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Sociology and Anthropology Faculty
Charles Adeyanju, Associate Professor, Chair
Udo Krautwurst, Associate Professor
Jean Mitchell, Associate Professor
Judy Lynn Richards, Associate Professor
Philippe Messier, Assistant Professor

PROGRAMS IN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology offers eight programs:
1.An honours in Anthropology
2.An honours in Sociology
3.An honours in Sociology/Anthropology
4.A major in Anthropology
5.A major in Sociology
6.A major in Sociology/Anthropology
7.A minor in Anthropology
8.A minor in Sociology

GENERAL PREREQUISITES

A. Sociology 1010, completed with a minimum grade of 60%, will qualify a student for admission into any 2000-level Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology course.

B. Anthropology 1050, completed with a minimum grade of 60%, will qualify a student for admission into any 2000-level Anthropology or Sociology/Anthropology course.

C. All students must complete Anthropology 1050 and Sociology 1010, with a combined average of 60%, and at least one Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course at the 2000-level in order to enrol in any Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course at the 3000-level. Normally, students take 2000 level courses before proceeding to higher levels.

D. Students registering for their first 4000-level course are required to have completed at least two 3000-level courses.

E. Courses designated as Sociology/Anthropology (S/AN) are designed for both sociology and anthropology students and are appropriate for both majors.

NOTE: Introductory courses do not count as electives within any of the programs offered by the Sociology and Anthropology Department.

DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS
The following are the departmental requirements for each program:

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY
NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.

a. Sociology 1010 and Anthropology 1050
b. Four core courses (Sociology 3010, Sociology 3020, Sociology 3310 and Sociology 3320)
c. Eight electives, of which:
-one must be an area course
-two must be at the 2000-, 3000-, or 4000-level in Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology
-three must be at the 3000-4000 level in Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology
-two must be at the 4000-level in Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology
d.
-Prospective majors have to complete the prerequisite introductory courses with a combined average of 60%.
-When applying for a major the student must have a combined average of 65% in a minimum of four or more Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses at or above the 2000 level.
-It is strongly recommended that students take 2000-level courses in their second year.
-It is recommended that students apply for a major at the end of their second year or at the beginning of their third year.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MAJOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY
NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.

a. Sociology 1010 and Anthropology 1050
b. Three core courses (Anthropology 3210, Anthropology 3320, and Anthropology 3610)
c. Nine electives, of which…
-two must be area courses
-two must be 2000-, 3000-, or 4000-level courses in Anthropology or Sociology/Anthropology
-three must be 3000-4000 level courses in Anthropology or Sociology/Anthropology
-two must be 4000-level courses in Anthropology or Sociology/Anthropology
d.
-Prospective majors have to complete the prerequisite introductory courses with a combined average of 60%.
-When applying for a major the student must have a combined average of 65% in a minimum of four or more Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses at or above the 2000-level.
-It is strongly recommended that students take 2000-level courses in their second year.
-It is recommended that students apply for a major at the end of their second year or at the beginning of their third year.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A JOINT MAJOR IN SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY
NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.

a. Sociology 1010 and Anthropology 1050
b. Six core courses (Sociology 3010, Sociology 3020, Sociology 3320, Anthropology 3320, Anthropology 3610, and either Sociology 3310 or Anthropology 3210)
c. At least nine electives, of which…
-two must be area courses
-two must be Sociology/Anthropology courses at the 2000-, 3000-, or 4000- level
-four must be at the 3000-4000 level
-one must be any Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course at the 2000-, 3000-, or 4000- level
d.
-Prospective majors have to complete the prerequisite introductory courses with a combined average of 60%.
-When applying for a major the student must have a combined average of 65% in a minimum of four or more Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses at or above the 2000-level.
-It is strongly recommended that students take 2000-level courses in their second year.
-It is recommended that students apply for a major at the end of their second year or at the beginning of their third year.

HONOURS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Research Component
The Honours research course (Sociology/Anthropology 4900) constitutes the research component of the Honours program. The course involves supervised reading and research on specific topics. The student is required to write a substantial Honours essay or research report, which will be assessed by a three-member committee consisting of the supervisor, one additional member of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and a member from another Department.

Admission Requirements
Students intending to join the program must apply to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Applicants must be registered in, or have completed, the combined Sociology/Anthropology major program. Applications are normally submitted during the sixth semester. To be eligible to apply for admission to the program, students must have an average of 70% in all prior courses and an average of 75% in all previous Sociology and Anthropology courses taken. To continue in the Honours program, students must maintain an overall average of 70% in all courses and an average of 75% in Sociology and Anthropology courses.

Admission to the program is competitive, and subject to the availability of a full-time faculty supervisor in the student’s chosen thesis area.

REQUIREMENTS FOR HONOURS IN SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY
NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.

For an Honours in Sociology/Anthropology, which is a combined Honours in Sociology and Anthropology, the student will take fifty-seven semester hours of courses as listed below:

a. Sociology 1010 and Anthropology 1050
b. Twenty-one semester hours of required courses as follows:
-Sociology 3010 (Sociological Theory I), Sociology 3020 (Sociological Theory II), Sociology 3310 (Methodology and Research I), and Sociology 3320 (Methodology and Research II).
-Anthropology 3210 (Field Methods), Anthropology 3320 (Knowledge and Culture), and Anthropology 3610 (Anthropological Theory).
c. A six semester hour research course: Sociology/Anthropology 4900 (Honours Research).
d. Twenty-four semester hours of elective courses, of which:
-two must be area courses
-two must be any Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course at the 2000-, 3000-, or 4000- level
-four must be at the 3000-4000 level.

