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Discipline Representative: A. Mullen Email:
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Sociology ProgramsSPECIALIST PROGRAM IN SOCIOLOGY (ARTS)Program Admission
The Specialist (Cooperative) Program in Sociology has been withdrawn from the curriculum. Every effort will be made to ensure that degrees students currently enrolled in the program are able to complete it. Degree students who first enrolled at UTSC prior to the 2011 Summer Session should refer to the 2010/2011 UTSC Calendar. MAJOR PROGRAM IN SOCIOLOGY (ARTS)Program Admission
Program Admission
Sociology CoursesSOCA01H3 Introduction to Sociology I An introduction to the basic concepts, principles and methods of
Sociology as a discipline for the study of society. Sociology I covers
theory, methods, culture, social interaction and social stratification. Sociology II applies the ideas from Sociology I to social institutions
and processes. Topics covered include race and ethnicity, gender,
urbanisation, globalisation, population and deviant behaviour. This course introduces the logic of sociological research and surveys
the major quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Students learn
to evaluate the validity of research findings, develop research questions
and select appropriate research designs. A consideration of elementary statistics including the summarizing
of data, the logic of statistical decision-making and a number of
common statistical tests. Statistics is a basic tool used by sociologists.
An understanding of statistics is necessary for the student who wants
to become an informed reader of social research. A working knowledge
of elementary algebra is required. However, the lecturer will undertake
brief reviews of mathematics as the need arises. This course examines gender as a sociological category that organizes
and, at the same time, is organized by, micro and macro forces. By
examining how gender intersects with race, ethnicity, class, sexuality,
age, and other dimensions, we analyze the constitution and evolution
of gendered ideology and practice. This course offers a sociological perspective on a familiar experience:
attending school. It examines the stated and hidden purposes of schooling;
explores how learning in schools is organized; evaluates the drop-out
problem; the determinants of educational success and failure; and,
it looks at connections between school and work. A sociological examination of contemporary social, economic, political,
and environmental changes in a global context. Topics examined may
include the changing nature of governance structures and state-society
relations; the emergence of global, integrated production, trade and
financial systems; the dynamics of local and transnational movements
for global social change. The development of classic sociological theory from its Enlightenment
origins to the eve of the 20th century. Special emphasis is placed
on the work of Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Auguste
Comte. Special tutorials are devoted to learning the craft of effective
writing. The development of classic sociological theory from the end of the
19th century to the eve of World War II. Special emphasis is placed
on the work of Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and G.H. Mead.
Special tutorials are devoted to learning the craft of effective writing. A theoretical and empirical examination of the processes of urbanization
and suburbanization. Considers classic and contemporary approaches
to the ecology and social organization of the pre-industrial, industrial,
corporate and postmodern cities. A sociological examination of the ways in which individuals and groups
have been differentiated and ranked historically and cross-culturally.
Systems of differentiation and devaluation examined may include gender,
race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, citizenship/legal status,
and ability/disability. This course explores the family as a social institution, which shapes
and at the same time is shaped by, the society in North America. Specific
attention will be paid to family patterns in relation to class, gender,
and racial/ethnic stratifications. Selected focuses include: socialization;
courtship; heterosexual, gay and lesbian relations; gender division
of labour; immigrant families; childbearing and childrearing; divorce;
domestic violence; elderly care. This course explores how deviance and normality is constructed and
contested in everyday life. The course revolves around the themes
of sexuality, gender, poverty, race and intoxication. Particular attention
will be paid to the role of official knowledge in policing social
norms. This course explores how deviance and normality is constructed and
contested in everyday life. The course revolves around the themes
of sexuality, gender, poverty, race and intoxication. Particular attention
will be paid to the role of official knowledge in policing social
norms. The course draws on a geographically varied set of case studies to
consider both the historical development and contemporary state of
the sociological field of race, racialization and ethnic relations. Economic activity drives human society. This course explores the
nature of work, how it is changing, and the impact of changes on the
transition from youth to adult life. It also examines racism in the
workplace, female labour force participation, and why we call some
jobs 'professions', but not others. Is it just about the money? This course examines the factors that
shape workplace behaviour-the effects of managerial control systems,
technology and work groups; the expectations that people have of their
jobs. It examines relationships between workers and management, trade
unions and industrial conflict. It explores cheating in the workplace. An introduction to various ways that sociologists think about and
study culture. Topics will include the cultural aspects of a wide
range of social phenomena - including inequality, gender, economics,
religion, and organizations. We will also discuss sociological approaches
to studying the production, content, and audiences of the arts and
media. The study of uninstitutionalized group behaviour - crowds, panics,
crazes, riots and the genesis of social movements. This course has
been designated an Applied Writing Skills Course. The development of an approach to social movements which includes
the following: the origin of social movements, mobilization processes,
the career of the movement and its routinization. The course readings
will be closely related to the lectures, and a major concern will
be to link the theoretical discussion with the concrete readings of
movements. Examines transformation and perpetuation of gender stratification
in relation to information technology (IT). It explores the roles
of family, ideology, state policies, and other social institutions,
and in the context of development and globalization. Students will
develop and apply analytical skills to understand gender and IT in
everyday life. Explores the interaction of gender and work, both paid and unpaid
work. Critically assesses some cases for central theoretical debates
and recent research. Considers gender differences in occupational
and income attainment, housework, the relation of work and family,
gender and class solidarity, and the construction of gender identity
through occupational roles. Individuals are socialized to act, think, behave and get treated
in ways that are genderized. This course is a critical examination
