Course Description
This course focuses on the use of social science theories, perspectives, and methodologies to investigate and explain shifts in knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviour and their impact on society. Students will critically analyse how and why cultural, social, and behavioural patterns change over time. They will explore the ideas of social theorists and use those ideas to analyse causes of and responses to challenges such as technological change, deviance, and global inequalities. Students will explore ways in which social science research methods can be used to study social change.
| HSB4U COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Unit # | Unit Name | Time Allocation |
| 1 | What are Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology? This unit reintroduces the student to the three disciplines of anthropology, sociology, and psychology. It examines theories of change with respect to individuals, societies, and cultures, and determines agents and impediments to those changes. | 20 hours |
| 2 | Societal, Cultural and Individual’s Effects on Well-Being This unit examines the relationship between individual change, societal change, and cultural change with respect to the concept of “well-being” and how this definition has changed over time. The concept of universal healthcare and its societal importance to Canada will be discussed in depth. | 25 hours |
| 3 | Trends, Challenges, Changes in our Global Society Similar trends, challenges and changes as discussed in the previous unit will be now related to world societies and how they have changed compared to their own history, and also compared to their neighbors and others. | 25 hours |
| 4 | Trends, Challenges, Changes in our Global Society Similar trends, challenges and changes as discussed in the previous unit will be now related to world societies and how they have changed compared to their own history, and also compared to their neighbors and others. | 30 hours |
| C | Culminating Activity The culminating activity for this course is a self-designed research project. The student will determine a topic they would like to conduct research on, produce a hypothesis, research method, and carry out the research. The report will consist of the above, as well as require the student to make conclusions on their data to answer their original query. | 10 hours |
| Total Hours | 110 |
Resources
- Transitions in Society: The Challenge of Change, Oxford University Press, 2002
- Purdue Online Writing Lab: APA Formatting and Style Guide, Purdue University, 2013
- Science Buddies: Steps of the Scientific Method, 2013
- Black Like Me. John Howard Griffin. Signet, 1961.
- Moodle Website
FAQ
What is HSB4U?
HSB4U is a Grade 12 Challenge and Change in Society course at a university preparation level.
What is the prerequisite course for HSB4U?
Any Grade 11 or 12 university (U) or university/college (M) preparation course in Social Sciences and Humanities, English, or Canadian and World Studies.
How long does it take to complete the HSB4U online course?
You can complete HSB4U as quickly as 4 weeks, or take as long as 5 months
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