Concentrated Honours BA Program

The Department’s honours programs are designed for students with an interest in, and demonstrated aptitude for, advanced study in either Sociology or Social Anthropology. Admission to these programs is based solely on academic performance. More specifically, the Department requires a grade average of B+ (3.30) or higher on courses above 1000 in SOSA and the minor (or second major) subject. In addition, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.70 is required. Potential applicants should consult with one of the Department’s Undergraduate Advisors, preferably during their second year of study, and should plan to take the 3000 level courses required for honours during their third year. The Advisor will assist the student to design a program of study with a minor in Social Anthropology or Sociology meeting the general Faculty requirements and the specific requirements for each program as set out below. It is important that students have a strong foundation before undertaking the honours thesis, therefore the sociology 2000 bundle (SOSA 2007 Thinking Sociologically along with SOSA 2008 Doing Sociology) or the social anthropology 2000 bundle (SOSA 2012 Thinking through Anthropology along with SOSA 2013 Anthropology in Practice), and two of the required 3000 level courses are pre-requisites to the departmental Honours Seminar (SOSA 4101.03 and SOSA 4102.03 or SOSA 4105.03 and 4106.03)

The honours thesis fulfills the College of Arts andScience Honours Qualifying Examination requirement. Students with the honours concentration in Sociology may not declare Social Anthropology as their secondary subject; students with the honours concentration Social Anthropology may not declare Sociology as their secondary subject.

Departmental Requirements

Courses required in Concentrated Honours in Social Anthropology:

1000 level

• One 1000 level SOSA class or King’s Foundation Year Program

2000 level

• SOSA 2012.03: Thinking through Anthropology AND SOSA 2013.03: Anthropology in Practice; or SOSA 2007.03: Thinking Sociologically AND SOSA 2008.03: Doing Sociology

• At least six additional 2000 level credit hours

3000 level

• SOSA 3400.03: History of Anthropological Theory
• SOSA 3402.03: Figuring Out Society
• SOSA 3403.03: Qualitative and Field Methods

4000 level

• SOSA 4101.03: Honours Seminar in Social Anthropology (fall term) AND SOSA 4102.03: Honours Seminar in Social Anthropology (winter term)
• SOSA 4003.03: Contemporary Perspectives in Ethnography
• One of: SOSA 4001.03, SOSA 4002.03, SOSA 4004.03, SOSA 4005.03, SOSA 4006.03

In total a minimum of 54 and a maximum of 66 SOSA credit hours beyond the 1000 level are required.

Courses required in Concentrated Honours in Sociology:

1000 level

• One 1000 level SOSA class or King’s Foundation Year Program

2000 level

• SOSA 2007.03: Thinking Sociologically AND SOSA 2008.03: Doing Sociology; or SOSA 2012.03: Thinking through Anthropology AND SOSA 2013.03: Anthropology in Practice 

• At least six additional 2000 level credit hours

3000 level

• SOSA 3401.03: History of Sociological Thought
• SOSA 3402.03: Figuring Out Society
• SOSA 3403.03: Qualitative and Field Methods
• SOSA 3405.03: Contemporary Social Theory

4000 level

• SOSA 4001.03: Quantitative Analysis for the Social Sciences I or SOSA 4003.03: Contemporary Perspectives in Ethnography
• SOSA 4105.03: Honours Seminar in Sociology (fall term) AND SOSA 4106.03: Honours Seminar in Sociology (winter term)
• One of: SOSA 4001.03, SOSA 4002.03, SOSA 4003.03, SOSA 4004.03, SOSA 4005.03, SOSA 4006.03

In total a minimum of 54 and a maximum of 66 SOSA credit hours beyond the 1000 level are required.

NOTE: Students considering graduate work in Sociology are strongly advised to take SOSA 4002.03: Quantitative Analysis for the Social Sciences II, since intermediate statistical competence is often required as a component of graduate social science programs.