| SOCO 100 Introductory Sociology |
| Course discontinued. See AN/S
110 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| |
| ANTH 101 Introduction to Physical Anthropology |
| Course discontinued --See ANTH
205 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| |
| ANTH 103 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
110 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| |
| ANTH 203 Cultural Anthropology: An Intermediate
Survey |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
110 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| With 3 more credits in 100-level ANTH and/or
SOCO (or in 201), 203 satisfies the prerequisite for all other 200-level
and for 300-level courses in ANTH and/or SOCO |
| Exclusions: 203 rules out credit for 103. But it can be credited
with 100 or 200, 101 or 201, and 110. 203 is unavailable to students
having credit for old 206. |
| An enriched alternative to 103, for talented
students with relevant background and special interest in ANTH and/or
SOC. |
| |
| SOCO 230 Survey of Sociological Theory |
| Course discontinued -- See SOCO
306 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| A critical study of key social concepts, major
theoretical debates, and leading social thinkers of the 19th and 20th
centuries. |
| |
| ANTH 232 Survey of Anthropological Theory |
| Course discontinued -- See ANTH
302 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| A critical review of the roots of current theoretical
concepts and issues in sociocultural anthropology. |
| |
| AN/S 251 Work & Sharing |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
355 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
245 |
| A cross-cultural examination of styles of production
(work) and distribution (sharing), aimed at developing a critical
perspective on what happens in our own economic world and in our daily
lives. |
| |
| AN/S 253 Ethnography of Formal Organizations |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
357 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
376 |
| Concepts and techniques (e.g., holism, culture and agency, organizational
culture, naturalistic observation) that help us see social processes
in the complex organizations so typical of today's world of work and
other components of our everyday lives. |
| |
| AN/S 273 An Introduction to Visual Anthropology |
| Course modified -- See AN/S
272 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Ethnographic approaches to the production and consumption of visual
representations of particular cultures are the basis of this course.
Aesthetics, symbolism, power, representation, visual media as material
culture, ethnographic film, indigenous self-representations, and methods
for applying anthropology in the study of visual data are the central
subjects of the course. |
| |
| SOCO 291 World Problems |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
305 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Overview of sociological insights on large-scale
social inequalities, their causes, and possible solutions, with exploration
of cultural, economic, and political determinants through both local
and international case studies. |
| |
| SOCO 293 Comparative Variation & Change in Non-Western Societies |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
307 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| The course is designed to introduce students
to the research process, and to quantitative and qualitative research
methods related to critical appraisal of nursing and health care literature.
Emphasis is placed on the student's potential role as a generator
of researchable questions; as a collaborator in research related to
clinical practice; and as an intelligent consumer of research. Concepts
of research design, implementation, analysis and interpretation are
studied in the context of the steps of the research process. The course
requires students to become immersed in the language and culture of
research, and to understand the broader context within which nursing
research is conducted. |
| |
| AN/S 320 Health, Illness, & Medicine |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
282 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| A critical study of: socio-cultural patterns,
causes, and effects of health and illness; health-care institutions;
and culturally based conceptions of wellness and of illness-care practices. |
| |
| AN/S 322 Aging and the Life Cycle |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
222 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Biocultural aspects of the modern life cycle,
emphasizing later life. For example: child health in cross-cultural
perspective, life-history studies, female and male aging cross-culturally,
life-stages and social well-being. |
| |
| SOCO 340 Sociology of Deviance |
| Course discontinued -- See SOCO
246 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Critical and comparative examination of theories
and studies on processes that place individuals or groups out of step
with societal "rules", and study of consequences both for "deviants"
and for "society". |
| |
| SOCO 350 Ethnicity, "Race," and Nationalism (cross-listed
with MIKM 350) |
| Course renumbered -- See SOCO SOCO
294 in the calendar. |
| All information identical to SOCO 294 in Calendar. |
| |
| SOCO 380 Sociology of Education
|
| Course discontinued -- See SOCO
285 & SOCO
287 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisite: 12 credits Anthropology and/or Sociology |
| Social processes determining contemporary
educational institutions and ideologies, from the political economy
of institutionalized education to the microsociology of classroom
behaviour, with special attention to Canada. |
| |
| SOCO 381 Canadian Society I |
| Course discontinued -- See SOCO
281 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
382 |
| Key contemporary issues in Canada and their historical
socio-cultural roots, focussing on social, economic, and political
systems, including economic crisis, regionalism, labour, ethnicity,
gender, and political debates grounded in these concerns. |
| |
| SOCO 383 Canadian Society II |
| Course discontinued -- See SOCO
283 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology and 381 |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
382 |
| Continuation of 381, with special attention to
case studies from the literature. |
| |
| ANTH 391 Religion, Magic, and Witchcraft |
| Course discontinued -- See ANTH
229 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisite: 6 credits introductory Anthropology and/or
Sociology |
| Cross-cultural study of how people interpret
the world and mobilize their actions in terms of their understanding
of the relationships between social, natural, and supernatural forces. |
| |
| SOCO 400 Social Stratification and Inequality |
| Course discontinued -- See AN/S
330 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits in ANTH and/or SOCO |
| Satisfies 4-year major BA core requirement
for Senior Seminar |
| Was available in 2000/01 as a tutorial. |
| Cultures have embodied many kinds of inequalities
that shape thought and action. This seminar examines modern class,
status, and power relations, emphasizing economic dimensions, but
also addresses intersections with other determinants of inequality. |
| |
| ANTH 422 Anthropological Perspectives on Education |
| Course discontinued -- See ANTH
384 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits in ANTH and/or SOCO |
| Satisfies 4-year major BA core requirement for
Senior Seminar |
| Was available in 2000/01 as a tutorial. |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
425 |
| A seminar focussing on anthropological
insights into the relationship of teacher with student and of school
with the wider cultural community. Topics may include race, subcultures,
and language styles. |
| |
| SOCO 451 Industrial Sociology I: Cape Breton Labour & Capital
in Socio-historical Perspective |
| Course discontinued -- See SOCO
351 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits in ANTH and/or SOCO |
| Satisfies one-half of the 4-year major BA core
requirement for Senior Seminar |
| Was available in 2000/01 as a tutorial. |
| Critical analysis of the shifting economic base,
occupational structure, community formation, and political culture
of Cape Breton during the twentieth century. |
| |
| SOCO 453 Industrial Sociology II: Social Institutions & People
in Cape Breton Today |
| Course discontinued -- See SOCO
353 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 3 |
| Prerequisites: 18 credits in ANTH and/or SOCO |
| Satisfies one-half of the 4-year major BA core
requirement for Senior Seminar. |
| Exclusions: Unavailable to students having credit for old
452. |
| Continuities and crises in contemporary Cape Breton
society, in larger perspective, emphasizing the interplay between
intimate processes of character, family, community, and workplace. |
| |
| ANTH or AN/S or SOCO 498 Directed Independent Study, Senior Level |
| Course discontinued -- See ANTH
or AN/S or SOCO 495 or ANTH
or AN/S or SOCO 497 in the calendar. |
| Credits: 6 |
| Can be credited towards 4-year major BA core requirement
for Senior Seminar. Requires a special arrangement between an
individual student and professor, with Dean's approval, to cover a
topic unavailable in the regular offerings. (See also course 398.)
A student may take several courses as 398, 399, 498, and/or 499, to
a maximum of 18 credits. |
| |
| |
| |
| |