Change & Conflict in Australian Society
Subject 166-004 (2008)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2008.Search for this in the current handbook
| Credit Points: | 12.500 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | Undergraduate | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008: Semester 2, - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: Thirty contact hours per semester. A 2-hour lecture per week for 10 weeks and a 1-hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks. The lecture and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks of semester Total Time Commitment: Not available | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | Usually one first-year politics subject. | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | None | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry. It is University policy to take all reasonable steps to minimise the impact of disability upon academic study, and reasonable adjustments will be made to enhance a student's participation in the University's programs. Students who feel their disability may impact on meeting the requirements of this subject are encouraged to discuss this matter with a Faculty Student Adviser and Student Equity and Disability Support: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/disability |
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Prof Verity Burgmann| Subject Overview: | An introduction to the study of social movements and the general issues raised by the problem of social change and political conflict. How and why do political changes occur? If social movements did not exist, would societies need to invent them? The subject examines the development and political arguments of the principal Australian social movements in the past 40 years and the reactions to them: the green movement; the Aboriginal movement; the women's movement; the homosexual liberation movements; the peace movement; multiculturalism and refugee action groups; the labour movement and the anti-corporate globalisation movement. |
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| Assessment: | An essay of 2000 words 50% (due mid-semester) and a 2 hour examination 50% (during the examination period). |
| Prescribed Texts: | Prescribed Texts:A reading pack will be availablePower, Profit and Protest (V Burgmann), 2003 |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is a level 2 or level 3 subject and is not available to new generation degree students as a breadth option in 2008. This subject or an equivalent will be available as breadth in the future. Breadth subjects are currently being developed and these existing subject details can be used as guide to the type of options that might be available. 2009 subjects to be offered as breadth will be finalised before re-enrolment for 2009 starts in early October. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
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| Related Course(s): |
Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts(Media and Communication) & Bachelor of Commerce Bachelor of Arts(Media and Communications) Diploma in Arts (Australian Studies) Diploma in Arts (Political Science) Diploma in Arts (Sociology) Graduate Certificate in Arts (Political Science) Graduate Diploma in Arts (Australian Indigenous Studies) Graduate Diploma in Arts (Political Science) Graduate Diploma in Arts (Sociology) |
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