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Special Program Highlights for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology

• Develop strong relationships with professors who seek to empower students to connect with their communities and make a difference for the good.
• Undertake an internship during your degree in Sociology – work in community organizations such as youth centers, mental health homes, homeless shelters or even arrange for an overseas internship experience.
• Join the Sociology Society that arranges fun group activities as well as providing service to food banks, missions, and groups like Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
• Learn to think and live in new ways that are sensitive to our increasingly culturally and socially diverse world.
• By focusing on courses like Perspective on Poverty, Population and World Hunger, and Globalization and Current Social Issues, you can add a “social justice concentration” to your sociology degree.

Career Outlook for Sociology Majors

A degree in Sociology is an excellent liberal arts foundation that prepares you well for any number of career directions and graduate studies. Past graduates have gone on to careers in education, ministry, social services, corrections and international relations.

Major Requirements

The B.A. in Sociology is designed to give students a solid understanding of the social human experience. The degree will provide opportunities for study in the major areas of Sociology with a strong theoretical and methodological component. Graduates from this degree program could continue on in Sociology or enter other fields of study such as law, education, ministry, politics, criminology, or social work.

Major – 39 credit hours in Sociology including 1013, 1023, 3013, 3023, 3603, 4613, one additional 4000 level course, plus six further courses, at least two of which must be at the 3000-4000 level. In addition, students majoring in Sociology must take the following cognate courses: MT1203, 1233.

Honours – 54 credit hours in Sociology including 1013, 1023, 3013, 3023, 3603, 4613, and 4996, plus ten further courses in Sociology including at least two at the 4000 level. In addition, those doing Honours in Sociology must take MT1203 and 1233 as cognate requirements. A CGPA of 3.00 for the degree is required. No mark below C- can be credited toward the degree and no mark below B- can be credited toward the major. Admission to Honours takes place during the second semester of the third year and consists of having the thesis application approved by the Research and Ethics Committee.