Sociology occupies a contested disciplinary space: most Canadian universities classify it as a social science rather than a humanities discipline, though it shares methodological and theoretical ground with both traditions. This distinction matters for degree planning, as sociology courses typically fulfill social science requirements in undergraduate programs, affecting everything from breadth requirements to graduate school prerequisites. The classification reflects sociology’s empirical research methods and emphasis on systematic data collection, which align more closely with social science paradigms than the interpretive, text-…