Courses
Courses by Term
Summer 2025
The Sociology department offers 6 week distance studies (online) courses in the summer semester. All course lectures, assesments and exams will be completed online asynchronously. Courses with the A/F suffix take place in the first half of the semester from May 5 - June 13 followed by an exam period (June 14-15). Courses with the suffix B/G take place in the second half of the semester from June 16 - July 25 followed by an exam period (July 28-31). The full course outlines are available on OWL Brightspace to students registered in the course.
Course offerings may be subject to change.
Fall 2025
Draft only copies of course outlines will be available in late August. Click the course title to be directed to a PDF copy of the draft course outline. The full course outline is available on OWL Brightspace to students registered in the course.
1000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 1025A-001 Society and You |
Lora Phillips |
| 1025A-002 Society and You |
Steven Kleinknecht |
| 1027A-001 Life is Not Always Fair |
Robert Nonomura |
2000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 2105A-001 The Sociology of Youth |
TBA |
| 2106A-001 Technology and Society |
Steven Kleinknecht |
| 2107A-001 Race, Ethnicity, Nation |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 2133A-001 Public Opinion |
TBA |
| 2144A-001 Sociology of Education |
Anders Holm |
| 2205A-001 Statistics for Sociology |
Michael Haan |
| 2205A-002 Statistics for Sociology |
Anna Zajacova |
| 2206A-001 Research Methods in Sociology |
Edward Bell |
| 2222A-001 Drugs and Society |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 2228A-001 Social Inequality in Canada |
Julie McMillin |
| 2229A-001 Global Inequality |
TBA |
| 2242A-001 Gender and Society |
Helene Cummins |
| 2257A-001 Deviance and Social Control |
Sean Waite |
| 2263A-001 Thinking Sociologically |
Robert Nonomura |
| 2266A-001 Crime and Society |
Brenda Kobayashi |
| 2267A-001 Youth in Conflict with the Law |
Brenda Kobayashi |
| 2279A-001 Unequal Cities |
Lora Phillips |
3000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 3260A-001 Law and Society |
Dale Ballucci |
| 3301F-001 Internet and Society |
TBA |
| 3306A-001 Quantitative Research Methods |
Michael Haan |
| 3307F-001 Qualitative Research Methods |
Tracey Adams |
| 3314F-001 Family and Work |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 3315F-200 Disability |
Kim Shuey |
| 3324F-200 Social Inequality Over the Life Course |
Andrea Willson |
| 3346F-200 Sociology of Mental Health |
Andrea Willson |
| 3348F-001 Sociology of Religion |
Teresa Abada |
| 3350F-001 Equity in Policy and Practice |
Julie McMullin |
| 3358F-001 Women and Crime |
Brenda Kobayashi |
| 3362F-001 Sociology of Utopia |
Scott Schaffer |
| 3368F-001 Marriage Markets |
Kate Choi |
| 3404F-001 Modern Sociological Theory |
Scott Schaffer |
| 3463F-001 Crime and the City |
TBA |
4000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 4422F-001 LGBTQ2S+ Populations |
Robert Nonomura |
| 4451F-650 Policing and Society |
Laura Huey |
| 4455F-001 Challenging the Law |
Dale Ballucci |
| 4466F-001 Professions, Professionals and their Work |
Tracey Adams |
| 4471F-200 Sociology of Climate Change |
Kim Shuey |
| 4484F-001 Motherhood and Mothering |
Helene Cummins |
Winter 2026
Draft only copies of course outlines will be available in early January. Click the course title to be directed to a PDF copy of the draft course outline. The full course outline is available on OWL Brightspace to students registered in the course.
1000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 1025B-001 Society and You |
Lora Phillips |
| 1027B-001 Life Is Not Always Fair |
Robert Nonomura |
| 1027B-002 Life is Not Always Fair |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
2000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 2134B-001 Issues Facing Modern Families |
Helene Cummins |
| 2155B-200 Environmental Sociology |
Kim Shuey |
| 2166B-001 Organization and Experience of Work |
Tracey Adams |
| 2178B-001 Navigating Life: Aging and the Life Course |
Julie McMullin |
| 2190G-001 Decolonizing Canada |
Lina Sunseri |
| 2205B-001 Statistics for Sociology |
Anna Zajacova |
| 2206B-001 Research Methods in Sociology |
Edward Bell |
| 2206B-002 Research Methods in Sociology |
Michael Haan |
| 2222B-001 Drugs and Society |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 2236B-001 Population Studies |
Rachel Margolis |
| 2257B-001 Deviance and Social Control |
Steven Kleinknecht |
| 2261B-001 Contemporary Social Problems |
Scott Schaffer |
| 2263B-001 Thinking Sociologically |
Robert Nonomura |
| 2266B-001 Crime and Society |
Steven Kleinknecht |
| 2267B-001 Youth in Conflict with the Law |
Brenda Kobayashi |
| 2281B-001 International Migration in a Globalized World |
Teresa Abada |
3000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 3260B-001 Law and Society |
Brenda Kobayashi |
| 3306B-001 Quantitative Research Methods |
Yoko Yoshida |
| 3307G-001 Qualitative Research Methods |
Kaitlynn Mendes |
| 3309G-001 Human Trafficking |
Dale Ballucci |
| 3321G-001 Identity and Society |
Robert Nonomura |
| 3341G-001 Social Construction of Gender |
TBA |
| 3348G-001 Sociology of Religion |
Teresa Abada |
| 3352G-001 Inequalities Across Families: Diverging Destinies of the Rich and Poor |
Helene Cummins |
| 3356G-650 Victims |
Laura Huey |
| 3358G-001 Women and Crime |
TBA |
| 3362G-200 Sociology of Utopia |
Michael Gardiner |
| 3381G-001 Migration and Family |
Kate Choi |
| 3404G-001 Modern Sociological Theory |
TBA |
| 3423G-001 Rethinking Punishment |
Dale Ballucci |
4000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 4405G-001 Seminar in Sociological Theory |
Scott Schaffer |
| 4406G-001 Media and Gender |
Kaitlynn Mendes |
| 4420G-001 Social Context of Racial Inequality |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 4426G-001 Protest and Contentious Action |
Edward Bell |
| 4441B-001 Living and Dying: Demographic Inequalities |
Kate Choi |
| 4452G-001 Social Construction of Sexuality |
Julie McMullin |
| 4455G-001 Challenging the Law |
Brenda Kobayashi |
| 4471G-200 The Sociology of Climate Change |
Kim Shuey |
| 4472G-001 Health Inequalities |
TBA |
| 4473G-001 Immigration and Immigrant Integration in Canada |
Yoko Yoshida |