To graduate with an Honours degree in Sociology/Anthropology a student requires a total of 42 semester courses (126 semester hours). NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.

REQUIREMENTS FOR HONOURS IN SOCIOLOGY

For an Honours in Sociology, the student will take fifty-seven semester hours of courses as listed below:

a. Sociology 1010 and Anthropology 1050
b. Twelve semester hours of required Sociology courses as follows: Sociology 3010, Sociology 3020, Sociology 3310 and Sociology 3320
c. A six semester-hour research course—Sociology/ Anthropology 4900
d. Twenty-one semester hours of Sociology or Sociology/ Anthropology elective courses as follows:
-one must be an area course
-two must be at the 2000-, 3000-, or 4000-levels
-two must be at the 3000- or 4000-level
-two must be at the 4000-level(excluding S-AN 4900)
e. Twelve semester hours of Anthropology or Sociology Anthropology as follows:
-one of either Anthropology 3210 (Field Methods); Anthropology 3320 (Knowledge and Culture); or Anthropology 3610 (Anthropology Theory). Please talk to your advisor. Course selection would depend on the nature of your thesis research.
-Sociology/Anthropology 4420 (Social and Cultural Change)
-Sociology 3350 (Globalization)
-one of either Sociology 4320 (Comparative Sociology) or Sociology 4010 (Doing Social Research) or Sociology 4620 (Applied Sociology). Please talk to your supervisor or prospective supervisor. Course selection would depend on the nature of your thesis research.

To graduate with an Honours degree in Sociology, a student requires a total of 42 semester courses (126 semester hours). NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.

REQUIREMENTS FOR HONOURS IN ANTHROPOLOGY

For an Honours in Anthropology, the student will take fifty-seven semester hours of courses as listed below:

a. Sociology 1010 and Anthropology 1050
b. Twelve semester-hours of required anthropology courses as follows: Anthropology 3210; Anthropology 3320; Anthropology 3610; Anthropology 4020
c. A six semester hour research course—Sociology/ Anthropology 4900
d. Twenty-one semester hours of Anthropology or Sociology/ Anthropology elective courses as follows:
-two must be area courses;
-three must be at the 3000-level; and
-two must be at the 4000-level (excluding SAN 4900)
e. Twelve semester-hours of Sociology or Sociology/ Anthropology as follows:
-one of Sociology 3010; Sociology 3020; Sociology 3310; Sociology 3320
-three other Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology courses at the 3000-4000 level

To graduate with an Honours degree in Anthropology, a student requires a total of 42 semester courses (126 semester hours). NOTE: As per Academic Regulation #1 h), all undergraduate degree programs require successful completion of IKE-1040, one of UPEI-1010, 1020 or 1030, and a Writing Intensive Course.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN ANTHROPOLOGY

a. Sociology 1010 and Anthropology 1050
b. Five electives of Anthropology or Sociology/Anthropology as follows:
-two courses must be at the 2000-, 3000-, or 4000-levels
-two courses must be at the 3000-4000 level
-one course must be at the 4000-level
c. To qualify for a minor, students are required to have an overall average of 65% in all courses required for the minor with no mark below 60%.

NOTE: A minor in Anthropology is not available to students with a joint major in Sociology/Anthropology.

REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR IN SOCIOLOGY

a. Sociology 1010 and Anthropology 1050
b. Five additional Sociology or Sociology/Anthropology courses:
-two must be at the 3000 or 4000 level
-three must be at the 2000-, 3000-, or 4000-level.
c. To qualify for a minor, students are required to have an overall average of 65% in all courses with no mark below 60%.

NOTE: A minor in Sociology is not available to students with a joint major in Sociology and Anthropology.

COURSES
The Department offers the following courses in Sociology, Anthropology and Sociology/Anthropology:

Sociology
1010 Introduction to Sociology
2010 Deviance and Control
2020 Criminology
2090 Special Topics
2110 Marriage and the Family
2420 Social Problems
2710 Self and Society
2750 Social Inequality
2820 Social Psychology
2900 Introduction to Social Work
2920 Work and Society
3010 Sociological Theory I (core course)
3020 Sociological Theory II (core course)
3090 Special Topics
3110 Small Groups
3310 Methodology and Research I (core course)
3320 Methodology and Research II (core course)
3620 Urban Sociology
3710 Canadian Society
3720 Collective Behaviour and Social Movements
3740 Victims of Crime: An Introduction to Victimology
3910 Sociology of Organizations
3920 Media and Society
4010 Doing Social Research
4120 Sociology of Health
4320 Comparative Sociology
4510 Sociology of the Body
4610 Directed Studies
4620 Approaches in Applied Sociology

Anthropology
1050 Introduction to Anthropology
2010 Cultural Anthropology
2090 Special Topics
2110 Introduction to Archaeology
3090 Special Topics
3210 Field Methods (core course)
3320 Knowledge and Culture (core course)
3520 Kinship and Family
3610 Anthropological Theory (core course)
4010 Medical Anthropology
4020 Issues in Contemporary Anthropology
4030 Cybercultures
4310 Directed Studies

