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SOCY 309 Surveillance and Society Units: 3.00
Provides a critical introduction to surveillance and the emerging interdisciplinary field of Surveillance Studies. Offers an historically-grounded, theoretically-informed, and empirically-illustrated survey of the practices, technologies and social relations of surveillance from different perspectives, with an emphasis on the socio-political dimensions.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (A minimum grade of C- in SOCY 122/6.0) or (BADR 100/3.0 and BADR 101/3.0).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Ability to critically discuss the issues pertaining to surveillance in a sociological manner making use of concepts and theories covered in the class.
- Ability to recognize the nuanced and contextual nature of surveillance discussions.
- An increased awareness about contemporary surveillance practices, technologies, and systems.
- Analyze surveillance issues with the tools provided in the class, apply appropriate theories and concepts in their analysis and communicate in an effective and sociological way.
- Conduct a critical discussion and conversation about contemporary issues of surveillance.
- Develop an awareness of how their own data might be circulated.
- Develop writing skills to convey their knowledge.
- Have an understanding of key surveillance trends and academic discussions.
- Make connections between the new concepts and theories they learned with the ones already in their sociological toolbox.