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 Sociology Courses at TrentFirst Year (1000-level) CourseSociology 1000Y An introduction to sociology's major; thinkers, theories, methods and fields of research, and how they are used to understand social life; from everyday interactions to the structure of global societies Course materials focus on contemporary social issues by drawing on Canadian and comparative contexts. G. Balfour Second Year (2000-level) CoursesSociology 2110H This course introduces students to social theory in the context of the emergence of modern societies, and maps out the themes that engaged a range of early theorists. Topics include industrialism, capitalism, urbanization, individualism, positivism, social movements and ‘modernity’. Prerequisites: 60% or higher in SOCI 1000 or permission of the instructor. Excludes SOCI 2100Y, 210. A. Hermiston, M. Rahman Sociology 2150Y Sociology 2220H An introduction to the study of social inequality focusing on class, gender and ethnicity, the consequences for individuals and society, and the sociological theories which address these issues. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in SOCI 1000Y (100). Excludes SOCI 2200Y, 220. J. Conley
The course examines the theoretical and methodological foundations of interactionist, microsociological, interpretive and sociological-psychological research. Applied areas critically investigate the sociology of symbolic worlds, discourse and conversation, emotions, and the shaping of identity and subjective life in everyday contexts. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in SOCI 1000Y. Excludes SOCI 2300Y, 230. S.Katz Sociology-Women's Studies 2430H This courses focuses on gender as a core aspect of social organization and inequality. Key concepts are gender, femininity, masculinity, sexuality, homosexuality, heterosexuality and queer. Naturalist ideas and sociological analyses developed within feminism and lesbian and gay theories are studied. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in SOCI 1000Y (100) or WMST 1000Y (100). Excludes: SOCI – WMST 3430H, 343H. M. Rahman Sociology 2610H This course introduces students to key classical and contemporary sociological theories of deviance and the processes of social integration and moral regulation. Topics may include moral panics, drug use, mental illness, criminalization, medicalization of deviance, and risk management. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in SOCI 1000Y. Excludes SOCI 3610Y, 361. Sociology 2630H This course critically examines conceptualizations of health, illness, and disease, focusing on social determinants of health. Topics include income security, employment, and work; education, food production and access, education and literacy, Aboriginal health, and intersections of gender and health. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in SOCI 1000Y (100). Excludes SOC 3630Y, 363. A. Heitlinger Sociology 2700H This course will focus on family and household formation, family dynamics and the sociological issues raised by these phenomena. Topics will include couple formation, marital and family relationships, divorce and repartnering. Prerequisite: 60% or higher in SOCI 1000Y. Excludes SOCI 3700Y, 370. D. Clarke Third Year (3000-level) CoursesSociology - Canadian Studies 3000Y Sociology - Canadian Studies - Politics 3050H Contemporary Theory This course is designed as an introduction to contemporary theories in sociology, with a focus on continuities with and disruptions from the classical tradition. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H and at least one other half credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. D. Clarke Classical Sociological Theory An exploration of the structure and scope of sociological theorizing in the classical tradition, with particular emphasis on Marx, Durkheim and Weber. Conceptions of theory, method and object of investigation will be explored through engagement with original texts. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H and at least one other 0.5 credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 2100Y (210). (not offered in 2011-12) Sociology - International Development Studies 3120H Sociology 3160H An introduction to basic statistics and their application in sociological research. Prerequisite: Sociology 2150Y or 221H (excludes Sociology 222H). A. Law Social Class and Social Status Class and status inequalities play key roles in contemporary globalized capitalist societies. This course examines the mechanisms producing increased levels of economic inequality, and the status processes that motivate consumption and legitimate inequalities in consumer capitalism. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 2200Y (220). (not offered in 2011-12) Sociology - Politics 3230y Sociology - History 3260Y Inside Social Worlds This course explores the theoretical and methodological importance of the subjective dimension of Sociology, with an emphasis on the structuring of everyday experience within social orders of time, public and private spaces, and virtual environments. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 2300Y, 230. S. Katz Sociology - Business Administration 3320H The nature and role of bureaucracies and other organizations in the contemporary world. The classical, managerial and recent sociological perspectives. Case studies will focus on formal organizations in the public and private sectors. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI or ADMN at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI - ADMN 333H. (not offered in 2011-12) Sociology - Business Administration 3340H The nature and meaning of paid work in North America. The effects of technological changes, the shift to a service economy and the changing gender composition of the labour force on managerial and employee strategies to control the workplace. