Sociology

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D22-AA-SPC+1035 (2010)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.

Year and Campus: 2010
Overview:

Sociology engages with central dimensions of life in contemporary societies, from transformations in the life course, contemporary families, gender relations, ethnic, racial and sexual identity, and the body, through to media, new technologies, and globalisation. It engages with emerging patterns of social inequality and new forms of social problems, and the ways in which people and societies confront these new challenges. Sociology also explores emerging questions of action and identity – from new social movements to subcultures to forms of action evident in contemporary social transformations.

Objectives: See course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects: A specialisation in Sociology in the Graduate Diploma of Arts consists of:

Level 1 (12.5 points)

  • one level 1 subject from the list below.

Level 2 (37.5 points)

  • Social Science Research Methods
  • 25 points of level 2 subjects listed below.

Level 3 (50 points)

  • Contemporary Sociological Theory (12.5 points)
  • 37.5 points of level 3 subjects from list below.
Total 100 points
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Level 1 subjects

12.5 points
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Semester 2
12.50

Level 2 compulsory subject

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Level 2 Elective subjects - major

25 points
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Not offered in 2010
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2010

Level 3 Compulsory Capstone

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Level 3 Elective subjects:

37.5 points
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Not offered in 2010
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2010
12.50
Not offered in 2010
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.pscs.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Graduate Diploma in Arts

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