of gender in work, health, education, interpersonal relations, family
life and parenthood. Socially constructed inequalities on the basis
of gender will be challenged. This course examines the character of policing and security programs
in advanced liberal democracies. Attention will be paid to the nature
and enforcement of modern law by both state and private agents of
order, as well as the dynamics of the institutions of the criminal
justice system. This course has been designated an Applied Writing
Skills Course. An examination of international conflict and cooperation in the context
of global change. This course begins with an examination of the nuclear
arms race, then explores how technology, economics, population growth,
and environment interact to create interdependencies and afford new
opportunities for world order. Special attention is given to North-South
relations and to climate change. An examination of religion as a social institution. Consideration
of the problem of appropriate definition precedes close analysis of
the writings of major classic theories on the topic of religious belief
and practice. The continuing significance of this work in contemporary
theory and research is investigated. This course provides students with hands-on experience conducting
qualitative research. Each student will design and carry out a research
project. Students will select their own research questions, review
the relevant sociological literature, develop a research design, and
conduct qualitative research, analyze, write up and present their
findings. This course has been designated an Applied Writing Skills
Course. A theoretical and empirical examination of different forms of family
and the major changes in the structure and interaction of family life
in Canada. Of special interest are topics like women and work, race/ethnicity
and family diversities, declining birth-rates, high divorce rates
and new reproductive technologies. A theoretical and empirical examination of ethnic identity formation,
race and racism, and their relationship to international migration. An in-depth examination of major trends and theories of urban growth
from the 19th century to the present. Topics include planning
urban utopias (Ebenezer Howard, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright);
Jane Jacobs' urban neighbourhood; edge cities; new urbanist principles;
spectacular consumption spaces; neo-bohemia, urban scenes and the
creative city. This course examines the political economy of suburban development,
the myth and reality of suburbanism as a way of life, the working
class suburb, the increasing diversity of suburban communities, suburbia
and social exclusion, and the growth of contemporary suburban forms
such as gated communities and lifestyle shopping malls. A sociological and historical analysis of diverse family forms across
the ages and in different geographic locations. How consensus versus
conflict theories account for the changes in family forms and how
subsistence patterns such as hunting-gathering, horticulture, agrarian
and industrial patterns shape and alter the family forms and gendered
roles will be analyzed. The young figure prominently in people's views about, and fears of,
crime. This course examines definitions of crime, how crime problems
are constructed and measured. It looks at schools and the street as
sites of criminal behaviour, and considers how we often react to crime
in the form of moral panics. This course has been designated an Applied
Writing Skills Course. This course provides students with hands-on experience conducting
quantitative research. Each student will design and carry out a research
project using secondary data. Students will select their own research
questions, review the relevant sociological literature, develop a
research design, conduct statistical analyses and write up and present
their findings. This course has been designated an Applied Writing
Skills Course. A comparative analysis of social systems, social institutions and
social organizations which attempts to link the specific to the general
and the local to the global in the area of social structure. Attention
will be devoted to various case studies. Examines the relationship between contemporary modes of international
migration and the formation of transnational social relations and
social formations. Considers the impact of trans-nationalisms on families,
communities, nation-states, etc. This course has been designated an
Applied Writing Skills Course. An examination of processes of change in social structures, social
institutions and social organizations grounded in the investigation
of general theories of social transformation. Special attention is
devoted to the nature, causes and consequences of socio-cultural changes
in the contemporary world. This course links studies in the classical sociology of resources
and territory (as in the works of Harold Innis, S.D. Clark, and the
Chicago School), with modern topics in ecology and environmentalism.
The course will include empirical research, and theoretical issues,
in the relationship of various social systems to their natural environments. An examination of a number of key issues in the sociology of education,
focusing particularly upon gender and higher education. An examination of power in its social context. Specific attention
is devoted to such topics as ideologies, parties, movements, nations,
states and revolutions. The development of sociological theory from the end of World War
II to the late 1960's. Special attention is devoted to the perspectives
of Functionalism, Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism. This
course has been designated an Applied Writing Skills Course. The development of sociological theory from the 1960's to the present.
Phenomenological, Socio-biological, Rational-Choice and other perspectives
are explored. Provides an introduction to the emergence, organization and regulation
of various media forms; social determinants and effects of media content;
responses of media audiences; and other contemporary media issues. The course provides an overview of competing theories and concepts
in the field of international migration and immigrant incorporation.
Discussion puts the Canadian case in comparative perspective. Topics
include global migration flows, refugeeship, citizenship and non-citizenship,
economic incorporation, children of immigrants, and social exclusion. Independent research using field methods, survey analysis, library
or archival research; regular supervision of data collection and analysis;
final written research report. Intended for upper level students with
well above average performance in sociology and whose interests or
needs are not met by other sociology courses being offered. Exploration of significant topics of interest in contemporary sociological
theory. Designed for and restricted to students enrolled in the final
year of the Specialist Program in Sociology. Exploration of current debates and controversies surrounding recent
scholarly developments. Restricted to final year students taking a
Specialist Program in Sociology. This course presents students with the opportunity to integrate and
apply their sociological knowledge and skills. Students will make
their own original contribution to illuminating social life by selecting
their own research question, reviewing relevant sociological literature,
developing a research design, collecting and analyzing data, and composing
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