Honours Program

This is a selective program. Applicants for admission must:

• have completed at least 60 credit hours;
• have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00;
• have a cumulative GPA in Sociology courses of 3.30;
• have a faculty member‘s written agreement to serve as a supervisor for the honours thesis, SOCI 4530.

In exceptional circumstances, the Department may consider applicants who do not have a CGPA of 3.30 in Sociology courses (but who have a 3.00 overall).

The deadline for application is 1 April of the year before students wish to begin the honours program and register in the Honours Seminar course, SOCI 4530.

For honours in Sociology, students must complete seventy-eight (75) credit hours as follows:

• SOCI 1210 Introductory Sociology (minimum grade of C)
• SOCI 1211 Social Power Relations (minimum grade of C)
• SOCI 2010 Principles of Social Theory
• SOCI 2100 Social Research Methods
• SOCI 2124 Social Inequality & Justice
• SOCI 3010 Classical Theory
• SOCI 3012 Contemporary Sociological Theory
• SOCI 3100 Qualitative Research Methods
• SOCI 3102 Quantitative Research Methods
• Twelve (12) credit hours in Sociology at the 3000 level or above
• Twenty-four credit hours in Sociology at the 4000 level – with a maximum of six (6) credit hours from directed readings courses in Sociology
• SOCI 4530 Honours Seminar
• SOCI 4502 Advanced Research Methods
• SOCI 4401 Advanced Theory

To continue in and graduate from the Honours program, a student must achieve and maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.30 in Sociology.

 

 

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