Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Joint Major)

St. Francis Xavier University

Sociology explores the countless ways in which human interaction shapes our culture, and employs the ideas of leading social theorists for comprehensive answers. As a StFX Sociology student, you will be introduced to innovative methods of looking at the social world, human behaviour, and societies. Sociology students are among the most active at StFX, a quality often attributed to the professors who give you the tools you need to ask the tough questions, make informed social choices, and become personally engaged in change. You will explore different vantage points and gain access to in-house expertise in areas including social movements, the environment, the various forms of social inequality, and theories concerning racial equality, identity and the self, media and cultural studies, rural sociology, fisheries, criminology, disability studies, deviance, social difference, gender identity and more. A joint major allows further specialization in your sociology degree. Some areas of specialization include: Aquatic Resources Development Studies English History Philosophy Political Science Psychology Women's and Gender Studies