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All beginning students who contemplate working towards an Honours degree should consult with the Department as soon as possible. This does not involve the student or the Department in any firm commitment until official admission to an Honours program is completed.

See 3.6 Graduation - Honours Degree with a Major Field.

Additional conditions applying to those programs are as follows:

Students must have successfully completed Sociology 313 prior to admission to the Honours program.

Honours students in Sociology will take at least eight and not more than 12 full-course equivalents in Sociology, which must include:

(a) Three full-course equivalents including Sociology 201, 311, 313, 315, 331 and 333.

(b) One of the following: Sociology 205, 307, 309, 405, or 467.

(c) Three and one-half full-course equivalents at the 400-level which must include Sociology 400, and may include Sociology 501 conference courses.

Note: Sociology Honours cannot have more than one and one-half Sociology full-course equivalents at the 200-level. Under special circumstances, permission may be given to students to take courses at the 600-level. Completion of the Honours program will entail the submission of an acceptable Honours Thesis for Sociology 400. Prior to seeking ethics approval for research on human subjects, Honours students will be required to submit a written proposal acceptable to the supervisor.

Students who fall below a 3.30 GPA during any year of their program must consult with the Department for a review of their program.

For graduation with Honours, in addition to successful completion of specified course work, the student will have maintained a GPA of 3.30 over the last 15 courses. For First Class Honours, a 3.60 GPA is required.