Sociology/Anthropology
2080 Developing the Socio-cultural Imagination
2120 Peoples of South Asia (area course)
2220 Indigenous Peoples of Canada (area course)
2420 Peoples of Oceania (area course)
2510 Peoples of Africa (area course)
2560 Anatomy of Addictions
2590 Special Topics
2610 Sex, Gender, and Society
2630 Global Youth Cultures
2660 Science, Culture, and Society
3030 International Migration, Transnationalism, and the Canadian Mosaic
3060 Demography of Aging
3410 Technology, Society, and the Environment
3550 Globalization
3590 Special Topics
4310 Minority/Ethnic Groups and Canadian Mulitculturalism
4420 Social and Cultural Change
4560 Visual Culture
4610 Special Topics
4810 Directed Studies in Sociology and Anthropology
4900 Honours Research

SOCIOLOGY COURSES

1010 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
This course introduces many of the main concepts within the field of sociology such as culture, socialization, norms, social roles, values, deviance, and social structure. In addition, this course utilizes the basic concepts and perspectives in sociology to examine critically and to interpret the kinds of interaction experienced in social institutions such as the economy, the polity, the family, education, and religion.
PREREQUISITE: None
Three hours a week

NOTE: All 2000-level Sociology courses have Sociology 1010 as a prerequisite.

2010 DEVIANCE AND CONTROL
An objective analysis of different sociological approaches to the meaning of deviance and to the nature of social control. The causes and consequences of social deviance are critically examined utilizing the following theories: social disorganization, functionalism, anomie and opportunity, value-conflict, interactionism, labelling, and critical conflict. Ideologies associated with each approach are compared. Substantive areas include: crime and delinquency, suicide, drug use, as well as various forms of sexual, occupational, and institutional deviance.
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2020 CRIMINOLOGY
This course examines the historical and contemporary structure and functions of the Canadian criminal justice system, including legislation, policing, courts, corrections, and parole. Various forms of law breaking are studied such as youth offences, conventional street crime, family violence, white collar and corporate crime, and organized and political crime. Topics include social, cultural, and demographic correlates of crime; patterns of victimization; the role of the community and of society’s institutions; and various theoretical explanations used in criminology
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2090 SPECIAL TOPICS
Course code for Special Topics offered by the Department of Sociology at the second year level.
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2110 MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY
Family and courtship are examined from a variety of perspectives: the origins and development of the family institutions, the family’s present position in Canadian society, the social, political and economic factors affecting modern marriage and the manner in which these are leading to the emergence of new family forms (e.g., single-parent and blended families).
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2210 INTRODUCTION TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(See Kinesiology 2620)

2420 SOCIAL PROBLEMS
A sociological approach to the nature and definition of social problems, their theoretical explanations, and their interventions. Topics are selected from: alcoholism and drug addiction, the criminal justice system, poverty, racism, sexism, familial instability, aging, mental disorders, alienation, political and religious dissent and overpopulation.
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2710 SELF AND SOCIETY
This course presents students with the concepts and theories used in the study of social definitions of the Self and its relationship to social institutions and structures. Emphasis is placed on ideas regarding personality, communication, motivation, and the interpersonal forces at play in face-to-face and group processes. The course is based on a study of the “symbolic interactionist” paradigm, as well as important new sociological research emerging in the area of cross-cultural interaction.
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2750 SOCIAL INEQUALITY
This course examines how social, economical and political inequality is organized along the lines of class, age, gender, race, and ethnicity. Students are introduced to the major theoretical and ideological explanations (and justifications) for such inequalities and given the opportunity to engage in a critical examination of how power, ideology, and the distribution of material, cultural, and social resources continue to contribute to social injustice.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 2750.
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010 or permission of the instructor. For students taking the course as DSJS 2750, any 1000-level DSJS course or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

2820 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Cross-listed with Psychology 2420.
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010

2900 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WORK
This course provides students with an overview of the foundations and practice of social work. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the historical development of social work in Canada, what social workers do, the setting and methods used as part of social work and the opportunities available to professionally trained social workers. The course includes an evaluation of emerging issues and future directions.
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2920 WORK AND SOCIETY
This survey of the sociology of work will focus on the study of the following aspects of work: how work has changed through history in keeping with technological and political change, the new workplace, work and inequality, work and the family, types of work, training for work, and future trends in a workplace increasingly affected by globalization.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 2920.
PREREQUISITE: Sociology 1010. For students taking the course as DSJS 2920, any 1000 level DSJS course or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

NOTE: All 3000-level Sociology courses require Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course as prerequisites, unless otherwise stated.

