Courses
Courses by Term
Summer 2024
The Sociology department offers 6 week distance studies (online courses) in the summer semester. All course lectures, assesments and exams will be completed online. Courses with the A/F suffix take place in the first half of the semester from May 6 - June 14. Courses with the suffix B/G take place in the second half of the semester from June 17 - July 26. An exam period will follow. Course outlines are available on OWL to students registered in the course.
Course offerings may be subject to change.
Fall 2024
Draft only copies of course outlines will be available in mid 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-200 Life is Not Always Fair |
Robert Nonomura |
2000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 2105A-001 The Sociology of Youth |
Brenda Kobayashi |
| 2106A-001 Technology and Society |
Steven Kleinknecht |
| 2107A-001 Race, Ethnicity, Nation |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 2144A-001 Sociology of Education |
Wolfgang Lehmann |
| 2205A-001 Statistics for Sociology |
Michael Haan |
| 2206A-001 Research Methods in Sociology |
Jasmine Ha |
| 2222A-001 Drugs and Society |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 2228A-001 Social Inequality in Canada |
Julie McMillin |
| 2257A-001 Deviance and Social Control |
Sean Waite |
| 2263A-001 Thinking Sociologically |
Robert Nonomura |
| 2266A-001 Crime and Society |
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 |
Lyn Hoang |
| 3306A-001 Quantitative Research Methods |
Taylor Paul |
| 3307F-001 Qualitative Research Methods |
Tracey Adams |
| 3315F-200 Disability |
Kim Shuey |
| 3320F-001 Youth and Society |
TBA |
| 3324F-001 Social Inequality Over the Life Course |
Andrea Willson |
| 3333F-001 Interpreting Law and Social Policy |
Holly Meaney |
| 3341F-001 Social Construction of Gender |
Lina Sunseri |
| 3346F-001 Sociology of Mental Health |
Andrea Willson |
| 3347F-001 Current Issues in Stratification |
Edward Bell |
| 3348F-001 Sociology of Religion |
Teresa Abada |
| 3350F-001 Equity in Policy and Practice |
Julie McMullin |
| 3353F-650 Pseudoscience |
Laura Huey |
| 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 |
| 4420F-001 Social Context of Racial Inequality |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 4422F-001 LGBTQ2S+ Populations |
Robert Nonomura |
| 4426F-001 Protest and Contentious Action |
Edward Bell |
| 4441A-001 Living and Dying: Demographic Inequalities |
Kate Choi |
| 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 2025
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 |
Julie McMullin |
2000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 2133B-001 Public Opinion |
Anders Holm |
| 2134B-001 Issues Facing Modern Families |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 2155B-200 Environmental Sociology |
Kim Shuey |
| 2166B-001 Organization and Experience of Work |
Tracey Adams |
| 2178B-001 Navigating Life: Aging and the Life Course |
Andrea Willson
|
| 2180B-001 International Health Inequalities |
Jasmine Ha |
| 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 |
Shane Goodwin |
| 2242B-001 Gender and Society |
Helene Cummins |
| 2257B-001 Deviance and Social Control |
Dale Ballucci |
| 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 |
| 3302B-001 Introduction to Big Data for Social Scientists |
Michael Haan |
| 3303G-001 Global Issues and Social Change |
Jasmine Ha |
| 3306B-001 Quantitative Research Methods |
Taylor Paul |
| 3307G-001 Qualitative Research Methods |
Kaitlynn Mendes |
| 3309G-001 Human Trafficking |
Dale Ballucci |
| 3314G-001 Family and Work |
Kamila Kolpashnikova |
| 3321G-001 Identity and Society |
Robert Nonomura |
| 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 |
| 3362G-200 Sociology of Utopia |
Michael Gardiner |
| 3381G-001 Migration and Family |
Kate Choi |
| 3404G-001 Modern Sociological Theory |
TBA |
| 3423G-001 Rethinking Punishment |
Holly Meaney |
4000 - Level Courses
| Course |
Instructor |
| 4344G-001 Digital Data |
Lyn Hoang |
| 4405G-001 Seminar in Sociological Theory |
Scott Schaffer |
| 4406G-001 Media and Gender |
Kaitlynn Mendes |
| 4407G-001 Criminological Theory and Research |
Sean Waite |
| 4426G-001 Protest and Contentious Action |
Howard Ramos |
| 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 |
Andrea Willson |