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI or ADMN at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 334H. S. Apostle-Clark Sociology 3410H The development of formal education as a social institution, its social and political organization, schooling as a social process, the occupation of teaching, the relationship between education and social inequalities and current changes and challenges. The focus is on education in Canada with comparisons to other societies when appropriate. Prerequisite: Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 341H. J. Conley Sociology-Women's Studies 3440H This course will explore sexuality as a complex issue in sociological analysis. We will examine theoretical approaches to the body, gender and sexuality, the construction of “normal” and “deviant” sexualities, and various forms of sexual regulation and resistance. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI or WMST at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI – WMST 344H. Sociology-Canadian Studies 3450H An introduction to the emergence, organization, and regulation of media forms such as radio and television, publishing, music, film, and newer information and communication technologies. The determinants of media content and the responses of media audiences will be addressed. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI or CAST at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI-CAST 4450Y, 445 D.Clarke Sociology 3460H This critical examination of culture in contemporary society focuses on processes of cultural production and consumption as they are mediated by relations of capital and technology. Topics include the ideology of consumerism, advertising, lifestyle and taste, the commodification of nature, cultural nationalism and cultural policy, biotechnology, and countercultures. Prerequisite: A full-credit 2000-level sociology course. Excludes SOCI 345. Sociology 3471H This course is a survey in the sociology of world religions. It will introduce students to some of the classic texts in this field and address such issues as religion and modernity, secularization, emergent religions and the rise of fundamentalism. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 3470Y, 347. Community-based research project. Sociology Guidelines for TCCBE courses Sociology 3601H This course examines neo-Marxist, feminist, critical race, and post-structuralist theories of crime and crime control, and how criminalization operates through the neo-liberal state. Topics include: corporate crime, environmental crime, the prison industrial complex, and prison abolition. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least one credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 3610Y, 361 G. Balfour
This course explores the social construction and organization of medical knowledge and health care systems. We critically assess the current “crisis” in Canadian health care; explore contradictory notions of health care as a right of citizenship and a commodity, and examine inequality in health care, “alternative health” and health promotion. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 3630Y, 363. Sociology 3661H This course explores issues of ethnic identity and socio-cultural diversity on a comparative basis, and within transnational contexts of migrational and refugee movements, displaced cultures, and diasporic communities. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI 3660Y, 366. A. Heitlinger Sociology - Canadian Studies - Political Studies 3665H Sociology - Politics 3820H An examination of sociological theory and research on contemporary social movements covering topics such as mobilization and organization, collective identities, forms of contentious action, relationships between contenders and powerholders, and the outcomes of social movements. Prerequisites: Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI or POST at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI – POST 382H. Sociology - Women's Studies 3860H Sociology - Canadian Studies - Women's Studies 3870H Sociology-Canadian Studies 3880H Selected Topics in Canadian Social Structure. A critical examination of particular dimensions of Canadian society in comparison with the United States and other societies. Possible topics include: class divisions and class-based cultural formations, regionalism, ethnicity, and processes of political communication. Prerequisites: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI or CAST at the 2000-level. Excludes SOCI – CAST 388H. (not offered in 2011-12) Fourth Year (400-level) CoursesSociology 4020D A double credit. A specific scholarly project on a well-defined topic to be worked out in consultation with the student’s Honours supervisor. Regular student/supervisor meetings will be scheduled. Prerequisite: minimum 75% average in SOCI courses, and 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215), and one of 3111H or 3100H and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Guidelines for Honours Thesis Students. Honours Thesis Application Form. Sociology 4030H The course focuses on celebrity culture as a manifestation of globalized capitalism and as a system of meanings that is supplanting traditional anchors for identity in late modern culture. Key concepts include postmodernity, globalization, discourse, semiotics, consumerism and lifestyle. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and SOCI 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 403H. M. Rahman Sociology 4040H This course focuses on issues and debates that are at the forefront of sociological thought today. The specific focus will be determined yearly. Interested students should contact the Department for information. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 404H. Sociology-Anthropology 4100H (see Anthropology Department for further information) Sociology-Psychology 4120H (see Psychology Department for further information) Sociology 4270H This course examines law and society using classical and contemporary socio-legal theory, focusing on the form of law, the practice of law, and law as a strategy for social change. Possible topics: Aboriginal peoples and the law, immigration law, human rights legislation, poverty and labour law, family law and youth justice. