DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SOCIOLOGY (PHD)<br>CANADIAN IMMIGRATION UPDATES<br>Applicants to Master's and Doctoral degrees are not affected by the recently announced cap on study permits. REVIEW MORE DETAILS<br><br>Go to programs search<br><br>OVERVIEW<br>UBC has granted Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in sociology since 1970, although the first sociology course was taught at the university as long ago as 1921. Students in the Ph.D. program in sociology at UBC have the opportunity to specialize in any one or more of the Department's seven major areas of specialization:<br><br>Environment, Community and Social Movements,<br>Family and Life Course,<br>Gender and Sexuality,<br>Health and Healthcare,<br>Knowledge, Culture and Power,<br>Race, Ethnicity and Immigration, and<br>Work, Economy and Globalization.<br>UBC sociology has a strong tradition of publishing research that matters. A sample of recent and award-winning books include: Gillian Creese's The New African Diaspora (U. Toronto Press), Amin Ghaziani's There Goes the Gayborhood (Princeton U. Press), Renisa Mawani's Colonial Proximities(UBC Press), Becki Ross Burlesque West: Showgirls, Sex, and Sin in Postwar Vancouver (U. Toronto Press), and Wendy Roth's Race Migrations (Stanford U. Press).<br><br>UBC sociology has a strong history of engaging in community and service oriented learning projects, providing students with hands-on learning experiences carrying out research for partnering organizations in and around Vancouver (e.g. RainCity Housing, SPEC, City of Vancouver, Neighborhood House Association, Be The Change). There is a strong co-op tradition, and the Department also runs the Immigrant Vancouver Ethnographic Field School (in conjunction with the Department of Anthropology).