该系在以下一般领域具有特殊优势：政治经济学，马克思主义和批判理论，政治社会学，环境社会学，发展与可持续性，社会正义，知识社会学，科学技术，社会科学方法论和定量社会研究技术，加拿大研究，社会历史，性别和妇女研究以及农村社会学。此外，该系还致力于建立一个强大的跨学科社会科学计划，该计划可以利用其他系和学术领域的资源。该系提供研究生课程，可获社会学或社会学硕士学位。教员委员会将为成功进入硕士课程的申请者提供咨询和监督。
The department has particular strengths in the following general areas: political economy, Marxist and critical theory, political sociology, sociology of environment, development and sustainability, social justice, sociology of knowledge, science and technology, social science methodology and quantitative social research techniques, Canadian studies, social history, gender and women's studies, and rural sociology. As well, the department maintains a commitment to a strong interdisciplinary social science program which can draw on the resources of other departments and academic areas.