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New Courses

New courses offered in 2021-2022:

Course	Instructor	Time & Location	Outline
2155B-001 Environmental Sociology Class No 11847	Kim Shuey	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm NS‑7
3352G-001 Inequalities Across Families: Diverging Destinies of the Rich and Poor Class No 10802	Kate Choi	W 9:30 am - 12:30 pm TC‑343
4422G-001 LGBTQ2S+ Populations Class No 12394	Sean Waite	M 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5235
4426F-001 Protest and Contentious Action Class No 12393	Howard Ramos	W 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm SSC‑5235	outline
4471F-200 The Sociology of Climate Change Class No 11848	Michael Gardiner	M 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5235	outline
4472F-200 Health Inequalities: Social Determinants of Health Class No 10810	Kate Choi	Tu 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm SSC‑5406	outline
4473G-200 Immigration and Immigrant Integration in Canada Class No 12455	Yoko Yoshida	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Courses starting in Fall 2021

Courses offered Fall 2021:

Course	Instructor	Time & Location	Outline
1020-200 Introduction to Sociology Class No 4026	Scott Schaffer	Tu 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm HSB‑40 or online	outline
1021E-001 Introduction to Sociology Class No 3853	Lauren Barr	W 10:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑2032	outline
1025A-650 Society and You Class No 5618	Sean Waite	online	outline
2105A-001 The Sociology of Youth Class No 10792	Lauren Barr	M 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm SSC‑2020	outline
2106A-650 Technology and Society Class No 8695	Anabel Quan-Haase	online	outline
2140-650 Social Problems Class No 3924	Gale Cassidy	online	outline
2172A-650 Advertising and Society Class No 4422	Gale Cassidy	online	outline
2205A-650 Statistics for Sociology Class No 4215	Patrick Denice	online	outline
2206A-650 Research Methods in Sociology Class No 5591	Stephen Lin	online	outline
2227A-001 Social Change and Development Class No 8512	Tess Hooks	Th 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm SSC‑3024	outline
2228A-650 Social Inequality in Canada Class No 7860	Tess Hooks	online	outline
2235-200 The Family Class No 8698	Gale Cassidy	Tu 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm SSC‑2020	outline
2242A-001 Gender and Society Class No 10794	Tess Hooks	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑2020	outline
2246A-200 Sociology of Health and Illness Class No 10795	Gale Cassidy	Tu 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm UCC‑37	outline
2259-200 Sociology of Deviance Class No 4304	Lauren Barr	Th 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑2032	outline
2259-201 Sociology of Deviance Class No 3723	Kim Ashby	M 9:30 am - 11:30 am  W 9:30 am - 10:30 am SH‑3345	outline
2267A-001 Youth in Conflict with the Law Class No 10797	Lauren Barr	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm HSB‑35	outline
2270A-200 Foundations of Social Theory Class No 8716	Scott Schaffer	Th 9:30 am - 11:30 am SH‑3345	outline
3260A-200 Sociology of Law Class No 7903	Dale Ballucci	W 9:30 am - 12:30 pm UCC‑37	outline
3306A-001 Investigating the Social World: Quantitative Research Class No 4455	Teresa Abada	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑1032	outline
3306A-200 Investigating the Social World: Quantitative Research Class No 7575	Yoko Yoshida	M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑1032	outline
3307F-001 Investigating the Social World: Qualitative Research Class No 10799	Kaitlynn Mendes	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑3026	outline
3308F-200 Work and Health Across the Life Course Class No 11839	Vesna Pajovic	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑3024	outline
3312A-200 Wrongfully Convicted Class No 5593	Kim Ashby	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm UC‑1105	outline
3320F-200 Youth and Society Class No 11841	Amanda Zavitz-Gocan	Tu 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm AHB-2B04	outline
3358F-200 Women and Crime Class No 11842	Jennifer Silcox	Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑3026	outline
3362F-200 Sociology of Utopia Class No 8511	Michael Gardiner	Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑3018	outline
3364F-200 Selected Topics: Criminal Justice and Mental Health Class No 11843	Jennifer Silcox	M 9:30 am - 12:30 pm UCC‑63	outline
3368F-200 Marriage Markets Class No 10803	Kate Choi	W 9:30 am - 12:30 pm AHB‑1B06	outline
3404F-200 Modern Sociological Theory Class No 4699	David Calnitsky	M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm B&GS‑1056	outline
3404F-201 Modern Sociological Theory Class No 4845	David Calnitsky	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑3026	outline
4420F-001 The Social Context of Racial Inequality Class No 10805	Patrick Denice	Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5230	outline
4426F-001 Protest and Contentious Action Class No 12393	Howard Ramos	W 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm SSC‑5235	outline
4437F-200 Advanced Sociology of Deviance Class No 8039	Kim Ashby	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑5235	outline
4442F-200 Serial Killers Class No 5595	Kim Ashby	M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑5230	outline
4451F-650 Policing and Society Class No 8225	Laura Huey	online	outline
4455F-200 Advanced Sociology of Law Class No 8722	Dale Ballucci	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5235	outline
4466F-001 Professions, Professionals and their Work Class No 10809	Tracey Adams	W 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑4255	outline
4471F-200 The Sociology of Climate Change Class No 11848	Michael Gardiner	M 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5235	outline
4472F-200 Health Inequalities: Social Determinants of Health Class No 10810	Kate Choi	Tu 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm SSC‑5406	outline
4478F-001 Advanced Program and Policy Evaluation Class No 10811	Michael Haan	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑5230	outline
4487F-001 Selected Topics in Sociology: Motherhood and Mothering Class No 7577	Tess Hooks	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC-5235	outline

