First year students take our leading edge course Introduction to Sociology (SOCY122). This course introduces students to the core ideas and themes in contemporary Sociology, using a variety of teaching and learning methods that combine dynamic lectures and small group tutorials. Students learn the basics of Sociology, the latest ideas and approaches to thinking sociologically, and explore the breadth of the discipline, but we also train them in university level writing, argumentation and research skills.
After taking Introduction to Sociology in their first year, students take core training courses in sociological theory and research methods in their second year, alongside a wide array of optional courses. In their third and fourth years, students choose increasingly specialized option courses. Third year students also have many opportunities to study Sociology abroad through the International Programs Office. Fourth year courses are seminars with a maximum of 25 students, enabling an excellent faculty to student ratio. Fourth year students may also opt to work with a professor on a thesis project over two terms on a specialized topic.
The courses in the undergraduate program cover a wide range of topics such as - Race and Racialization; Globalization; Consumer Culture; Digital Sociology; Deviance and Social Control; Policing; Criminal Justice; Professions; Health, Illness and Disability; Law and Social Structure; Gender and Contemporary Society; Science, Knowledge, and Power; Digital Capitalism; Love, Sex, and Sociology - allowing students to sample the field very broadly or concentrate some of their interests in our three core research areas:
