Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Criminology (EO)

Program Description

Sociology is the study of how society influences what we do and how we think. Sociologists study social behaviour and relationships in an attempt to understand and explain differences, for example, between men and women, the young and the old, rich and poor, people of different nationalities or ethnicities. Comparing and analyzing the different ways that people live and work together is an important aspect of sociology.

Students will discover that there are few topics that Western courses do not explore. Sub-areas of Sociology include social inequality, demography, health, work, identity, and deviance. The recent rise in populism, declining rates of social mobility, mass ethnic migration – such as the Syrian crisis – the gender pay gap, minority rights and public opinion, and population growth and its implications are all topics that sociologists inform us about. Studying Sociology helps students to understand themselves and their social world better.

The Western Sociology department specializes in empirical research on social inequality and demography. This department has a particular strength in the quantitative analysis of data. Graduates obtain skills that are coveted in business, government and non-proft organizations.