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Other Social Science Professionals

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals conduct research and studies to understand humans, their evolution, society, and language. They define and address social issues in collaboration with other professionals in action research. This group includes individuals who specialize in particular areas of the social sciences.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature
  • Climatic conditions
  • Vehicle or passenger compartment
  • Nontoxic dust
  • Violence

Main tasks

Anthropologists

  • Conduct research on the origin, development, and functioning of human societies and cultures.

Archaeologists

  • Study artifacts (objects and structures).
  • Reconstruct the economic, social, political, and intellectual life of the past.

Criminologists

  • Assess a person’s needs, strengths, risk, and protective factors.
  • Assess criminogenic factors in the case of an offender or youth who has committed an offence.
  • Develop an intervention plan appropriate to each person’s particular needs.
  • Ensure the follow-up and implementation of an intervention plan, including the provision of psychosocial support.
  • Intervene with a clientele, voluntary or not, in order to support and restore the capacities of the offender and the victim.
  • Accompany people through the judicial process.
  • Make recommendations on crime prevention and public protection.
  • Analyze and study the causes of crime and its effects on victims.
  • Develop programs to assist criminal clients and victims.

Geographers

  • Study and analyze physical, biological, cultural, and social phenomena.
  • Interpret and explain their interrelationships.

Gerontologists

  • Study human aging, its consequences, and its effect on society.
  • Counsel patients, their families, and caregivers to improve seniors’ quality of life.

Graphologists

  • Analyze handwriting in order to study an individual’s character or personality.

Historians

  • Research periods of history or facets of past human activity.
  • Interpret and annotate findings.

Linguists

  • Study the origin, structure, and evolution of language.
  • Propose solutions to problems related to teaching, translation, and communication.

Political Scientists

  • Study the theoretical foundations, origin, evolution, and interdependence of political institutions and movements as well as individual behaviour.

Psychometrists

  • Developing, administering and interpreting tests, scales, and psychological measures.

Sociologists

  • Study the development, structure, and social systems of human society.
  • Interpret the relationships that exist within society.

Advancement and mobility

  • Experience or university education makes it possible to specialize in each of these professions.

Hourly wage

Not available.

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

1,500

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
60.5% Female
39.5% Male

Not available.
  • 60.5% Female
  • 39.5% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$60,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • None

All of Québec

  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    26% of jobs
  2. Management, Scientific and Technical Services and Scientific Research and Development Services
    NAICS 5416, 5417
    17% of jobs
  3. Social Assistance
    NAICS 624
    11% of jobs
  4. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    10% of jobs
  5. Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
    NAICS 71
    9% of jobs
  6. Others
    27% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    26% of jobs
  2. Management, Scientific and Technical Services and Scientific Research and Development Services
    NAICS 5416, 5417
    17% of jobs
  3. Social Assistance
    NAICS 624
    11% of jobs
  4. Health Care
    NAICS 621, 622, 623
    10% of jobs
  5. Arts, Entertainment and Recreation
    NAICS 71
    9% of jobs
  6. Others
    27% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

University

Anthropology
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 36.3%

58.8% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 72.2%

22.2% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Art history
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 34.9%

54% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 69.2%

30.8% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Criminology
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 73.6%

24.5% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 86.5%

10.8% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université Laval
Earth science
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 58.3%

41.7% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 100%

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
  • Institut national de recherche scientifique
English literature or English, language of instruction
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 56.5%

21.7% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Ethnology or ethnography
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 66.7%

33.3% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 83.3%

16.7% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Université Laval
Geography
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 44.8%

48.5% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 68.4%

28.9% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Geopolitical studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • McGill University
Greco-latin humanities (classical studies) or classical archeology
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 36.7%

50% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

60% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
History
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 34.3%

60.2% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 63%

33.3% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Linguistics
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 38.8%

57.6% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 83.3%

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Modern language or literature other than French or English
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 57.6%

36.4% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 50%

35% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Philosophy
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 32.1%

65.4% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 60.5%

34.2% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Political science
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 38.4%

55.7% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 77.4%

16.9% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Social work
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 88.8%

7.9% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 84.4%

9.9% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université de Sherbrooke
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université du Québec à Rimouski
  • Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University
Sociology
Bachelor’s degree

Placement rate: 53.1%

41.9% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
Master’s degree

Placement rate: 45.2%

41.9% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
  • Bishop's University
  • Concordia University
  • Université de Montréal
  • Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
  • Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Université du Québec à Montréal
  • Université Laval
  • McGill University

Also required

Criminologists

  • Membership in the Ordre professionnel des criminologues du Québec (Quebec Order of Professional Criminologists) in order to practice as a criminologist.

