Bachelor of Arts - Honours Arts and Business - Sociology

Honours Arts and Business is where the things students are passionate about intersect with business. Students can pick one of 29 majors — a subject they are curious about or something they have always loved — then layer on business classes that teach them the practical skills employers look for.

Students who would like their degree to be even more customized, they can add on a second honours major or a minor. Students can choose the regular system of study and finish in four years, or add 20 months of serious work experience to their resumes through co-op.

This is a program where students will wrestle with pressing questions — and develop the tools to create solutions to local and global challenges.

Students will explore topics such as age, class, ethnicity, religion, gender, criminality, education, work, social change, and politics. And when students study Sociology at the University of Waterloo, they will learn from leading experts committed to creating an outstanding classroom experience, ranked in the top 100 in the world. (Shanghai World University Rankings 2020).

As a sociologist, students will find career opportunities in a wide range of fields, including government, the financial sector, health, policy and research, law, academia, policing, and non-profit organizations. Students who want to explore them early they can start by enrolling in the co-op stream and gaining up to two years of work experience prior to graduating.