Sociology
So you're thinking of taking a sociology major or double major, or doing an honours program. As a university student, you appreciate the fact that higher education improves your chances of securing an interesting and well-paying job.
Likely you are also ready for new challenges and look forward to the opportunity to be exposed to new ideas and ways of thinking about the social events currently shaping people's lives - locally, nationally and globally. Sociology can help you on both counts.
Sociology is a discipline that examines:
- Social arrangements: from families and street gangs to government and the global economy
- Social interconnections: how government policies affect family life
- The impact of social arrangements on individuals: how global economic developments like free trade affect Canadians
- The impact that individuals, in turn, have on social arrangements (e.g., how individuals act collectively to establish what it means to be a member of a particular street gang).
This emphasis on coming to understand the connections between the individual and the social is what distinguishes sociology as a way of thinking.
Whether you are preparing for a career in business, criminology, social service work, policy analysis, journalism, teaching, or social research, a bachelor of arts in sociology will help you develop the skills you need to make a positive difference in your chosen field.
