Major Program in Sociology

Sociology graduates can expect to have access to a wide range of careers in government services, management, social agencies, research, teaching, and a range of professional and semi-professional occupations. Visit the sociology homepage at: www.cariboo.bc.ca/ae/ses/sociology/


First year
SOCI 111	Introduction to Sociology 1	3 credits
SOCI 121	Introduction to Sociology 2	3 credits
Second year
SOCI 271	Introduction to Social Statistics or MATH 120 or PSYC 210	3 credits
SOCI 272	Introductory Research Methods	3 credits
One of:
SOCI 201	Race and Ethnic Relations	3 credits
SOCI 210	Canadian Social Issues	3 credits
SOCI 213	Women in Comparative Perspective	3/6 credits
SOCI 216	The Family in Cross-Cultural Perspective	3 credits
SOCI 223	Collective Behaviour	3 credits
SOCI 226	Medical Sociology	3 credits
SOCI 250	Crime and Society	3 credits
SOCI 259	Deviance and Control	3 credits
SOCI 262	Sociology of the Environment	3 credits


Third and Fourth Years
SOCI 320	Classical Social Theory plus	3 credits
SOCI 321	Feminist Social Theory or	3 credits
SOCI 322	Contemporary Issues in Social Theory	3 credits
SOCI 380	Introduction to Social Survey Design and Analysis or	3 credits
SOCI 382	Socio-Ethnographic Research Methods in Sociology	3 credits
Plus seven 300-400 level Sociology courses from:
SOCI 310	Canadian Society	6 credits
SOCI 312	Gender Relations	6 credits
SOCI 316	Sexuality	3 credits
SOCI 352	Organization of Work	3 credits
SOCI 360	Sociology of Natural Resources	3 credits
SOCI 361	Social Inequality	3 credits
SOCI 368	Deviance and Social Control	6 credits
SOCI 413	Family and Kinship	3/6 credits
SOCI 420	Complex Organizations	3 credits
SOCI 460	Globalization	3 credits
SOCI 462	Social Change	3/6 credits
SOCI 464	Social Movements	3/6 credits
SOCI 466	Socialization and Education	3/6 credits
SOCI 470	Sociology of Crime and Justice	3 credits
SOCI 473	Global Social Change	3 credits
SOCI 475	Contemporary Social Movements	3 credits
SOCI 484	Sociology of Health and Illness	3/6 credits

Admission to the major requires completion of SOCI 111 and 121, two 200-level Sociology courses, of which three of the four Sociology courses must receive Grade C+ or above.