Courses starting in Winter 2022

Courses offered Winter 2022:

Course	Instructor	Time & Location	Outline
1027B-001 Life is not always fair Class No 5989	Wolfgang Lehmann	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm NCB‑101
2155B-001 Environmental Sociology Class No 11847	Kim Shuey	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm NS‑7
2166B-001 The Organization and Experience of Work Class No 8696	Tracey Adams	M 10:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑2032
2172B-001 Advertising and Society Class No 5054	Gale Cassidy	M 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm SSC‑2050
2190G-200 Decolonizing Canada Class No 10793	Janice Forsyth	M 10:30 am - 12:30 pm AHB‑2B02
2205B-001 Statistics for Sociology Class No 5590	Michael Haan	W 9:30 am - 12:30 pm UCC‑146
2206B-001 Research Methods in Sociology Class No 8222	Lauren Barr	Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SH‑3345
2212B-001 Women and Third World Development Class No 8697	Tess Hooks	Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑2020
2228B-001 Social Inequality in Canada Class No 8028	Tess Hooks	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm UC‑205
2229B-001 Global Inequality Class No 7861	Tess Hooks	M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑2020
2236B-001 Population Studies Class No 6290	Teresa Abada	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm UC‑2110
2247B-001 Sociology of Health Care Class No 10796	Gale Cassidy	Tu 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm SSC‑2032
2266B-001 Crime and Society Class No 8699	Sean Waite	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm UC‑3110
2271B-001 Survey of Contemporary Theory Class No 8717	Scott Schaffer	W 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm SH‑3345	outline
3260B-001 Sociology of Law Class No 7904	Dale Ballucci	W 9:30 am - 12:30 pm UCC‑37
3301G-001 The Internet and Society Class No 11844	Molly Harper	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑2020
3306B-001 Investigating the Social World: Quantitative Research Class No 4495	Yoko Yoshida	M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑1032
3307G-001 Investigating the Social World: Qualitative Research Class No 5525	Tracey Adams	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑3026
3307G-002 Investigating the Social World: Qualitative Research Class No 7576	Wolfgang Lehmann	Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm TC‑204
3312B-001 Wrongfully Convicted Class No 8037	Kim Ashby	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑3024
3317B-001 Problems of Mass Higher Education Class No 12564	Amanda Zavitz-Gocan	M 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm SSC-3006
3324G-001 Social Inequality Over the Life Course Class No 10800	Andrea Willson	M 9:30 am - 12:30 pm UC‑3225
3341G-001 The Social Construction of Gender Class No 10801	Tess Hooks	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm UCC‑59
3347G-001 Current Issues in Stratification Class No 8720	Anders Holm	M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm UCC‑54B
3352G-001 Inequalities Across Families: Diverging Destinies of the Rich and Poor Class No 10802	Kate Choi	W 9:30 am - 12:30 pm TC‑343
3358G-001 Women and Crime Class No 5366	Kim Ashby	Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm HSB‑35
3365G-001 Selected Topics: Criminal Law and Sentencing Class No 11845	Jennifer Silcox	Th 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm SSC‑3024
3381G-001 Migration and Family Class No 8223	Kate Choi	Tu 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm UC‑1105
3404G-001 Modern Sociological Theory Class No 5594	Robert Nonomura	W 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm SH‑3307
4405G-001 Seminar in Sociological Theory Class No 10804	Scott Schaffer	Th 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5230	outline
4407G-001 Criminological Theory and Research Class No 8721	Dale Ballucci	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5235
4416G-001 Migration Class No 7283	Teresa Abada	Tu 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5230
4422G-001 LGBTQ2S+ Populations Class No 12394	Sean Waite	M 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5235
4425G-001 Advanced Sociology of Youth Class No 10806	Lauren Barr	Tu 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm UCC‑WALS-66
4441B-001 Death, Fertility, and Migration: Demographic Analysis of Social Change Class No 10807	Anna Zajacova	M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑5230
4442G-001 Serial Killers Class No 5596	Kim Ashby	M 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑5235
4450G-001 Education and Society Class No 10808	Anders Holm	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC‑5230
4452G-001 The Social Construction of Sexuality Class No 11967	Jennifer Silcox	M 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm SSC-5406
4469G-001 Selected Topics in the Sociology of Work Class No 11846	Awish Aslam	Th 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm SSC‑5325
4473G-200 Immigration and Immigrant Integration in Canada Class No 12455	Yoko Yoshida	W 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm SSC-5406
4485G-001 Selected Topics: Media and Gender Class No 12500	Kaitlynn Mendes	W 9:30 am - 12:30 pm SSC‑5235