GRADUATE COURSES
Courses not offered this academic year (fall/winter terms) are indicated by the words "NOT OFFERED THIS YEAR" below the course description. Nevertheless, students should refer to the Timetable as a final check.
The following courses are offered for Master's programs.
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Sociology
5111
Problems and Issues in Sociology
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
A critical examination of the basic principles of sociology.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Notes:
Required of all graduate students
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Sociology
5113
Qualitative Methods
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
An analysis of ontological, epistemological and methodological issues to be considered in undertaking qualitative research in sociology.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5115
Advanced Seminar in Selected Sociological Topics
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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SpecialTopic:
Y
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5311
Sociology of the Northwestern Ontario Region
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
An examination of the social organization of Northwestern Ontario, the regional subsistence base, comparison with geo-climatically similar regions, and alternative forms our social organization could take.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5411
Social Change
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
Study of macro processes of social change through: an examination of transition to new forms of social organization; development of capitalist and post-capitalist forms of production; social change in different zones of the world economy; and inspection of diverse models of the social change process (e.g. mode of production vs. world systems analysis).
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5611
Race and Ethnic Relations
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
A study of minority-dominant relations, the nature of initial contact, and the dynamics of inter- and intra-group processes within the Canadian setting.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5617
Social Gerontology
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
A study of the social aspects of aging with emphasis on the Canadian setting.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5631
Sociology of Health and Illness
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
An examination of contemporary issues in the sociology of health and illness. Social determinants of health and access to care will be explored with attention to issues of diversity such as gender, class, region and culture.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5651
The Body and Society
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
An examination of the body and embodiment in social theory and everyday life. Topics may include: subjectivity, identity and the body; the body as a social symbol and metaphor; discipline, resistance and the politics of the social body; consumer culture, high technology and the instability of the body in contemporary culture.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5711
Canadian Society
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
Analysis of the structure, major institutions and values of Canadian society.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5750
New Reproductive Technologies
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
New reproductive technologies are a site for contested interpretations of kinship, nature, science and women's reproductive bodies. These interpretations and connections will be analyzed from a feminist perspective.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5755
Technologies of the Afterlife
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
Interdisciplinary studies of representations of the contemporary deathscape.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Sociology
5811
Research Seminar
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
Discussion of students' research projects.
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Offering:
3-0; or 3-0
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Notes:
Required of all graduate students
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Sociology
5850
Directed Readings
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Credit Weight:
0.5
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Description:
A course of specialized readings arranged to meet the needs of individual students.
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SpecialTopic:
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Sociology 5901
(9901)
Master's Thesis
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Credit Weight:
2.5
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Grade Scheme:
Pass/Fail
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Sociology 5920
(9920)
Research Paper
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Credit Weight:
1.0
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Notes:
Required of all graduate students registered in the non-thesis program.
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