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Human social behaviour, the processes and patterns of group interaction and group influence on individual behaviour. Areas of sociological concern such as social organization, social stratification, ethnic relations and family interaction introduce some of the major concepts, theories and procedures of sociological inquiry.

The changing structure of Canadian Society and its current social features.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Processes by which social conditions come to be defined as problems, the consequences of these social problems for society and the nature of social reaction.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Introduction to the philosophy of social scientific investigation; concepts and methods of qualitative and quantitative research.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

The nature of social data, probability, sampling, co-variation, basic descriptive and inferential techniques, computer analysis.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000.

Recommended background: Mathematics 30 or Pure Mathematics 30, Mathematics 0500, or Applied Mathematics 30 and at least 75% standing in Athabasca University's Mathematics 101.

Note: Credit is not allowed for Sociology 2130 and Psychology 2030.

Sociological theory of the 19th and early 20th Century with special reference to Marx, Weber and Durkheim.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Sociological theory from the early 20th Century to the present.

Prerequisite: Sociology 2200.

Social construction of gender. Comparative and historical perspectives on family and occupational roles. Position of women in contemporary Canadian society.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Examines trends, structures, and social relations related to work and labour. Topics may include industrialization, restructuring, globalization, unemployment, technological change, occupations, and worker-management relations.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Normative processes by which individuals and groups become labelled as deviant, and the consequences of such social definitions; social factors that influence conformity and individual variation.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Symbolic interaction and role theories are used to understand the interrelationships between the individual and society; the central importance of symbols in the development of human forms of social relations.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000 or a previous course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Sociological perspectives on health and wellness within Canadian and global contexts. The relationship between social organization and health; social constructions and meanings of health; social epidemiology; health beliefs and behaviour; and the experience of illness.

Prerequisite: Sociology 1000.

Note: Credit is not allowed for Sociology 2700/Health Sciences 2700 and Sociology 2850 (Sociology of Health and Wellness).

Majority-minority relationships relative to prejudice, discrimination, assimilation, power and prestige; social structural patterns within minority groups.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Recommended background: Sociology 2010 and 2020.

Interviews and questionnaires in data collection, quantitative data analysis, statistical analysis using computer techniques.

Prerequisite: Sociology 2100.

Techniques in qualitative data collection and analysis; interviews, participant observation and unobtrusive methods.

Prerequisite: Sociology 2100.

Functions of the family as a social institution. Developmental stages in family life. The changing nature of family and its relationships with society. Changing role relationship involved in family interactions, marital stability, adjustment and breakdown.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Religion as a cultural and social phenomenon; religious experience and its institutional expression.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology or Religious Studies.

Socio-cultural factors related to health and illness; models of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation in such areas as mental illness and suicide.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Recommended background: Sociology 2010 and 2020.

Sociological and institutional underpinnings of politics. Theories of political action. Intersection of politics with factors such as class, gender, and ethnicity. Social movements, nationalism, the role of states versus markets, and the power of international corporations.

Prerequisites: Sociology 1000 or 2010, and one 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Political Science.

Note: Credit is not allowed for Sociology 3360 and Sociology 3850 (Political Sociology).

Social consequences of growing old. Changes in roles and accommodation to them; reactions of society to those growing old, relationship of age and social institutions.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

The social impact of mass communications (newspapers, radio, film, television, etc.) as well as the social forces and institutions that affect the mass communications media; social organizations of the mass communications media.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Socially-shared activities and beliefs directed toward change in, or rejection of the social order: social structural sources of protest, reform and revolt; development of collective meanings, ideology, myth and belief.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

The gendered organization of paid and unpaid work and its consequences for women; the evolution of gender segregation and stratification in the workplace; and the impact of factors such as government policy, technological change, and globalization on women's work.

Prerequisite: Sociology 2410 or 2240, or Women's Studies 1000 (WMST 2000 prior to 2004/2005).

Note: Credit is not allowed for Sociology 3450 and Sociology 3850 (Women and Work).

The social aspects of bodily expression and repression. Selected theories of the body in socio-historical and cultural contexts. Social institutions and relations concerning reproductive, aging, ill, disabled, gendered, young, and marginalized bodies.

Prerequisite: Sociology 2210 or 2410.

Note: Credit is not allowed for Sociology 3460 and Sociology 3850 (Sociology of the Body).

Criminal behaviour, its incidence and distribution in Canada, law enforcement and judicial processes.

Prerequisite: Sociology 2500.

Social impact and significance of web-based communication media. Critical examination of the implications of cyberspace for sociological concepts and constructs such as culture, community, identity, agency, democracy and education.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology, or Sociology 1000 and third-year standing (a minimum of 60.0 credit hours).

Note: Credit is not allowed for Sociology 3740 and Sociology 3850 (Sociology of Cyberspace).

An examination of structures and processes impacting youth in society. Topics may include socialization, the maturation process, youth culture, and adolescence in historical and comparative perspective.

Prerequisite: A 2000-level course (3.0 credit hours) in Sociology.

Note: Credit is not allowed for Sociology 3770 and Sociology 3850 (The Sociology of Youth).

Topics to be announced.

Prerequisites and recommended backgrounds will be specified for individual topics courses.

Examination and critique of selected works in classical sociological theory.

Prerequisite: Sociology 2200.

Examination and critique of selected works in contemporary sociological theory.

Prerequisite: Sociology 2210.

Topics to be announced.

Prerequisites and recommended backgrounds will be specified for individual topics courses.