Among the topics explored are social factors in educational achievement, accessibility, school culture, the role and professional status of teachers, and knowledge and power in learning situations. 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.
An examination of the production and reception of culture in various societies. This course focuses attention on various historical and contemporary manifestations of folk, popular, mass and deviant cultures as well as on classical and contemporary art, music and literature. SOCB03 Y SOCC24 H3 Changing Family Life in Canada Examination of the major changes in the structure of the family in Canada, and their consequences for family life. A comparative study of relations between diverse ethnic and racial groups in selected societies. The purpose of the course is to develop a critical understanding of the process of inter-group relations.