BA in Sociology (Honours) (Arts and Business Co-op and Regular) in Waterloo Canada | University of Waterloo

In this program, you'll grapple with critical issues while building skills to address both local and global problems. You'll examine diverse subjects 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 academic instruction. Sociology graduates pursue careers across numerous sectors such as government, finance, healthcare, policy analysis, legal fields, academia, law enforcement, and non-profit work. 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 collective human existence, analyzing societal approaches to healthcare, criminal justice, religious institutions, family dynamics, social norms, business practices, technological impacts, educational systems, global economic trends, environmental relationships, and all forms of human behavior and social interaction. While some sociologists examine large-scale societal patterns like structural inequality, economic deprivation, and criminal behavior, others investigate micro-level phenomena such as small group dynamics. Our comprehensive curriculum mirrors the diverse research focuses and theoretical frameworks that sociologists employ to decipher the complexities of human social organization.