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SOC 105
Introduction to Sociology
This course presents the major schools of sociology, which include Functionalism, Critical Theory, Feminism, Interactionism, and Postmodernism. These schools are used to examine a number of fundamental social inequalities such as those based on class, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. In addition, through the lenses of the major schools of sociology, this course also examines the impact of contemporary media institutions and communications technologies on the social construction of knowledge and the construction of socially significant identities and ideologies.
Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs.
GPA Weight: 1.00
Course Count: 1.00
Billing Units: 1
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- Arts and Contemporary Studies Core Elective Table I
- Child and Youth Care
- Criminology Required Group 1 - Table I
- Criminology and Politics Governance Required Group I Table I
- Criminology and Sociology Double Major
- Criminology and Sociology Required Group 1 - Table I
- Early Childhood Studies
- English Required Group 1 - Table I
- English and History Required Group 1 - Table I
- English and Philosophy Required Group 1 - Table I
- Environment and Urban Sustainability Required Group 1 - Table I
- Geographic Analysis Required Group 1 - Table I
- History Politics and Governance Required Group 1 - Table I
- History Required Group 2 - Table I
- History and Philosophy Required Group 1 - Table I
- History and Sociology Double Major
- History and Sociology Double Major Required Group 1 - Table I
- International Economics and Finance Required Group 1 - Table I
- Language and Intercultural Relations Required Group 1 - Table I
- Minor in Disability Studies
- Minor in Sociology
- Philosophy Required Group 2 - Table I
- Politics and Governance Required Group 1 - Table I
- Politics and Governance Sociology Double Major Required Group 1 - Table I
- Politics and Governance and Sociology Double Major
- Psychology Required Group 1 - Table I
- SOC 103 - How Society Works
- SOC 104 - Understanding Society
- SOC 111 - The Social World I
- SOC 25A/B - Media and Society
- SOC 300 - Sociology of Equity and Diversity
- SOC 302 - The City and Society
- SOC 319 - Sociological Perspectives on Crime
- SOC 320 - Black Popular Culture
- SOC 330 - Sociology of the Caribbean
- SOC 350 - Queer Sociology
- 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 476 - Sociology of Fear
- SOC 477 - Sociology of Advertising
- SOC 478 - Sociology of Fun
- SOC 479 - Social Networks and the World Wide Web
- SOC 500 - Youth and Society
- SOC 502 - Violence and the Family
- SOC 504 - Children and Society
- SOC 525 - Media and Images of Inequality
- SOC 530 - Blackness and Freedom
- SOC 558 - Sociology of Bodies
- SOC 595 - Women and Aging
- SOC 600 - Globalization and Health
- SOC 605 - Families: Difference and Diversity
- SOC 606 - Families and Care Work
- SOC 608 - Women, Power and Change
- SOC 609 - Gender and Global Human Rights
- SOC 611 - Future Worlds: Technology and Social Change
- SOC 700 - Men and Masculinities in the 21st Century
- SOC 706 - Globalized Labour and Consumption
- SOC 708 - Environmental Sociology
- SOC 903 - Media and Modern Fandom
- 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
- Sociology
- Sociology Required Group 1 - Table I
- Table I - Arts
- Undeclared Arts (First Year Studies Only)
- Undeclared Arts Required Group 1 - Table I
- Undeclared Arts Transferability Guidelines