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AP/SOCI 4440 6.00 Racialization and the Law

Critically examines the relationship between law and social inequality, treating law and justice as contradictory. The focus is on the place of law in forming racialized groups, but also deals with gender, sexual orientation, class and age stratification.

AP/SOCI 4360 6.00 Migration Experiences: Theory and Practice

Examines the relationship between globalization and international migration. Themes include: why migrants leave home countries; immigration policies and practices in receiving countries; trafficking in migrants; migrants in global cities; migrant networks; transnationalism, and; refugee expulsion and return.

AP/SOCI 4200 6.00 Sociology of Conflict and Conflict Resolution

This course considers the relationship between conflict and cooperation and explores the causes, characteristics and consequences of both processes at the local, national, and global arenas. It identifies modern and the latest modes of conflicts and conflict resolution, which reflect key changes in nation-state system and global capitalism. The course also examines them through diverse […]

AP/SOCI 3690 6.00 Sociology of Gender

This course analyzes economic, social, cultural and political aspects of gender formation in a comparative context and in Canada. Emphasis is on the different ways in which femininity and masculinity are constituted in interaction with race, class and other factors.

AP/SOCI 3450 6.00 The Sociology of Race and Racism

Crosslisted: AP/MIST 3680, AP/SOCI 3680, AP/REI 3680 Offers a sociological critique of race and racism by examining both the concept and practices in terms of social organization, discourse and history. Biogenetic and cultural racism are investigated in terms of knowledge frameworks involving gender and class.

AP/SOCI 2070 6.00 Social Order and Social Organization

This foundation course deals with the problem of social order, how social organization is possible, and its various forms. Special attention is given to formal organizations and institutions, as well as to the role of ideology, media and education. Crosslisted: AK/POLS/SOCI 3570, AS/SOCI 2070

AP/SOSC 4710 6.00 Urban Field Experience

Students earn course credit by working on a project for an outside organization involved in urban development or administration. Details of each student's responsibilities are worked out in consultations among the student, the project supervisor and the Instructor.

AP/SOSC 4664 6.00 The Politics of Canadian Policing in Global Context

Crosslisted: AP/CRIM 4664 The course explores the politics of contemporary Canadian policing in the context of the history of modern governance. It explores the police role in society and interrogates policing in terms of fairness, inequality, discrimination and social justice. It further explores the relationship between policing, media, law, politics and social order, emphasizing the […]

AP/SOSC 4665 6.00 Global Approaches to Internet and Digital Crime

Crosslisted: AP/CRIM 4665 This course examines the global approaches to the detection, investigation, and enforcement of a broad variety of internet crimes and technology-related crimes with a particular focus on the efforts of non-state actors. It considers technology both as a target and tool of regulation. Among the topics considered are the transnational regulation of […]

AP/SOSC 4663 6.00 Critical Victimology

Crosslisted: AP/CRIM 4663 The course introduces students to victimology, the diverse theoretical approaches in the field, and the politics of the victim label, from a critical perspective. Topics include victim precipitation theories and victim-blaming; contemporary, critical and radical perspectives in victimology; victims’ rights movements; and existing programs and rights instruments for victims in Canada. Victimology […]