Are you trying to figure out what courses you want to take? We've put together some "menus" to help you navigate what electives you could take depending on your interests. These are not requirements, streams, or concentrations - just suggestions to help you pick the right courses for you.
Not all courses listed here are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for the current session and to determine the term of offering, consult the class schedule at Carleton Central.
Are you interested in learning about technology, the digital world, culture (including pop culture, art, food etc.), or the city and urban issues? Consider these courses:
SOCI 2035: Technology, Culture and Society SOCI 2040: Food, Culture and Society SOCI 2702: Power and Social Change SOCI 2705: Pop Culture in the Digital Age SOCI 3035: Science, Culture and Society SOCI 3038: Studies in Urban Sociology SOCI 3570: Art, Culture, Society SOCI 3710: Introduction to Cultural Studies
Consider these courses if you’re interested in economic and other inequalities, work/labour issues, social movements and resistance to oppression:
SOCI 2010: Critical Approaches to Economic Inequality SOCI 2030: Work, Industry, Occupations SOCI 2040: Food, Culture and Society SOCI 2170: Foundations in Social Justice SOCI 3010: Power, Oppression and Resistance SOCI 3027: Globalisation and Human Rights SOCI 3030: Studies in Work, Industry and Occupations: Authority and Expertise SOCI 3430: Studies in Collective Action and Social Movements SOCI 3170: Social Justice in Action SOCI 4170: Community-Engaged Sociology
Are you interested in issues of political violence and human rights, especially in an international context? These courses deal with issues like migrants and refugees, war, state violence, colonialism and how these forces impact real people’s lives:
SOCI 2160: War and Society SOCI 3019: Sociology of International Migration SOCI 3027: Globalisation and Human Rights SOCI 3045: Children and Childhood in a Globalized World SOCI 3160: Political Violence SOCI 3430: Studies in Collective Action and Social Movements SOCI 3805: Studies in Population SOCI 4039: Women in Contemporary Middle East Societies SOCI 4160: War, Terrorism, State Terrorism SOCI 4200: War, Security, Citizenship SOCI 4730: Colonialism and Post-Colonialism SOCI 4750: Advanced Studies in Globalisation and Citizenship
These courses look at Canada and Canadian society, but also situate issues like health, family and education in a global context and through the lens of inequalities and social change:
SOCI 2010: Critical Approaches to Economic Inequality SOCI 2043: Sociology of the Family SOCI 2050: Sociology of Health SOCI 2170: Foundations in Social Justice SOCI 2702: Power and Social Change SOCI 3010: Power, Oppression and Resistance SOCI 3038: Studies in Urban Sociology SOCI 3050: Studies in the Sociology of Health SOCI 3055: Studies in Addictions SOCI 3170: Social Justice in Action SOCI 3300: Studies in the Sociology of Education SOCI 4170: Community-Engaged Sociology SOCI 4043: Families in the 21st Century SOCI 4810: Advanced Studies in Social Policy
Are you interested in questions of law, criminalization, and criminal justice institutions, policies and practices? Consider these courses:
SOCI 2445: Sociology of Deviance SOCI 2450: Criminology SOCI 3410: Studies in Criminal Justice SOCI 3420: Studies in Gender and Criminal Justice SOCI 3450: Studies in Law Enforcement SOCI 3480: Law and Social Regulation SOCI 4410: Advanced Studies in Criminology SOCI 4480: Advanced Studies in the Sociology of Law SOCI 4702: Special Topic in Criminal Justice and Social Policy
These courses focus on various aspects of identity such as racialization, gender, sexuality, class and age. If you’re interested in inequalities, lived experiences and resistance, these might be the right courses for you:
SOCI 2020: Race and Ethnicity SOCI 2045: Gender and Society SOCI 2060: Girlhood in Contemporary Contexts SOCI 2150: Social Psychology SOCI 3010: Power, Oppression and Resistance SOCI 3020: Studies in Race and Ethnicity SOCI 3040: Studies in the Sociology of Gender SOCI 3044: Sociology of Sex and Sexuality SOCI 3045: Children and Childhood in a Globalized World SOCI 3056: Women and Health SOCI 3420: Studies in Gender and Criminal Justice SOCI 4020: Advanced Studies in Race and Ethnicity SOCI 4039: Women in Contemporary Middle East Societies SOCI 4040: Feminist Sociology of Intersectionality