Bachelor of Arts Concentrated Honours in Social Anthropology
Entry requirementsThe Department's honours programs are designed for students with an interest in, and demonstrated aptitude for, advanced study in either Sociology or Social Anthropology.
Academic titleBachelor of Arts Concentrated Honours in Social Anthropology
Course descriptionConcentrated Honours BA Program
Departmental Requirements
Classes required in Concentrated Honours in Social Anthropology:
1000 level
• One of: SOSA 1000.06, 1050.06, 1100.06, 1200.06, or King's Foundation Year Program
2000 level
• SOSA 2001.06 or 2002.06
• At least one additional 2000 level credit
3000 level
• SOSA 3400.03
• SOSA 3402.03
• SOSA 3403.03
4000 level
• SOSA 4000.06
• SOSA 4003.03
• A minimum of one additional SOSA 4000-level seminar (0.5 credit)
In total a minimum of nine (9) and a maximum of eleven (11) SOSA credits beyond the 1000 level are required.
NOTE: Students considering graduate work in Sociology are strongly advised to take SOSA 4002.03: Quantitative Analysis for the Social Sciences II, since intermediate statistical competence is often required as a component of graduate social science programs.
SOSA 1000X/Y.06: Culture and Society.
SOSA 1050X/Y.06: Explorations in Culture and Society.
SOSA 1100X/Y.06: Introduction to Anthropology.
SOSA 1200X/Y.06: Introduction to Sociology.
SOSA 2001X/Y.06: Ethnography in a Global Context.
SOSA 2002X/Y.06: The Sociological Perspective: Thinking and Doing Sociology.
SOSA 2040X/Y.06: Social Inequality.
SOSA 2090X/Y.06: Youth and Society.
SOSA 2100X/Y.06: Environment and Culture.
SOSA 2110X/Y.06: Exploring Canadian Society.
SOSA 2161X/Y.06: Work and Occupations in a Changing World.
SOSA 2181.03: Explaining Crime and Criminal Behavior.
SOSA 2182.03: Exploring Crime and Criminal Behavior.
SOSA 2190X/Y.06: Comparative Perspectives on Gender.
SOSA 2200X/Y.06: The Family in Comparative Perspective.
SOSA 2221X/Y.06: Society and the Self.
SOSA 2291X/Y.06: Goblins, Ghosts, Gods, Gurus.
SOSA 2300X/Y.06: Introduction to Social Problems.
SOSA 2400X/Y.06: Health and Illness Across Cultures.
SOSA 2401X/Y.06: Food and Eating Across Cultures.
SOSA 2501X/Y.06: Sociology of Health and Illness.
SOSA 3002.03: Native Peoples of Canada.
SOSA 3005.03: Does Industrial Society Have a Future?: Knowledge, Work, and Culture in the Contemporary World.
SOSA 3006.03: Comparative Perspectives on Gender and Work.
SOSA 3008.03: Canadian Society and Politics.
SOSA 3009.03: Public Opinion in Canada.
SOSA 3013.03: Religion in Contemporary Society.
SOSA 3014.03: Rethinking Culture and Class.
SOSA 3015.03: Popular Memory.
SOSA 3031.03: Social Problems and Social Policy.
SOSA 3060.03: Social Change and Development.
SOSA 3071.03: Human Nature and Anthropology/Sociology.
SOSA 3085.03: Self and Society.
SOSA 3091.03: The Sociology of Culture.
SOSA 3105.03: Media and Society.
SOSA 3116.03: Issues in Social Research.
SOSA 3120.03: Social Conflict.
SOSA 3135.03: The Social Organization of Health Care.
SOSA 3141.03: Sociology of Mental Disorders.
SOSA 3143.03: Health, Illness and the World.
SOSA 3145.03: Gender and Health.
SOSA 3147.03: Social Gerontology.
SOSA 3148.03: The Sociology of Addiction: Drugs, Health and Society.
SOSA 3149.03: Childhood in Cross Cultural Perspective.
SOSA 3150.03: Sociology and Anthropology of the Body.
SOSA 3155.03: Sociology and Anthropology of Emotion.
SOSA 3165.03: Peoples and Cultures of the World: Selected Area Studies.
SOSA 3168.03: Issues in Latin American Society.
SOSA 3169.03: Southern Africa: Comparative Societies and Institutions.
SOSA 3175.03: Sociology of Education.
SOSA 3180.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3181.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3182.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3183.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3184.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3185.03: Issues in the Study of Indigenous Peoples of North America.
SOSA 3186.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3187.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3188.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3189.03: Special Topics in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 3190.03: Social Movements.
SOSA 3206.03: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Race.
SOSA 3211.03: Continuity and Change in Rural Societies.
SOSA 3214.03: The Anthropology of Globalization.
SOSA 3215.03: Migration and Identity.
SOSA 3220.03: Coastal Communities in the North Atlantic.
SOSA 3225.03: Culture, Rights and Power.
SOSA 3228.03: Belief Systems: Symbol, Myth, and Meaning.
SOSA 3231.03: Psychological Anthropology.
SOSA 3245.03: Women and Aging.
SOSA 3250.03: Beyond Genes and Circuits: The Anthropology and Sociology of Technoscience.
SOSA 3275.03: Crime and Public Policy.
SOSA 3281.03: Youth Crime.
SOSA 3285.03: Sociology of Law.
SOSA 3295.03: Society and the Police.
SOSA 3310.03: Indian Society: Change and Continuity.
SOSA 3400.03: History of Anthropological Theory.
SOSA 3401.03: History of Sociological Thought.
SOSA 3402.03: Figuring Out Society.
SOSA 3403.03: Qualitative and Field Methods.
SOSA 3405.03: Contemporary Social Theory.
SOSA 4000X/Y.06: Honours Seminar in Social Anthropology.
SOSA 4001.03: Quantitative Analysis for the Social Sciences I.
SOSA 4002.03: Quantitative Analysis for the Social Sciences II.
SOSA 4003.03: Contemporary Perspectives in Ethnography.
SOSA 4004.03: Issues in Economy, Work, and Development.
SOSA 4005.03: Issues in Social justice and Inequality.
SOSA 4006.03: Issues in Critical Health Studies.
SOSA 4011.03: Issues in Social Theory.
SOSA 4012.03: 4013.03: Issues in Sociology and Social Anthropology.
SOSA 4031.03: Social Policy Research Seminar.
SOSA 4072.03: Naturalistic Approaches to the Social Sciences.
SOSA 4205.03: Moral Panics as a Social Phenomenon.
SOSA 4210.03: Tourism and Development.
SOSA 4400X/Y.06: Majors Seminar: Applying Sociology and Social Anthropology Inside, Outside, and Beyond University.
SOSA 4500X/Y.06: Honours Seminar in Sociology.
SOSA 4510.03: 4520.03: Readings in Sociology/Social Anthropology.