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Understanding Society

Course CodeSOC-104
Lecture hours per week
Lab hours per week
Course AvailabilityOpen
Description

This course provides an introduction to some of the major issues in the discipline of sociology. Topics include: the major theoretical debates of classical sociology; research methods and problems; culture and socialization; the evolution of human societies; and the structure of Canadian society. Professionally-related examples are used throughout the course.

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