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Degree Requirements

Before you start!

This page provides an overview of the degree requirements, and does not provide full information about course pre-requisites and exclusions.  

If you are a current student, make sure that you meet all of the degree requirements by:

Introductory Courses

Sociology Required Courses

  • SOC 427: Indigenous Perspectives on Canada
  • SOC 470: Toronto the Changing City

Sociological Theory

  • SOC 473: Classical Sociological Theory
  • SOC 475: Contemporary Sociological Theory

Research Methods

  • SSH 301: Research Design and Qualitative Methods
  • SOC 411: Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis
  • SOC 481: Survey Design and Analysis
  • SOC 482: Advanced Methods of Media Analysis
  • SOC 483: Advanced Statistical Modeling

Senior Level Required Course

  • SOC 490: Capstone: Specializing your Knowledge

Sociology Elective Courses

Take two of the following courses:

  • SOC 300: Sociology of Equity and Diversity
  • SOC 420: Social Class in Changing Times
  • SOC 525: Media and Images of Inequality
  • SOC 608: Women, Power and Change

Take six additional courses from the list of Sociology electives (Table II)

Senior Level Elective Course

Take one of the following senior-level courses:

Non-Sociology Elective Courses

Use these elective courses to earn a Minor, (opens in new window)  by taking the courses specified in the Undergraduate Calendar.

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