If you answered yes to these questions, then sociology may be for you. All sociologists study the ways in which social structures, social processes and cultural products constrain and enable human behavior. Others ask how social class, gender, race, ethnicity, age, and geographic region affect individuals' access to scarce resources like wealth, income, power and prestige. Still others explore the impact of global social processes on the social institutions that make up Canada and other societies.
Sociology combines the rigor of a scientific discipline with a concern for social relevance.
Recognizing that we can have a voice in changing our society is central to the practice of sociology. So is an awareness of the complexity of social life and an appreciation of the implications of unintended and unrecognized consequences of human actions for predicting the future. These sociological insights help us to understand why structured inequalities, discrimination and persistent poverty are so difficult to eliminate. Our BA and BA Honours programs provide the basic intellectual tools that will allow you to engage in the practice of sociology. They will involve you in experiential learning, bring insights from other disciplines to bear on sociological questions, promote interaction with faculty and other students, and develop an awareness of and appreciation for culture diversity in our own society and in the world system of societies.