Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Communication

Simon Fraser University

Are you interested in how people organize and move within social life? Would you like to learn more about social justice and policy, cultures and subcultures, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, work and leisure? When you study Sociology you develop a quality of mind—a sociological imagination—that allows you to think about the world around you in new ways.

The Sociology program in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers a major, a minor, and five joint majors. You can start this program at the Surrey campus.

Sociology and Communication overlap in many concerns: nature, production, commodification, and politics of culture; communicative processes and social identity, class, gender, etc. This joint major is for those who share these common interests.

Students may complete their BA degree in either the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, or in the Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology.

Communication Areas of Concentration

Media and Culture

Technology and Society

Political Economy and Policy

Career possibilities

The world is changing rapidly and you have no way of knowing the full range of career opportunities available to you in the future. Graduates of this program may end up in a range of occupations, including these:

Academic Advisor
Arts Administrator
Blog Writer
Child and Youth Worker
Claims Adjuster
Community Worker
Cultural Artifact Specialist
Cultural Resource Specialists
Field Interviewer
Foreign Service Officer
Human Rights Officer
Immigration Officer
Intergovernmental Affairs Officer
International Development Officer
Labour Relations Mediator
Market Research Analyst
Multicultural Educator
Outreach Worker
Probation Officer
Public Policy Analyst
Refugee Worker
Research Assistant
Social Housing Coordinator
Social Service Worker
Social Survey Researcher
Supplies Officer
Travel Agent

• Media and Culture
• Technology and Society
• Political Economy and Policy