Excerpt Becoming a professional (doctor, accountant, lawyer, engineer, nurse, etc.) remains a coveted goal for many young adults and their parents. But what is a profession, and what do these disparate groups have in common? This course lays the groundwork for understanding how the “professional projects” define professions, limit entry, create internal inequalities and try to […]
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Excerpt This course explores the individual, organizational, and ecological dimensions of white-collar and corporate crime. Topics generally include financial and environmental crime, workplace safety, and organizational deviance. As well, the social, political, and criminal justice responses to these crimes will be examined.
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SDGs Climate ActionLife on LandPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Excerpt This course aims to develop a critical approach to the study of violence. We will examine the linkages between politics and crime, between violence and democracy and the political context of specific forms of violence, such as vigilantism, state, collective and, structural violence. [24L]
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Excerpt This course will discuss interrelationship between human population and societal issues such as aging, reproductive health, gender, environment, and social policy. It will examine population structure and dynamics in relation to social, economic, political, and cultural elements of change in both developing and developed world. It will also examine historical population policy developments and the […]
Course Code SOC356H5
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SDGs Gender EqualityGood Health and Well-Being
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Excerpt How location in socioeconomic, ethnic, gender, and generational groups shapes individual cultural repertories; how culture affects individual positions in stratification hierarchies; and the role of culture in group boundaries and struggles. This is a program-only course and is restricted to sociology majors and specialists.
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SDGs Gender EqualityNo PovertyReduced Inequalities
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Excerpt An opportunity for students to explore new topics in sociology. Topics vary from year to year based on the instructor. Consult the Departmental website: http://sociology.utoronto.ca/st-george-campus/courses-3/new-topics-in-sociology/. This is a program-only course and is restricted to sociology majors and specialists.
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Excerpt This introductory course examines Canada’s population in a global context, covering a broad range of population issues and perspectives. Topics include (a) demographic data and methods, (b) population composition in terms of age, sex, and nuptiality, (c) demographic processes of fertility, mortality, internal and international migration, (d) the relationship between population change and urbanization, and […]
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SDGs Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Excerpt What is human intelligence? How close are we to replicating it? How productive/reductive is the brain-computer analogy? What ethical challenges are posed by AI on workers, society, and the environment? Can we put a hold on “progress”? Is Silicon Valley the seat of a new techno-religion? What can they teach us about today’s research priorities? […]
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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureQuality Education
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Excerpt How do people influence the form of data and technology systems? And how, in turn, do data and technology shape our everyday lives, from our ability to move about the world and the categories imposed on us to the very essence of what it means to be human? Drawing on historical and contemporary examples from […]
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Excerpt An opportunity for students to explore new topics in sociology. Topics vary from year to year based on the instructor. Consult the Departmental website: http://sociology.utoronto.ca/st-george-campus/courses-3/new-topics-in-sociology/. This is a program-only course and is restricted to sociology majors and specialists.
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