Bachelor of Arts in Sociology

University of British Columbia - Okanagan Campus

Get your degree in Sociology, the study of society and how social forces shape human behaviour and determine life chances. Students will be challenged to apply theoretical and analytical skills to explore, understand and expose how power and privilege are distributed, structured and replicated.Learn to apply historical analysis, participant observation, surveys and interviews to better serve global social justice. In your senior-level coursework, you have the option of taking directed studies, where you will complete directed readings and a research project. Students in the sociology program will be challenged to apply theoretical and analytical skills to explore, understand, and expose how power and privilege are distributed, structured, and replicated.Sociology as a field of research and pedagogy also works toward change, with the goal of achieving social and economic justice across societies. Upon graduation students are well prepared for multiple career paths and graduate or professional programs.

Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences