is a critical sociology seminar using an intersectional approach to examine issues confronting the wide diversity of people living in poverty in the contemporary Canadian welfare state. Topics include pathways to poverty, health and quality of life, impact of gender and other social locations on poverty, civil society responses, social policy and actions, and the provision of financial, human, and social program resources in Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador.

SOCI 4210 The Sociology of Child Sexual Abuse
is an advanced seminar that explores how sexual violence toward youth is constructed as a social problem. Topics include: theoretical and methodological explanations of child sexual abuse (including methodological issues on collecting data on youth, cross-cultural research), relationships between adult sexual violence and child sexual abuse, sexual perpetrators and pedophiles, the place of children in contemporary society, the experiences of child victims and professional responses to child sexual abuse.
PR: SOCI 3040, 3150

SOCI 4212 Sociology of Policing
is a seminar course exploring the role policing plays in society, the social, economic, and political factors that shape policing; and the policies to improve policing. Topics may include popular views of the police, the use of force in arrest and public protest, investigative myths and effectiveness, community policing, police socialization, policing problems such as family violence, police misconduct, gender and diversity in police services and the expansion of private policing.
EQ: Criminology 4212, the former Police Studies 4212
PR: SOCI 1000 or the former SOCI 2000), Criminology 2400 (or the former Police Studies 1000 or the former Police Studies 2000) and 6 credit hours at the 3000 level in Criminology or Sociology courses

SOCI 4213 Sociology of Sexuality
explores the socially constructed nature of sexuality, and examines how concepts of sexuality are used in the current North American context as well as across different times and cultures. The course explores sex and sexuality in connection to community and identity, social problems, social control, and political resistance.
PR: SOCI 3040, 3150

SOCI 4230 Gender and Development
is a seminar course focusing on theoretical and empirical explanations of how global development processes affect gender inequality and relations between men and women. The course provides students an understanding of how the theories, actors, and ongoing challenges of development interact with and work to shape socially constructed gender relations in a global perspective. Special attention is paid to how globalization influences gender in the international development context. All sections of this course follow International Studies guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/IS.
CR: the former SOCI 4204
PR: SOCI 3040, 3150

SOCI 4240 Development Issues and Policies in Newfoundland and Labrador
is a senior-level seminar course that focuses on the interaction between sociological research and theory on the one hand and government policymaking and implementation on the other with respect to social and economic development in Newfoundland and Labrador.
PR: SOCI 3040, 3150

SOCI 4995 Honours Essay
is a part of the honours program.