolonization
SOC 371: Anti-Racism and Racial Injustice
SOC 427: Immigration, Ethnicity and Crime
SOC 445: Cities and Suburbia
SOC 472: Indigenous-Settler Relations
SOC 498: Commons and Climate Justice

Theory and Culture

SOC 212: Classical Social Theory
SOC 241: Social Psychology
SOC 335: Themes in Contemporary Social Theory
SOC 345: Cultural Studies
SOC 347: Intermedia Environments and Communication Theory
SOC 370: Racism and Decolonization
SOC 435: Theorizing ‘the Social’: Critical Debates in Social Theory
SOC 444: Critical Media Studies
SOC 445: Cities and Suburbia
SOC 461: Sociology of Art
SOC 492: Queering the Social

Work and Labour Markets

SOC 260: Inequality and Social Stratification
SOC 269: Sociological Perspectives on Global Crises
SOC 343: Social Movements
SOC 363: Sociology of Work and Industry
SOC 369: Topics in Global Sociology
SOC 496: Human Rights in International Perspective