3010 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY I
This course examines the social and political contexts in which sociology was formally constituted as an academic discipline. It also offers an interpretive analysis of some of the major ideas, systems of explanation, and modes of analysis generated by the early sociologists. It is strongly recommended that Sociology 3010 and 3020 not be taken in the same year as Sociology 3310 and 3320.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3020 SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY II
This course offers critical assessments of the varieties, structures, and directions of modern social theories, with major emphasis on their relevance and usefulness for understanding contemporary social systems. It is strongly recommended that Sociology 3010 and 3020 not be taken in the same year as Sociology 3310 and 3320.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3090 SPECIAL TOPICS
Course code for Special Topics offered in Sociology at the third year level.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3110 SMALL GROUPS
Students combine the use of theory and practical techniques to learn about and to participate in the processes that are unique to small groups. Micro-level theories, such as symbolic interactionism and systems theory, are employed to examine small groups as social systems. In addition, students learn how to apply theory to elementary, everyday relationships among individuals in small groups.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3310 METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH I
An examination with practical experience, of current data-gathering techniques including experimental and quasi-experimental designs, surveys and interviewing, the use of available documents, and participant observation. Also covered are large scale sampling techniques, coding and procedures, composite and simple measures, and panel analysis. It is strongly recommended that Sociology 3310 and 3320 not be taken in the same year as Sociology 3010 and 3020.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3320 METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH II
An introductory course in the sociological inquiry process giving the student a working knowledge of applied techniques in sociological data manipulation and analysis. Topics include measurement of sociological phenomena, association, elaboration of relationships between two or more variables, path and space analysis, and the logic and methods of hypothesis development and testing in sociological research. It is strongly recommended that Sociology 3310 and 3320 not be taken in the same year as Sociology 3010 and 3020.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, Sociology 3310 or Anthropology 3210, and permission of instructor
Three hours a week

3620 URBAN SOCIOLOGY
A critical review of major theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of urban communities. Specific topics include: the nature of urbanization, city growth patterns, urban life styles, suburbia, ethnic and racial urban groups, transportation problems, urban power structures, some world cities, and cities of the future. Emphasis is on Canadian urban development, particularly the role of developers, financial institutions, and government in shaping the nature of Canadian cities and in creating various urban problems.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3710 CANADIAN SOCIETY
A sociological analysis of the overall structural and dynamic character of contemporary Canadian society. Several macro- level explanatory theories, such as functional and conflict, on the nature of Canadian society provide a framework for an integrated study of the following issues: the Canadian identity, regionalism, various elites, the class structure and class conflict, Quebec’s status, Canadian-American relations, and Canadian nationalism.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3720 COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
A sociological review and analysis of the various forms of collective norm-challenging social action: crowds, mobs, riots, fads, cults, revolutions and social movements. Students are introduced to their structural sources, their political content and their implications for social change. Specific movements are studied via textual and video records.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3740 VICTIMS OF CRIME: AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY
The fairly recent area of Victimology has given victims of crime their rightful place in the Criminal Justice System. This course provides a survey of the evolution of victim rights, the emergence of victim-friendly legislation, and the establishment of victim services within the broader criminal justice system. Upon completion of the course, students should possess a comprehensive understanding of the complicated, sensitive and difficult issues associated with this long-overlooked segment of society.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3910 SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS
Formal/complex organizations are analyzed using classical and contemporary sociological theory and research. The course uses three levels of analysis which focus on individual/ group behaviour, organizational structures and processes, and organizations as social actors in their environments. Topics will include the nature of power/authority, conflict, decision- making, organizational change, effectiveness, socialization, goals, organizational technologies, and inter-organizational relations.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3920 MEDIA AND SOCIETY
This course looks at how media play significant cultural and political roles in contemporary societies. Drawing upon various media, including television, film, and the Internet, the course examines the social, economic, and political organization of media; the content of media messages; and the role the media plays in preserving and reforming social values at the local and global levels.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

NOTE: All 4000-level Sociology courses require Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses as prerequisites, unless otherwise stated.

4010 DOING SOCIAL RESEARCH
Students engage in sociological inquiry at an intermediate level. Using statistical computer software, such as SPSS and SAS, students learn to code, manipulate, analyze, and interpret data from a variety of data sources. Students learn also how to carry out multi-variate data analysis (including how to store and retrieve data and create graphic presentations).
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and Sociology 3310 and Sociology 3320 or Anthropology 3210 and Sociology 3320, and permission of the instructor
Seminar: Three hours per week

4120 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH
Students adopt a salutogenic (health promotion and illness prevention) approach to examine the relationship between social factors (lifestyle, environment, and organization of the health care system) and health. Health is posited as a multi-dimensional construct. The implications of adopting a mainstream theoretical view of the relationship between social factors and health are investigated, i.e., how adopting a certain theoretical perspective can help to explain further or to hinder our understanding of the effect of social factors on health.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses, and permission of the instructor
Seminar: Three hours a week

4320 COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY
This course provides students with the opportunity to acquire a multinational and multidisciplinary understanding of a chosen topic in Comparative Sociology, which is the study of a given social phenomenon across national and cultural boundaries and/or different periods of time. Offered in the form of a seminar, themes are selected from year to year, and may include such topics as civility, sociology of emotions and the body, youth culture, socialization, childhood, and courtship.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses, and permission of the instructor
Seminar: Three hours a week

4510 SOCIOLOGY OF THE BODY
What are the social forces that affect human bodies and human emotions? What is the body’s relation to the self? How do conceptions (and treatments) of the body vary in different societies and different historical periods? In this course, we will study the body as the product of complex social interactive processes and political-economic values; as the expression of the self; and as the object of social control. Particular attention will be paid to race, gender, identity symbols, and body awareness within a culture of consumption.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses, and permission of the instructor
Seminar: Three hours a week

