SOC-20103 credit hours

Classical Sociological Theory

Sociology · 3 hrs Lecture

Offered: Every Year

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SOC-2010 prerequisites

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SOC-1100Introduction to Sociology I: Concepts and Methods

SOC-1101not in the 2026-27 calendar

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Taking SOC-2010 is a prerequisite for 2 courses directly, and opens 3 once their own follow-ons are counted.

SOC-201120th Century Sociological Theory
SOC-2012Contemporary Sociological Theory

Where SOC-2010 counts

Counts toward 3 more as one option among several, not as a course you must take:

SOC 3-YEAR BA IN SOCIOLOGY
SOC 4-YEAR BA IN SOCIOLOGY
SOC HONOURS BA IN SOCIOLOGY

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Description

This course provides an introduction to the foundational thinkers in social and economic theory, each of whom helped lay the foundations for all subsequent social thought. Students undertake an in-depth examination of classical sociological ideas from theorists such as August Comte, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Max Weber, Harriet Martineau, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Georg Simmel. This course is required of all majors and honours students and it is a prerequisite for SOC-2011(3) 20th Century Sociological Theory and SOC-2012(3) Contemporary Sociological Theory.

Requisite courses

SOC-1100 or SOC-1101 [prerequisite(s)].

Restrictions

Students may not hold credit for this course and SOC-2114.

Lecture

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