Indigenous Community Advocacy Diploma to Honours Bachelor of Arts (Sociology major) Degree Transfer Program

Program Information

You enter into Year 2 of the four-year Honours Bachelor of Arts (Sociology major) program and can complete your degree in as little as three years.

Explore the major ideas and insights of the founders of sociology, as well as contemporary thinkers who examine present-day social life. Master the essentials of social research - how to design questionnaires and carry out meaningful surveys, collect and analyze quantitative, qualitative, and historical data, and conduct participant-observation and interviews. Apply these skills to study and better understand numerous topics and issues in social life that interest you. Lakehead's faculty are engaged in research in areas as diverse as health and illness, gerontology, gender and work, media and popular culture, the sociology of knowledge, sociological theory, sociology of the North, and global social change. At Lakehead University, you are bound to find an sociological area that interests you!

Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission, you must:

Complete Confederation College's two-year Indigenous Community Advocacy Diploma, and
Achieve an overall average of at least 70%.

Application Process

To apply, please:

Use the OUAC Undergraduate Application. You may need to create an account first, if you have never applied using the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC) before.
Select the program Sociology (Pathways with Confederation College) (Thunder Bay Campus only). The OUAC program code is ABK.
From the Subject of Major Interest drop-down menu, select Sociology (Thunder Bay).
As you proceed through the application process, use the Online Transcript Request, to have your transcript(s) sent to us, if applicable:
1. We require all of your post-secondary transcripts (i.e. from all colleges and universities attended).
2. We do not require your high school transcript.
3. Some colleges do not add in progress courses to their transcripts. If you are currently completing courses, you are encouraged to upload a screenshot of your upcoming winter term courses to your myInfo account. You will receive your myInfo login credentials in an acknowledgement email from us upon receipt of your application (which can take a few days after you apply using the OUAC).

Who Can I Contact If I Need Assistance?

Thinking of Applying? Contact a Recruitment Advisor

Submitted an Application? Connect with Student Central