Sometimes required

  • A Master’s or Doctorate degree in the area of expertise is usually required.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Information processing
  • Reading comprehension
  • Active listening
  • Critical thought
  • Solving complex problems
  • Written expression
  • Oral expression
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Social perception
  • Active learning
  • Coordination
  • Systems evaluation
  • Science
  • System analysis
  • Time management
  • Result evaluation
  • Mathematics
  • Service oriented
  • Teaching
  • Persuasion
  • Learning strategies
  • Operation analysis
  • Human resource management
  • Negotiation
More Less skills

Abilities

  • Written comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Oral comprehension
  • Written expression
  • Idea generation
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Awareness of issues
  • Speech clarity
  • Originality
  • Speech recognition
  • Near vision
  • Information organization
  • Visualization
  • Selective attention
  • Classification
  • Mathematical reasoning
  • Processing flexibility
  • Distance vision
  • Basic numeracy
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Critical thinking
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Versatility
  • Attention to detail
  • Capacity for synthesis
  • Desire to upgrade one’s competencies
  • Knowledge of history and archeology
  • Knowledge of geography
  • Knowledge of sociology and anthropology

Interests

  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Watch, defend, and secure
  • Work with numbers
  • Work in an office
  • Create, design
  • Carry out research
  • Assist and advise
  • Assist or care for people

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Investigative
People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Social
People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Artistic
People with this profile prefer to express their emotions and thoughts through various art forms. They like to use their imagination.
Additional information

Note about CNP

Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.

Official name of the NOC 4169 (41409)

Other professional occupations in social science, n.e.c.

Job titles

  • Criminologists
  • Anthropologist
  • Archaeologist
  • Geographer
  • Historian
  • Linguist
  • Research anthropologist
  • Cultural anthropologist
  • Social anthropologist
  • Social and cultural anthropologist
  • Biological anthropologist
  • Linguistic anthropologist
  • Applied anthropologist
  • Physical anthropologist
  • Research archaeologist
  • Biogeographer
  • Archaeological consultant
  • Social ecologist
  • Ethnographer
  • Ethnologist
  • Etymologist
  • Genealogist
  • Cultural geographer
  • Physical geographer
  • Applied geographer
  • Historical geographer
  • Industrial geographer
  • Urban geographer
  • Gerontologist
  • Handwriting expert
  • Scientific handwriting expert
  • Graphologist
  • Military historian
  • Political historian
  • Quantitative historian
  • Social historian
  • Diplomatic historian
  • Dramatic arts historian
  • Economic historian
  • Theatre historian
  • Applied linguist
  • Penologist
  • Philologist
  • Philosopher
  • Politicist
  • Psycholinguist
  • Psychometrician
  • Sociolinguist
  • Sociologist
  • Educational sociologist
  • Industrial sociologist
  • Medical sociologist
  • Rural sociologist
  • Urban sociologist
  • Social scientist
  • Economic geographer
  • Political geographer
  • Archaeological field worker
  • Probation officer
  • Parole officer
  • Human relations officer - family therapy
  • Human relations officer - social work
More Less job titles

Skill type

Education, law and social, community and government services

Related occupations

  • College and other vocational instructors
  • Economists and economic policy researchers and analysts
  • Employment counsellors
  • Family, marriage and other related counsellors
  • Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
  • Probation and parole officers and related occupations
  • Psychologists
  • Secondary school teachers
  • Social and community service workers
  • Social policy researchers, consultants and program officers
  • Social workers
  • Translators, terminologists and interpreters
  • University professors and lecturers

See also

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Last update: December 22, 2022

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