Contact Page - Online BA: Sociology Degree Program

Canadian Virtual University:
Canadian Virtual University (CVU) is a consortium of accredited Canadian universities offering complete degrees and individual courses online and through distance education. CVU offers over 350 distance or online undergraduate and graduate programs from Canada's leading universities, and over 2500 individual courses.

Bachelor of Arts: Sociology Major (4-years):
The main goal of the B.A. in Sociology is to introduce students to the basic skills involved in understanding sociological theory and sociological research, and to show how these skills are used in such applied areas of study as crime and deviance, family and gender studies, environmental and health issues, agriculture and food, technology and the information society, race and ethnic relations, organizations and bureaucracies as well as Canadian society and social change.

These courses are designed to enable students to think more reflexively about their own life experiences, and to think more critically and analytically about some of the pressing social and global issues of our age.

Admission:
Students must be 16 years or older. No other prerequisites.

Career Options:
• Social Researcher
• Journalist
• Social Service Worker
• Police Officer
• Early Childhood Development
• Correctional Officer (Guard, Parole Officer, Probationary Officer)
• Policy Researcher
• Teacher
• Human Resources
• Caregiver
• Community Organizer
• Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Worker
• Industrial Relations Officer

Further Education Options:
• Master of Arts
• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Health Studies
• Master of Distance Education
• Education
• Gender studies
• Media and Communication studies
• Journalism
• Social work
• Counselling
• Law enforcement