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>> All of our departments
programs provide you
with a knowledge base
in the key areas in each
of our disciplines,
so in anthropology you might be
looking at culture and diversity
and how they affect social life.
In the case of criminology,
you might look
at how the criminal justice
system policing surveillance
and the law interact
with a variety
of different social
relations in the community
to shape what we understand by
crime, deviance and justice.
>> A person who is interested
in sociology is interested
in things like why do
we work the way we do.
Literally, if you're a classic
draconian, why do you get
up when you get up,
and why do you go
to bed when you go to bed.
>> Today is really
questions that have to do
with what is the shape
of the society out there,
how much freedom do you have
and how much freedom
do you think you have.
>> The Family and
Social Relations Program
at the University of Windsor
is a program that's housed
in my department, and we
bring together sensibilities
from sociology, psychology,
women's studies,
history together such that
you get a good rich picture
of the challenges facing
families and the types
of changes taking place
in families today.
>> I found that because it is
such a small department there is
a lot of time for them to commit
to you during their
office hours, after class,
and they are very approachable
and they encourage you to come
in and speak to them
during those times.
>> They have this
passion to teach
and with knowledge you
also need to share,
so that really goes
hand and hand,
because in the classroom
they make sure
that the students
grasp the concepts
that they're being taught.
>> It feels home, especially for
students who are coming in from
out of town it's nice to have
that sense of personability
and I guess just intimacy
where it's comfortable.
>> I love the fact
that the University
of Windsor is very diverse.
They have a lot of international
student and exchange students,
so when it comes down to
classroom discussions you can
get views from different
cultures
and different religions.
>> We are kind of keeping
up with what is happening,
so for example, some of the
research that we're doing
at Windsor is really
focusing on the many things
that the new phenomenon that's
happening; the recent arrivals
of immigrants, and
then the changes
in the immigrant
population in Windsor,
and how Windsor itself
is responding
to that kind of influx.
>> We do have Capstone courses
where you are given a chance
to go out into the community
and apply what you have learnt
in the classroom in a
number of volunteer settings
such as homeless shelters,
women's shelters,
things like that.
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