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Lower Division Requirements
Students should complete all lower division requirements before completing upper division courses.

Students must complete a minimum of 22 units in lower division SA courses, including all of

SA 101 - Introduction to Anthropology (A) (4)
SA 150 - Introduction to Sociology (S) (4)
SA 201W - Anthropology and Contemporary Life (A) (4)
SA 255 - Introduction to Social Research (SA) (4)
SA 257 - Understanding Quantitative Research in Sociology and Anthropology (SA) (4)
and one additional 200 division course designated (A), (S), or (SA).

Upper Division Requirements
Students complete a minimum of 30 upper division units including

SA 301 - Contemporary Ethnography (A) (4)
SA 356W - Ethnography and Qualitative Methods (SA) (4)
and six upper division SA electives. Three of these must be designated (A). Two of these must be a 400 division course.

No more than four units of Directed Readings and no more than 15 upper division units transferred from another institution may be used toward completion of this major.

In our information-based society, many employers and most graduate schools require considerable knowledge of conceptualizing research problems, information gathering, analysis and presentation. Students are strongly urged to balance theory courses with methods courses above the minimum. They may choose to range broadly across the two disciplines or to focus on a special interest. Courses fall broadly into the following groups.

Courses in Anthropology (A)
Courses in Sociology (S)
Courses in Sociology and Anthropology (SA)
COURSES IN ANTHROPOLOGY (A)
SA 301 - Contemporary Ethnography (A) (4)
SA 318 - Technologies of Health and Expectation (A) (4)
SA 319 - Transnational Aging (A) (4)
SA 323 - Symbol, Myth and Meaning (A) (4)
SA 332 - The Anthropology of Childhood (A) (4)
SA 352 - Games, Sports and Cultures (A) (4)
SA 359 - Special Topics in Anthropology (A) (4)
SA 365 - Selected Regional Areas (A) (4)
SA 368 - Language, Ideology, and Power (A) (4)
SA 375 - Labour and the Arts of Living (A) (4)
SA 388 - Comparative Studies of Minority Indigenous Peoples (A) (4)
SA 418 - Global Health: Humanitarian Encounters (A) (4)
SA 443 - Ethnographic Sensibility in Action (A) (4)
SA 451 - Issues in Anthropological Theory (A) (4)
SA 459 - Special Topics in Anthropology (A) (4)
SA 474 - Cultures, Politics and Performances (A) (4)
SA 496 - Directed Readings in Anthropology (A) (4)
COURSES IN SOCIOLOGY (S)
SA 300 - Canadian Social Structure (S) (4)
SA 304 - Social Control (S) (4)
SA 316 - Tourism and Social Policy (S) (4)
SA 317 - Sociology of Art Forms (S) (4)
SA 321 - Social Movements (S) (4)
SA 325 - Political Sociology (S) (4)
SA 326 - Food, Ecology and Social Thought (S) (4)
SA 327 - Sociology of Knowledge (S) (4)
SA 331 - Politics of the Family (S) (4)
SA 335 - Gender Relations and Social Issues (S) (4)
SA 337 - Sexuality and Society (S) (4)
SA 345 - Race, Immigration and the Canadian State (S) (4)
SA 350 - Classical Sociological Thought (S) (4)
SA 351 - Classical Marxist Thought (S) (4)
SA 353 - Sociology of Sport (S) (4)
SA 355 - Quantitative Methods (S) (4)
SA 358 - The Philosophy of the Social Sciences (S) (4)
SA 362 - Society and the Changing Global Division of Labour (S) (4)
SA 363 - Process of Development and Underdevelopment (S) (4)
SA 366 - Special Topics in Sociology (S) (4)
SA 410 - Sociology of Dangerous Classes (S) (4)
SA 420 - Sociology of Aging (S) (4)
SA 442 - Applying the Sociological Imagination (S) (4)
SA 450 - Advanced Sociological Theory (S) (4)
SA 461 - Special Topics in Sociology (S) (4)
SA 497 - Directed Readings in Sociology (S) (4)
COURSES IN SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY (SA)
These courses count as anthropology or sociology credit whenever they are completed.

SA 302W - Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism (SA) (4)
SA 315 - New Information Technology and Society (SA) (4)
SA 322 - Religion and Society (SA) (4)
SA 328 - States, Cultures and Global Transitions (SA) (4)
SA 329 - Sex, Work, and International Capital (SA) (4)
SA 330 - Global Islam (SA) (4)
SA 340 - Social Issues and Social Policy Analysis (SA) (4)
SA 356W - Ethnography and Qualitative Methods (SA) (4)
SA 360 - Special Topics in Sociology and Anthropology (SA) (4)
SA 364 - Urban Communities and Cultures (SA) (4)
SA 371 - The Environment and Society (SA) (4)
SA 386 - The Ethnography of Politics (SA) (4)
SA 396 - Selected Regional Areas (SA) (4)
SA 460 - Special Topics in Sociology and Anthropology I (SA) (4)
SA 495 - Project Mapping Seminar (SA) (4)
SA 498 - Field Study in Sociology and/or Anthropology (SA) (8)
SA 499 - Honours Essay (SA) (4)

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

• Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
• Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it