4610 DIRECTED STUDIES
Offered as a seminar in which selected topics are studied in depth and/or as a directed reading course within the specialized area selected by the student in consultation with one or more members of the Department and approved by the Dean.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses, and departmental permission; generally restricted to the majors in Sociology at Third and Fourth Year levels.
(See Academic Regulation 9 for Regulations Governing Directed Studies)

4620 APPROACHES IN APPLIED SOCIOLOGY
Sociologists are increasingly having influence in the development of public policy. Research projects in aging, work and globalization, social injustice, families, crime and media have contributed to the improvement of society. This course reviews the development of applied sociology and provides students with practical applications in a selected area of social life in which sociologists have had a strong impact.
PREREQUISITES: Sociology 1010, Anthropology 1050, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses, or permission of the instructor
Seminar: Three hours a week

ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES

1050 INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY I
This course introduces students to the field of cultural anthropology through an examination of cultural practices (religious, political, familial, economic) in various areas of the world.
PREREQUISITE: None
Three hours a week

NOTE: All 2000-level Anthropology courses have Anthropology 1050 as a prerequisite, except where permission of the instructor is allowed.

2010 CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
This course provides a survey of the development, contributions, and contemporary socio-cultural issues of selected non-Western peoples and cultures. In addition, the course addresses how contact with non-Western cultures over the last 5 centuries has played a substantial role in developing modern Western thought.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050
Three hours a week

2090 SPECIAL TOPICS
Course code for Special Topics offered in Anthropology at the second year level.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050

2110 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
This course describes how archaeologists discover, reconstruct and interpret cultures of the past. Topics include: the development of archaeology as a discipline; the framework of archaeological enquiry; the techniques of site identification, survey, and excavation; the methods used in artifact analysis; dating methods; and the theoretical approaches underlying the interpretation of archaeological remains.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or permission of the instructor
Three hours a week

NOTE: All 3000-level Anthropology courses require Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course as prerequisites, unless otherwise stated.

3090 SPECIAL TOPICS
Course code for Special Topics offered in Anthropology at the third-year level.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3210 FIELD METHODS
This course explores the different research methods used in cultural anthropology. In the evaluation of these methods, the course combines readings with field experience.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Seminar: Three hours a week

3320 KNOWLEDGE AND CULTURE
An advanced course on how the forms of knowledge production used influence social anthropology’s perspectives on structure and organization in human society. The principal focus is on comparing scientific and interpretive approaches to social organization in a range of societies through case studies. Two area courses are strongly recommended, but not required.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 3320.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course. For students taking the course as DSJS 3320, Second Year standing or above, or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

3520 KINSHIP AND FAMILY
A cross-cultural examination of marriage, family, descent groups and kin-like groups with the fundamental objective of understanding the primary and natural features of human values and organization, and their variations.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 3520.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course. For students taking the course as DSJS 3520, Second Year standing or above, or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

3610 ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
History, construction, and evaluation of anthropological theory; anthropological theory as a response to changing social-cultural conditions.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

NOTE: All 4000-level Anthropology courses require Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses as prerequisites, unless otherwise stated.

4010 MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
This course provides an overview of medical anthropology and its approaches to understanding human illness and healing systems in a cross-cultural context. Students examine theoretical and applied approaches to topics which include: ethno-medical systems; biomedical models; symbolism in the healing process; the interrelationships of gender, class, and race in the cultural construction of illness and well-being. The impact of colonialism and globalization, infections and inequalities, as well as cross-cultural conceptualizations of the body, are also considered.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 4010.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses. For students taking the course as DSJS 4010, Third Year standing or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

4020 ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGY
This course examines selected issues of an interdisciplinary nature which have contributed to the emergence and development of current interpretative theories in anthropology. Students explore issues relating to the concepts of culture and hybridity; representation and power; colonialism and postcolonialism. Feminist anthropology and recent ethnographies are of central interest as are issues related to modernity, memory, and identity.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses or permission of the instructor
Three hours a week

4030 CYBERCULTURES
This course examines how cyberspace in its various guises (e.g., web pages, virtual communities) and its associated technologies create numerous and often conflicting identities while shaping and being shaped by local and global cultural forces. It provides students with the opportunity to reflect critically upon, and engage with, the symbolic meanings and social effects of cyberspace. The course examines recent anthropological theories of technology and looks at the impact of social organization and cultural practices of communities around the world and on the identities of individuals within those different cultural contexts.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 4020.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses. For students taking the course as DSJS 4020 see Diversity and Social Justice Studies prerequisites
Three hours a week

4310 DIRECTED STUDIES
Offered as a seminar in which topics are studied in depth and/or as a directed reading course within the specialized area selected by the student in consultation with one or more members of the Department and approved by the Dean.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses and Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology permission; generally restricted to majors in Anthropology at Third and Fourth Year levels.
(See Academic Regulation 9 for Regulations Governing Directed Studies)

SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY COURSES

NOTE: All 2000-level Sociology/Anthropology courses require either Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010 as a prerequisite, except where permission of the instructor is allowed.

