Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- SOCI100A: Introduction to Sociology: Understanding Social Life
- SOCI100B: Introduction to Sociology: Understanding Contemporary Society
- SOCI103: Settler Colonialism and Canadian Society
- SOCI202: Constructing Social Problems
- SOCI204: Self, Identity and Society
- SOCI205: Sociological Perspectives on Family Relationships
- SOCI206: Crime and Deviance
- SOCI207: Ecology, Society and Global Change
- SOCI210: Classical Social Theorizing
- SOCI211: Introduction to Sociological Research
- SOCI215: Class and Social Inequality
- SOCI220: Media and Contemporary Society
- SOCI235: Racialization and Ethnicity
- SOCI271: Introduction to Social Statistics
- SOCI281: Sociology of Genders
- SOCI285: Health over the Life Course
- SOCI305B: Families and Social Change
- SOCI307: Moral Panics
- SOCI309: Contemporary Social Theorizing
- SOCI310: Religion in Society
- SOCI312: White-Collar Crime
- SOCI313: Sociology of Law
- SOCI316: Social Movements
- SOCI318: Social Change
- SOCI321: Work, Globalization and Labour Movements
- SOCI326: Social Networks
- SOCI327: International Perspectives on Inequities in Health and Health Care
- SOCI331: Politics and Society
- SOCI345: Sociology of Mental Health
- SOCI346: Sociology of Surveillance
- SOCI355: The Corporation, Capitalism, and Globalization
- SOCI356: International Crimes and Social Justice
- SOCI374: Qualitative Research Methods
- SOCI376: Quantitative Research Methods
- SOCI382: Sociology of Sexualities
- SOCI383: Feminisms in Theory and Practice
- SOCI384: Colonialism, Postcoloniality and Indigenous Resurgence
- SOCI385: Sociology of Aging
- SOCI388: Sociology of Food and Eating
- SOCI389: Death and Dying
- SOCI390: Special Topics in Sociology
- SOCI430A: Issues in Racialization, Ethnicity and Decolonization
- SOCI431: Issues in Social Theorizing
- SOCI432: Issues in Health and Aging
- SOCI433: Issues in Demography and Families
- SOCI434: Issues in Deviance, Crime and Law
- SOCI435: Issues in Gender, Sexuality and Trans Communities
- SOCI436: Issues in Sociology and Social Justice
- SOCI437: Issues in Environmental Sociology and Climate Change
- SOCI438: Issues in Contemporary Sociology
- SOCI439A: Community Engaged Sociology I
- SOCI439B: Community Engaged Sociology II
- SOCI471: Intermediate Social Statistics
- SOCI490: Directed Studies
- SOCI499: Honours Seminar and Thesis
SOCI202
Constructing Social Problems
Examines the social construction of social problems. Topics may include terrorism, breast cancer awareness, Halloween sadism, surveillance, public shaming, mass and social media framing, infectious disease, homelessness, crime, drug use, police violence and debates about childhood vaccines.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 0h
Credits: 1.5