Sociology

Major/Minor/Specialisation !B-ARTS-MAJ+1032 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus: 2011

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Prof Jens Zinn
jzinn@unimelb.edu.au

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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:

Sociology is available as both a 100-point major and a 75-point minor.

Major:

Level 1 (25 points)

Level 2 (37.5 points)

  • Critical Analytical Skills and
  • 25 points from level 2 subjects listed

Level 3 (37.5 points)

  • Contemporary Sociological Theory (capstone subject)
  • 25 points from level 3 subjects listed
Total 100 points


Minor:

Level 1 (25 points) consisting of:

Level 2 (25 points) consisting of:

  • 25 points from level 2 subjects listed (Critical Analytical Skills is strongly recommended).

Level 3 (25 points) consisting of:

  • 25 points from level 3 subjects listed
Total 75 points

The capstone subject is not available in the minor or as breadth studies.
Subject Options:

Sociology: Level 1 Subjects

12.5 points of the following level 1 subjects for students completing a major or minor and one Arts Interdisciplinary Foundation Subject .
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 2
12.50

Sociology: Level 2 Compulsory Subject

This subject is compulsory at level 2 in the sociology major. It is highly recommended that students completing the sociology minor complete this subject.
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Sociology: Level 2 Elective Subjects

Not all subjects listed in the major are available to students completing a minor, level 2 subjects included in the minor, see below.
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Sociology: Level 3 Capstone Subject

The capstone subject is compulsory for students completing a major in sociology.
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:

Sociology: Level 3 Elective Subjects

Not all subjects listed in the major are available to students completing a minor, level 3 subjects included in the minor, see below.

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50
Not offered in 2011
12.50

Sociology: Level 2 Elective Subjects (Minor)

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50

Sociology: Level 3 Elective Subjects (Minor)

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1
12.50
Links to further information: http://www.pscs.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Arts

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