2080 DEVELOPING THE SOCIO-CULTURAL IMAGINATION
This course introduces students to the basic theoretical and methodological tools necessary for critical and analytical thinking. Explored are major anthropological and sociological concepts, with reference to selected readings and current events. Emphasis is placed on identifying assumptions and using both theory and research in the analysis of socio-cultural
behaviour.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2110 ISLAND TOURISM: THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE
(See Island Studies 2110)

2120 PEOPLES OF SOUTH ASIA
A survey of the peoples of South Asia; an integrated description and analysis of their cultural history and present-day economics, social, political and religious ways of life.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2220 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF CANADA
Students will be introduced to the historical and contemporary social, economic, legal and political perspectives of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples of Canada. Using anthropological and sociological theories and scholarly work, as well as experiencing cultural practices through community connections and visual culture, the primary focus will be to develop a student’s understanding of and respect for Indigenous peoples in Canada.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2420 PEOPLES OF OCEANIA
This course provides an introduction to the peoples and the complex cultures of the Pacific Islands (Oceania) in the areas known as Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia. Topics include gender, social stratification, leadership and exchange, conflict and war, ritual and symbolism as well as the relationship between tradition and modernity. The course examines the past and the present and the ways in which contact, colonization, the introduction of Christianity, and the cash economy shaped and continue to shape life in the Island Pacific.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2510 PEOPLES OF AFRICA
A survey of the principal cultures of sub-Saharan Africa with an emphasis on social and cultural change as a result of colonialism, urbanization and nationalization.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Seminar: Three hours a week

2520 AGING AND SOCIETY
This is an introduction to the study of aging which provides an overview of the field of social gerontology, the variation of individual aging within societies and the social structures of aging. Special emphasis will be given to social gerontology in the context of the Maritime Provinces.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2550 GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES
This course provides an overview of the growing field of global health including: health care systems and practices; ideas about illness and wellbeing in cross-cultural contexts; issues related to health development; global health inequities; and human rights. It will focus on key political, economic, and cultural factors associated with the nature and magnitude of global health issues such as pandemics, epidemics and endemic disease while paying particular attention to how poverty and a range of inequalities are embodied. The political, socioeconomic, ecological, and cultural complexities of global health issues will be underlined.
PREREQUISITE:  SOC 1010 or ANTH 1050 with a minimum grade of 60%
Three hours a week

2560 ANATOMY OF ADDICTIONS
This course provides an in-depth introduction to addictions and their impact on families, communities and societies. Students are given the opportunity to study various forms of addictions and the manner in which professionals intervene to help addicts as well as those who are impacted by them in a secondary way. An important part of the course focuses on the unintended additional social consequences and problems that emerge when communities are distracted from their usual norms and routines by substance abuse.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2570 PEOPLES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
Although neighbours in Southeast Asia, Thailand and Vietnam are culturally dissimilar and have distinctive linguistic, religious, and philosophical roots. This course focuses on the media, economical, and technological dimensions of daily lives in these countries and consider the entanglements of such dimensions for Thai and Vietnamese citizens. After examining the historical foundations for such realities, we will retrace their current manifestations—from rock music in Hanoi, educational films in North Vietnam, to industrial zones on Thailand frontiers and shopping malls in Bangkok. In parallel, and comparatively, we will briefly explore aspects of the contemporary realities in Indonesia and Malaysia.
PREREQUISITE:  ANTH 1050 or SOC 1010 with a minimum grade of 60%
Three hours a week

2590 SPECIAL TOPICS
Course code for Special Topics offered in Sociology/Anthropology at the second year level.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2610 SEX, GENDER, AND SOCIETY
This course examines gender (the social concept of masculinity and femininity) and compares it to current views about sex (the biological distinction of female and male). Several sociological and/or anthropological issues are examined, such as the biological bases and evolutionary development of sexual differences; abortion; homosexuality; sexual violence; and affirmative action. Cross-cultural information is introduced throughout the course.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 2610.  Credit cannot be received for both of these courses.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010. For students taking the course as DSJS 2610, any 1000-level DSJS course or permission of the instructor
Three hours a week

2630 GLOBAL YOUTH CULTURES
The emergence of global youth cultures of desire, self expression, consumption and representation will be considered from a number of perspectives including gender, age and globalization. Issues related to youth, which are a critical factor in understanding contemporary change, conflict, and cleavages, will be explored cross-culturally. Attention will be given to theoretical developments as well as ethnographic case studies.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 2630. Credit cannot be received for both of these courses.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010. For students taking the course as DSJS 2630, any 1000-level DSJS course or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

2650 GENDER IN CANADIAN SOCIETY
This course provides an overview of anthropological, sociological, and feminist approaches to gender with an emphasis on the Canadian context.  Through an intersectional lens that addresses gender in conjunction with other power laden categories of race, religion, sexuality, and social class, students will gain a greater awareness of and sensitivity to the psychological, social, and political effects of gender in Canada and its connections to colonial and capitalist systems of oppression and privilege. Changes to social values, governmental policies, and laws in Canadian society that have redefined the meaning of “normal” and “deviant” gender roles and behaviours will be highlighted. Particular attention will be paid to how these redefinitions have impacted marginalized groups in Canadian society in terms of their health, human rights, political empowerment/disempowerment, and identity.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 2650.  Credit cannot be received for both of these courses.
PREREQUISITE:  Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010, for students taking the course as DSJS 2650 any 1000 level DSJS course or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

