BA in Sociology (Co-op) in Waterloo Canada | University of Waterloo

This program challenges you to grapple with critical issues while building skills to address both local and global problems. You'll examine key societal factors including age, class, ethnicity, religion, gender, criminal justice, education, employment, social transformation, and political systems. Waterloo's Sociology program, ranked among the world's top 100 (Shanghai World University Rankings 2020), features distinguished faculty dedicated to delivering exceptional learning experiences. Sociology graduates pursue diverse career paths in government, finance, healthcare, policy analysis, legal fields, academia, law enforcement, and non-profit sectors. Interested in early career exploration? The co-op option lets you accumulate up to two years of professional experience before graduation. Sociologists investigate every dimension of group dynamics, examining how societies approach healthcare, justice systems, religious institutions, family structures, social norms, business practices, technological impacts, educational systems, global economics, environmental relationships, and all forms of human interaction. While some researchers concentrate on large-scale societal patterns like structural inequality and poverty, others examine micro-level interactions within smaller groups. Our comprehensive curriculum mirrors the wide spectrum of research approaches and theoretical frameworks sociologists employ to decode the complexities of human social behavior.