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 427H. (not offered in 2011-12) Sociology 4310H The course explores the theoretical field of the sociology of emotions, drawing upon critical, cross-cultural and feminist perspectives. Topics include emotional socialization, feeling rules, risk and responsibility, virtual and neural technologies, therapeutic culture, and the commercialization of intimacy within the relations of power and stratification. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210), 2150Y (215), and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 431H. S. Katz This course examines the social, cultural, economic, and political contexts and implications of auto-dependent transportation systems. Issues that may be examined include: cars as technical and cultural artefacts, risk and traffic safety, urban design, drinking and driving, speed, and emotions. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215), and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 435H. J. Conley Sociology 4410H This course explores the social construction of expert knowledge in our society. Possible topics include: the culture of science and technology, boundaries within expert and lay knowledges, popular representations of expertise and expert authorities and power, and the forensic intersection of science, medicine and law. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 441H. (Not offered 2011-12) Sociology 4420H The course explores the theories, research methods and professional development of social gerontology and critical perspectives on aging and old age. Topics include population aging, anti-aging consumerism, caregiving and social support, retirement, intergenerational relations and end-of-life ethics. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 442H. S. Katz Sociology-Canadian Studies 4451H Topic for 2011-2012: “Journalism and political communication in Canada”. This course will focus on the production of political communication, especially televised information, the ways in which the communication is mediated by class, gender, and other social conditions, and the implications of these processes for citizenship, political (dis)engagement, and communicative rights. Prerequisite: 10 university credits including SOCI 2100H and SOCI 2150Y and 2.0 credits at the 3000 level or permission of the instructor. Excludes SOCI-CAST 4450Y, 445. D. Clarke Sociology 4510H This course critically examines cultural and economic relations in sport and leisure. Topics include outdoor recreation, spectator sport, informal play and tourism. Topics will be explored from both contemporary and historical perspectives with emphasis on the dynamics of power and identity. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 451H. Community-based research project. Students are placed in research projects with community organizations in Peterborough and Haliburton counties. Each placement is supervised jointly by a faculty member and a representative of a community organization. For details see “Community-Based Education Program” (p. 230). Prerequisite: minimum 75% cumulative average, and 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Sociology Guidelines for TCCBE courses
Sociology-Women's Studies 4610H The course examines intersections of gender with ‘race,’ ethnicity, sexuality and the implications of these for equality strategies and outcomes. We begin with a definition of intersectionality and then consider challenges derived from intersectional perspectives focused on race/ethnicity, sexuality and class and their implications for how we understand gender equality. Prerequisite: 10.0 credits including 2.0 credits at the 3000-level, one of which must be SOCI – WMST 2430H or 3430H (343H) or 3440H (344H) or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI – WMST 461H. M. Rahman Sociology 4620H In-depth study and analysis of aspects of contemporary social policy in Canada and elsewhere. Particular attention will be paid to the dynamics and processes of inclusion and exclusion of specific social groups. Policy areas to be investigated may include: poverty and social welfare, parental leave and child care, employment and pay equity, immigration, mental illness, and housing with particular attention to their relation to class, gender and ethnic/racial inequalities. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes SOCI 462H. A. Heitlinger Sociology-International Development 4700H Sociology 4801H This course is built around travel as a method of comparative analysis. Topics include strategies and methods of comparative analysis, social meanings of travel, categorization of travellers, the role of guides in mediating knowledge, and critical reflections on personal experiences of travel and extended stays abroad. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y and SOCI 2150Y and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of the instructor. Excludes SOCI 4800Y, 480. A. Heitlinger Sociology 4950H This course will explore the body and embodiment as key issues in recent sociology by considering how bodies act as markers of personhood and of social categories like race, gender, age and class; how different bodies are normalized, regulated and disciplined; and how they are taken up as sites of transformative possibilities. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H or 2100Y (210) and 2150Y (215) and 2.0 credits at the 3000-level or permission of instructor. (not offered 2011-12) Reading CoursesBoth full and half year reading courses are available as Sociology 3900Y, 3901H, 3902H, 3903H, 4900Y, 4901H, 4902H, 4903H. Registration in reading courses is contingent on instructor's permission and departmental approval in advance of course registration. |