2660 SCIENCE, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY
This course considers three centuries of modern Western science as it has been imagined and practised in Europe, initially, and eventually the rest of the globe. It especially considers the relationships between contemporary science and its socio-cultural contexts; discrepancies between the ideal of Science and its actual practice; the role of gender, class, and race in the production of scientific knowledge; and some important debates within the field of science studies, such as the place of subjectivity and objectivity, or whether science is universal or dependent on time, place and field of study.
PREREQUISITE: Anthropology 1050 or Sociology 1010
Three hours a week

2770 GIFTS, MARKETS, AND COMMODITIES
This course considers various economic forms by which societies have made, and continue to make, goods and services available. Students will investigate how different kinds of economies and economic practices that existed in the past are not simply evolutionary forerunners of modern industrial capitalist markets. Moreover, these different kinds of economies and economic practices, though subordinated to contemporary capitalism, persist everywhere today, including PEI. Finally, students will consider the extent to which economic actors and economic behaviour of any sort is thoroughly infused with matters of morality, ethics, politics, emotion, identity, and more.
PREREQUISITE:  Sociology 1010 or Anthropology 1050 with a minimum grade of 60%
Three hours a week

2950 ANIMALS AND HUMANS
This course explores the relationships between humans and animals which have long been considered, represented and contested in a range of academic disciplines. Today the unprecedented species extinction, the effects of industrial farming, climate change, the proliferating scientific technologies and a host of other issues are provoking new questions and controversies about the survival and the ontological status of both humans and animals. Through a range of interdisciplinary material, the complex relations between humans and animals across history and cultures are explored with a focus on probing the nature of these relationships in the Anthropocene.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 2950.  Credit cannot be received for both of these courses.
PREREQUISITE:  ANTH 1050 or SOC 1010, for students taking the course as DSJS 2950 any 1000 level DSJS course or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

NOTE: All 3000-level Sociology/Anthropology courses require Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course as prerequisites, unless otherwise stated.

3030 INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, TRANSNATIONALISM, AND THE CANADIAN MOSAIC
This course focuses on some of the central issues and debates concerning immigration to Canada, and the experiences of immigrants within Canada. The course examines both historical and contemporary sources that synthesize thematic issues of globalization, transnational migration, and ethno-racial diversity in Canada. Topics may include theories of migration, Canadian immigration policies and forces that shape them, the economic adjustment of immigrants, immigrants and the labour market, ethno-racial diversity and racism, and migrant agricultural workers and domestics in Canada.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three semester hours of credit

3060 DEMOGRAPHY OF AGING
Students examine the relationship between demographic forces and our aging population. Considered are the effects of: migration on forming an aged ethnic population, social policies as related to the economics and health of an aged population, mortality levels as related to aging as a woman’s issue, and baby boom and echo fertility levels. Demographic theories will be used to understand better these and other demographic forces.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3121 RACE AND WHITENESS
This course explores how “whiteness” as both an identity and a structure has long been overlooked, denied, and disavowed—and with what consequences. Topics addressed include: the idea of race and definitions of racism; multiple and conflicting ideas about whiteness-es; everyday whiteness, white normativity, and white privilege; “white fragility” and “white guilt”; and white anti-racism and “good white people.”
Cross-listed with DSJS 3120.  Credit cannot be received for both of these courses.
PREREQUISITE:  Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000 level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course. For students taking the course as DSJS 3120, second year standing and above, or permission of the instructor.
Three semester hours of credit

3130 DISABILITY STUDIES
This course questions the more usual way of understanding disability as an individual attribute of the body or mind that needs to be either accommodated or fixed. Disability Studies, as both a theoretical approach and a political movement, challenges this understanding, asking questions about bodies and embodiment, about norms and normal, and about access and inclusion, and destabilizing many common assumptions about all these terms. Disability Studies asks us to think complexly about compulsory able-bodiedness and able-mindedness, and about the broad implications and consequences of those demands.
Cross-listed with DSJS 3130.  Credit cannot be received for both of these courses.
PREREQUISITE:  Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000 level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course. For students taking the course as DSJS 3130, second year standing and above, or permission of the instructor.
Three semester hours of credit

3220 RACE AND RACISM IN CANADA
This course will introduce students to concepts, theories, and a range of issues in the sociology of race and ethnic relations.  Our focus will be on Canadian racial and ethnic relations in the historical past and the contemporary period, with reference to the United States.  Throughout the semester, we will deal with sociological issues pertaining to race and racism, institutional or structural racism, and the barriers and opportunities confronting ethnic groups in Canada, with special interest in Blacks and Aboriginal Canadians.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 3220.  Credit cannot be received for both of these courses.
PREREQUISITE:  Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000 level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course. For students taking the course as DSJS 3220, second year standing and above, or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

3330 KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION
Skills developed in knowledge mobilization (KM) enable students (regardless of discipline) to share knowledge among researchers and community members.  The focus is on closing the “know-do” gap, referring to what is “known” and what needs to be “done” in the community to benefit its members.  Overall, students learn how to share/move research evidence into the community and how to accept/respect and value community-based evidence.  Students develop KM skills (e.g., knowledge exchange, translation, true collaboration), study various mainstream/Indigenous KM models, and engage in experiential learning (e.g., knowledge brokering), allowing them to learn to navigate the research/community environments and disparate values/guidelines.
PREREQUISITE:  Sociology 1010 or Anthropology 1050 with a minimum grade of 60% and one 2000 level course
Three hours a week

