The Social Justice and Equity specialization provides a pathway through Sociology that focuses on understanding the various intersecting dimensions of social inequalities and social oppressions and their impact in societies and workplaces. Topics covered include gender, sexuality, ethnicity, embodiment, workplace equity, and social inequalities.
Courses
Students who have fulfilled the requirements for a single- or joint-major Honours degree in Sociology may graduate with a Specialization in Social Justice and Equity Studies if they have successfully completed the following 4.0 credits:
Required Courses:
- SOCI 2220H - Intersecting Social Inequalities
- SOCI-GESO 2430H - Sociology of Gender
- SOCI-CRIM 3250H - Understanding Homelessness
- SOCI-GESO 3440H - Sexuality & the Social
- SOCI-CAST-POST 3661H - Ethnicities, Racism, Multiculturalism
Students must also complete 3.0 credits from these courses:
- SOCI-ADMN 2340H: Work and Social Inequalities
- SOCI-ANTH-GEOG-GDST-SAFS 2500H: The World Food System
- SOCI 2630H: Sociology of Health & Illness
- SOCI-GDST-CRIM-POST 3115H: Citizenship Rights and Development
- SOCI-GDST 3121H: Human Rights Theory and Practice
- SOCI-GDST 3150H: Global Migration
- SOCI-ADMN 3320H: Social Organizations
- SOCI-GESO-PHIL 3400H: Feminism and Disability
- SOCI 3410H: Sociology of Education
- SOCI 3460H: Culture and Society
- POST-CAST-GESO-SOCI 3672H: Gender, Diversity, Intersectionalities
- SOCI-POST 3822H: The Canadian Labour Movement: Class, Protest, and Confronting Neoliberalism in the Digital Age
- SOCI-GESO-CAST 3860H: Gender Race and Class
- SOCI-GESO-GDST-POST 3881H: Gender, Globalization and Resistance
- SOCI-GESO-CAST-POST 3962H - Gender, Sexualities & the Law
- SOCI-GESO-CAST 3966H: Criminalizing Women
- SOCI-GDST 4111H: Capitalism
- SOCI-GDST-POST 4230H: Global Social Movements
- SOCI-CAST-POST-GDST 4252H: Refugees, Forced Migration, and Experience in the Canadian Context
- POST-GDST-ADMN-SOCI 4255H: Globalization Politics of Work
- SOCI 4270H: Sociology of Law
- SOCI 4430H: Key Concepts in Sociological Analysis
- SOCI 4510H - Sport, Physical Culture & Well-being
- SOCI-CAST-GESO 4551H: Gender and Disability in Canada
- SOCI 4620H: Adv Studies in Social Policy
- SOCI-GESO-GDST 4630H: Advanced Seminar in the Sociology of Gender
- SOCI-ANTH-GDST 4750H: Ethnicity, Political Conflict, and Genocide
- SOCI 4850H: Sociology of the Body
- GESO 3122H/4122H: Activists and Activisms
- POST-CAST 3092H: Law and the Charter of Rights
- POST 3240H: European Integration
- Prior approval from the department needed:
- Reading courses (SOCI 3900Y, 3901H, 3902H, 4900Y, 4901H, 4902H),
- Community-based research (SOCI 3570Y, 3580H, 4570Y, 4580H)
- Research practical (SOCI 4021Y, 4022H, 4023H)
- Thesis courses, primarily focused on social justice & equity content (SOCI 4010Y or 4020D)