SOCIOL 1C03 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Canada, Economic Inequality, Visible Minority
12 Oct 2018
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Department
Course
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SOCIOL 1C03
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
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Sociology 1C03- Canadian Society: Social Problems,
Social Policy, and the Law
mB
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137
Week
SEPT
Course Outline
Memorization of definition isn't mandatory.
Slides are posted after each topic.
- Classes are podcasted, listen to them for review.
Sociology: Textbook- Sociology is the systematic study of human behaviour in a social
context.
Teacher’s Defi- Connecting our ideas, feelings, behaviours, experiences, and
relationships to our wider society (both local and global contexts, past and present.) it is
a way of understanding and contextualizing ones personal experiences. Sociologists
use divergent theories and qualitative and quantitative methods to try to understand
society.
Social Problems: is a social condition (such as poverty) or a pattern of behaviour (such
as violence against women) that people believe warrants public concern and collective
action to bring about change. Defined as social problems when they systematically
disadvantage or harm a significant number of people.
Social Problems we will examine:
= Challenges faced by Canadians who provide care to children and other family
members including aging parents and
ill,
injured, disabled, and dying family members.
- Challenges faced by Canadian workers including temporary migrant (foreign) workers
including precarious employment and discrimination.
= Immigration policy and challenges faced by newcomers and transnational families
= Canadian criminal music system: overrepresentation of marginalized groups
Social Policy Examples:
= Family Policy (Parental leave, Childcare, Economic)
= Labour Market (Employment Insurance, Canada Pension Plan, Minimum wage)
The Law Examples:
= Family Law: legislation surrounding economic support of spouses and children, (child
& spousal support)
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= Criminal Justice System: response to intimate partner violence (mandatory arrest).
Controversies surrounding policing practices (carding, racial profiling)
MARKING:
Tutorial-
10%
for attendance
10%
for 4 tests =
20% LA
Format:
One
Question
Three Tests in Lecture room. =
60%
total.
MC
Format
Final Exam (Test #4) = 20% (DEC 8TH-21ST)
Example Questions (LA)
How does family law impact relationship formation and dissolution?
What are the limitations of parental leave in Canada?
How does immigration policy impact migrant workers in Canada?
Dissolution- Breaking Up
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Document Summary
Social policy, and the law mb - 137. Classes are podcasted, listen to them for review. Sociology: textbook- sociology is the systematic study of human behaviour in a social context. Teacher"s defi- connecting our ideas, feelings, behaviours, experiences, and relationships to our wider society (both local and global contexts, past and present. ) it is a way of understanding and contextualizing ones personal experiences. Sociologists use divergent theories and qualitative and quantitative methods to try to understand society. Social problems: is a social condition (such as poverty) or a pattern of behaviour (such as violence against women) that people believe warrants public concern and collective action to bring about change. Defined as social problems when they systematically disadvantage or harm a significant number of people. = challenges faced by canadians who provide care to children and other family members including aging parents and ill, injured, disabled, and dying family members.
