Two hours of lecture per week. H3 Small Groups Analyses of small group behaviour with special reference to the dynamics of structure formation, conflict patterns, maintenance patterns, and patterns of change. An examination of existing legal systems, the process of creation of legislation, court interpretation of law, and the law enforcement institutions. An examination of international conflict and cooperation in the context of global change. This course begins with an examination of the nuclear arms race, then explores how technology, economics, population growth, and environment interact to create interdependencies and afford new opportunities for world order.
Special attention is given to North-South relations and to climate change.
Y, SOCB03 Y SOCC21 Y3 Sociology of Religion A sociological analysis of religion as a social institution. Urban Growth An in-depth examination of the conditions, patterns and consequences of urban growth and development. Two hours of lecture per week. SOCB05 Y J. Hannigan SOCC28 H3 Sociology of Aging An examination of the latter stages of the family life cycle, with special reference to the period following middle age, and including social and psychological dimensions of aging, changing roles, departure of children, the significance of retirement, problems of adjustment to aging, the place of the aged person in the modern family, and bereavement. Forms A review and sociological analysis of non-traditional family forms and innovative life styles representing departures from conventional marriage and family patterns.