Sociology

SOCI4503Research Seminar in Popular Culture3 ch

This course examines the daily cultural artifacts that surround us, their multitude of meanings, and their use by social actors. This course will provide a historical background for understanding contemporary popular culture, and will investigate current theoretical debates on mass culture, popular culture and postmodernism.

Prerequisites: SOCI 3000 and one of SOCI 3104 or SOCI 3105 ; or 4 term-courses in Sociology and ICS 3001 and ICS 3003 ; or permission of instructor.