SOC 611

Future Worlds: Technology and Social Change

This course will examine the social forces that affect technological development and will also examine the subsequent impact that these technological changes have on society. The course will use social constructionist theory, political economy and feminist theory among others to analyze three or four specific contemporary technologies. It will focus on both historical data and speculate on the impact of specific technologies such as energy production, digital communications and biotechnology.

Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs.

GPA Weight: 1.00

Course Count: 1.00

Billing Units: 1

Prerequisites

SOC 105 and SSH 301

Co-Requisites

None

Antirequisites

None

Custom Requisites

None

Mentioned in the Following Calendar Pages

*List may not include courses that are on a common table shared between programs.

Sociology

SOC 102
Human Origins
SOC 103
How Society Works
SOC 104
Understanding Society
SOC 105
Introduction to Sociology
SOC 107
Sociology of the Everyday
SOC 108
Indigenous Peoples and Decolonization
SOC 111
The Social World I
SOC 112
The Social World II
SOC 202
Popular Culture
SOC 203
Social Class and Inequality
SOC 221
The Hip Hop Lens on Society
SOC 25A/B
Media and Society
SOC 300
Sociology of Equity and Diversity
SOC 302
The City and Society
SOC 305
Sociology of Deviance
SOC 319
Sociological Perspectives on Crime
SOC 31A/B
Sociology of Health
SOC 402
The City and Social Problems
SOC 411
Intro to Quantitative Data Analysis
SOC 420
Social Class in Changing Times
SOC 427
Indigenous Perspectives on Canada
SOC 470
Toronto: The Changing City
SOC 472
At Work in a Changing World
SOC 473
Classical Sociological Theory
SOC 474
Immigration, Borders and Belonging
SOC 475
Contemporary Sociological Theory
SOC 476
Sociology of Fear
SOC 477
Sociology of Advertising
SOC 478
Sociology of Fun
SOC 479
Social Networks and the World Wide Web
SOC 481
Survey Design and Analysis
SOC 482
Advanced Approaches to Media Analysis
SOC 483
Statistical Modelling
SOC 490
Capstone: Specializing Your Knowledge
SOC 491
Independent Sociological Analysis
SOC 492
Current Social Issue Focus
SOC 493
Making Social Change
SOC 494
Career Integration
SOC 500
Youth and Society
SOC 501
Making a Living: Sociology of Work
SOC 502
Violence and the Family
SOC 503
Sociology of Education
SOC 504
Children and Society
SOC 505
Sociology of Sport
SOC 506
Health and Society
SOC 507
Race and Ethnicity in Canadian Society
SOC 525
Media and Images of Inequality
SOC 530
Blackness and Freedom
SOC 540
Special Topics in Indigenous Studies
SOC 553
Indigenist Thought
SOC 576
Colonialism and Anti-Blackness
SOC 595
Women and Aging
SOC 600
Globalization and Health
SOC 601
Control and Resistance at Work
SOC 603
Sociology of Gender
SOC 605
Families: Difference and Diversity
SOC 606
Work and Families in the 21st Century
SOC 608
Women, Power and Change
SOC 609
Women and Human Rights
SOC 611
Future Worlds: Technology and Social Change
SOC 633
Sex, Gender Identities, and Sexualities
SOC 656
Fashion and Society
SOC 700
Men and Masculinities in the 21st Century
SOC 701
Social Change: Canadian Perspectives
SOC 702
Anatomy of Human Conflict
SOC 703
Women, Power and the Global South
SOC 704
Aging, Culture and Society
SOC 705
Law and Justice
SOC 706
Globalized Labour and Consumption
SOC 707
Religion, Meaning and Power
SOC 708
Environmental Sociology
SOC 800
Theories of Society
SOC 801
Global Power Relations
SOC 802
Issues in War and Peace
SOC 803
International Community Engagement
SOC 808
Sociology of Food and Eating
SOC 880
Information Technology and Society
SOC 885
Women and Islam
SOC 902
Hollywood and Society
SOC 903
Action Cinema and Modernity
SOC 904
Women in Popular Culture
SOC 931
Waste and Consumerism
SOC 932
The Entertainment Industry
SOC 941
Colonialism and Racialization
SOC 942
Women and Structural Change
SOC 943
Poverty Issues