3410 TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
This course explores the interaction between technology, science, society, and the environment in the past and present, and examines the potential implications of such interaction in the future.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course
Three hours a week

3550 GLOBALIZATION
Students in this course study globalization as an ongoing, dynamic process as it affects societies, cultures, environments, communities, organizations, groups, and individuals. Debates over these effects are addressed by various theoretical perspectives, including structural-functionalism, conflict analysis, interactionism, cultural studies, and postmodernism. Issues include technological advances, free-market capitalism, cultural homogenization, national policies and programs, international relations, global institutions and organizations, social inequality, demographic trends, asocial problems, social conflicts, and opposition to globalization.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 3550.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course. For students taking the course as DSJS 3550, Second Year standing or above, or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

3590 SPECIAL TOPICS
Course code for Special Topics offered in Sociology/Anthropology at the third year level.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, and one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course

NOTE: All 4000-level Sociology/Anthropology courses require Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses as prerequisites, unless otherwise stated.

4112 GENETICS AND SOCIETY
This course considers the social implications of the enormous advances made in genetics. The study of the functioning of cells at the molecular level has become the dominant, though far from only, form of studying biological organisms. Along with the media exaggerations which raise expectations among various publics, students will also consider quieter and more subtle changes taking place in the socio-cultural background related to advances in genetics. These less overt changes include the changing conceptions of ‘life’, the redefinition of health in terms of ‘risk’, the molecularization of identities, and the financialization and capitalization of basic biological research.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 4112.
PREREQUISITE:  Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses. For students taking the course as DSJS 4112, third year standing or above or permission of the instructor.
Three hours a week

4140 COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL DISCOURSE THEORIES
Students will be introduced to the basic elements of colonial and postcolonial discourse analysis, an interdisciplinary field of study. Some of the prominent practitioners and debates in the field will be considered, as well as some of the cultural, historical, and political reasons for its emergence. A particular emphasis will be placed on colonialism and postcolonialism as applied to current events in Canada and globally.
Cross-listed with DSJS 4140 and Cross-level listed with IST 6180
PREREQUISITES:  Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses.
For students taking the course as DSJS 4140, third year standing or above or permission of the instructor.
For students taking the course as IST 6180, must be admitted into a UPEI graduate program or be eligible for graduate studies.
Three hours a week

4310 MINORITY/ETHNIC GROUPS AND CANADIAN MULTICULTURALISM
A study of minority and ethnic groups (native and immigrant) within Canadian “multicultural” society. The course also includes a review of Canada’s immigration policies and their effects on Canada’s multicultural landscape.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 4310.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses. For students taking the course as DSJS 4310, third year standing or above, or permission of the instructor.
Seminar: Three hours a week

4420 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE
This course critically reviews the dominant theoretical frameworks that have shaped interpretations of social and cultural change in the Global South.  More recent theories are explored in order to locate change in both colonial and postcolonial contexts.  Through ethnographic case studies, the realm of the everyday where change is demanded, crafted, and resisted in the Global South and North, will also be examined.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses
Seminar: Three hours a week

4560 VISUAL CULTURE
This course addresses in a critical manner the importance of visual representation in Western thought. Topics include: analysis of stereotypes of non-Western people as portrayed in print and information media, advertising, ethnographic documentary production, and the entertainment industry. Students will also examine the export of Western visual culture to non-Western cultures.
Cross-listed with Diversity and Social Justice Studies 4560.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses. For students taking the course as DSJS 4560, Third Year standing or above, or permission of the instructor.
Seminar: Three hours a week

4610 SPECIAL TOPICS
Course code for Special Topics offered in Sociology and Anthropology at the fourth year level.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses
Three hours a week

4625 MEDIA AND INFRASTRUCTURE
How do objects mediate and transform culturally specific understandings of the world? How do media shape communication and what kinds of utterances belong to which media? This course offers a critical perspective on different forms of media produced, distributed, and consumed in a variety of contexts and locales. We will also consider how media are shaped by—but also constitutive of—the physical and virtual infrastructures, across human and non-human environments. We will reflect on how digital infrastructures shape aesthetics and social interactions through audio-visual effects and Internet connectivity, whether you live in urban India, Vietnam’s highlands, or rural Canada.
PREREQUISITE:  Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses.
Three hours a week

4810 DIRECTED STUDIES IN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
This interdisciplinary course is offered for advanced students as a seminar in which selected topics are studied in depth and/or as a directed reading course within a specialized area selected by the student in consultation with one or more members of the Department and approved by the Dean.
PREREQUISITES: Anthropology 1050, Sociology 1010, one 2000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology course, and two 3000-level Anthropology, Sociology, or Sociology/Anthropology courses, and departmental permission; generally restricted to majors in Sociology/Anthropology at third and fourth year levels
(See Academic Regulation 9 for Regulations Governing Directed Studies)

4900 HONOURS RESEARCH
The course involves supervised reading and research on specific topics. The student is required to write a substantial honours essay or research report which is assessed by a three-member committee consisting of the supervisor, one additional member of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and a member from another Department.
Six semester hours of credit