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Course ID
Course
SOCI 318
SOCI 318
Technology & Social Change
Course Credits: 3
This course provides an analysis of the relationship between technological advances and social change. Ideas about which technologies are to be developed, deployed, or abandoned are socially constructed. The use of all technologies has both intended and unintended social consequences.
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101
SOCI 320
SOCI 320
Human Services Field Placement I
Course Credits: 3
Students are provided with an opportunity for experiential learning through a supervised practical experience with a community or social agency related to the student's interest and/or future career plans. Readings, written assignments, and group meetings invite students to discover a new synthesis of knowledge through integrating theory and practical experience. Students develop cognitive complexity as they consider how to apply the knowledge gained in the social sciences, to acquire praxis skills, and to experience personal transformation while serving and empowering others.
Prerequisite(s): SOCI 201
SOCI 325
SOCI 325
Sociocultural Aspects of Sport & Leisure
Course Credits: 3
An examination of the sociological and cultural dynamics of sport and how sport has become a socializing agent of society and culture. Topics include religion and sport, women in sport, minorities and sport, big business of sport, drugs and sport performance, and sport deviance
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101
SOCI 331
SOCI 331
Sociology of Religion
Course Credits: 3
An introduction to the theories and concepts utilized by sociologists to interpret religious behaviour and the organization of religion.
Cross-listed: RELS 371
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101
SOCI 335
SOCI 335
Classical Theory
Course Credits: 3
This course explores the ideas of social theorists central to the development of sociology, the role of social theory in the social sciences, and its application to social research.
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101
NB: Not offered every year. See department chair.
SOCI 336
SOCI 336
Contemporary Theory
Course Credits: 3
An examination of major theoretical perspectives in sociology, such as functionalism, symbolic interactionism, phenomenological sociology, ethnomethodology, neo-Marxism, critical theory, exchange theory, rational choice, postmodernity, and globalization.
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101
SOCI 340
SOCI 340
Religion & Culture in Canada
Course Credits: 3
This course examines the role of religious beliefs and practices in Canadian culture from a sociological perspective. Emphasis is on understanding pluralism, multiculturalism, and contemporary religious expression in relation to other social institutions like family, economics, and politics. Attention is given to cross-cultural comparisons of religions in Canada.
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology including SOCI 101
SOCI 350
SOCI 350
Urban Studies
Course Credits: 3
This course examines the evolution of the city, from its earliest pre-industrial roots to cities of the New Economy, and provides a sociological analysis of selected urban social issues. The course explores the urban effect on society and the various efforts, past and present, to make cities more livable.
Cross-listed: ANTH 350
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology or Anthropology
SOCI 355
SOCI 355
Community Development
Course Credits: 3
The goal of this course is to clarify thinking about the use of the term community, to explore the role of community in contemporary society, and to consider societal and cultural factors that either promote or undermine the building of community.
Prerequisite(s): 6 sem. hrs. of Sociology or Anthropology