Courses
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.
| Course | Instructor |
|---|---|
| 1025A-650 Society and You | Lauren Barr |
| 10257B-650 Life Is Not Always Fair | Daisy-Mae Hamelinck |
| 2144B-650 Sociology of Education | Lauren Barr |
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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-001 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 | Lauren Barr |
| 3324F-200 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-200 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 | Mary McCluskey |
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 |
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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 |
| 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 | Sean Waite |
| 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 | Jeremy Smith |
| 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 | Dale Ballucci |
| 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 |
