SOCY 274/6.0: Sociology of Deviance

This course is available to both Queen’s and non-Queen’s students. Non-Queen’s students (including interest students, visiting students, and new online degree students) must first apply for admission. The following course description is presented for informational purposes only and is subject to change.

Instructor

Vincent Sacco
Office: D525 Mac/Corry Hall
Phone: 613 533-6000, X74492
E-mail: saccov@queensu.ca

Course Description

Theoretical issues arising from the process by which activities are defined as deviant: such activities as 'sexual deviance', 'mental illness', and 'political deviance' examined.

Course Objectives

This course is intended to introduce students to the sociological study of deviance. The more specific objectives of the course are as follows:

1. To encourage the student to think critically about the taken-for-granted character of deviance, crime, law and social control
2. To overview the range of questions in which sociologists of deviance are interested.
3. To describe the theoretical diversity that characterizes the contemporary sociological study of deviance
4. To encourage the application of sociological perspectives on deviance to an understanding of everyday life.
5. To provide students with opportunities to improve their writing and analytical skills.

Course Topics