Social Theory Major

Major/Minor/Specialisation !105-AA-MAJ+1044 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Year and Campus:	2014

Coordinator

Assoc Prof John Rundell

Email: johnfr@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Arts Student Centre

Overview:	This course is no longer taking applications, the course structure below applies to re-enrolling students who commenced their studies prior to 2008. Information for course B-Arts can be found at the following: https://handbook.unimelb.edu.au/
Learning Outcomes:	See course objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	Social Theory A major in social theory consists of eight 12.5-point subjects, totalling 100 points. It comprises: two level one subjects in any area of study (25 points); and six level two/three subjects in social theory (totalling 75 points), which must include three of the following five core subjects, and three subjects from the list of elective subjects below. Students who commenced their degree before 2007 will need to complete 112.5 points toward this major in order to complete the major. For the specific major structure you must follow, refer to the handbook produced in the year you commenced your degree, available online at https://psc.unimelb.edu.au/. If you have any questions about the major structure or subjects, please contact the Arts Student Centre.
Subject Options:	Core subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: SOTH30001 Critical Theories Semester 1 12.50 SOTH30004 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory Semester 2 12.50 SOTH20002 Modernity: Foundations of Sociology Semester 2 12.50 SOTH20003 Social Theory and Political Analysis Not offered in 2014 12.50 SOCI30009 Living in a Risk Society Semester 2 12.50 Elective subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: SOCI20007 Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms Semester 1 12.50 SOCI30001 Contemporary Sociological Theory Semester 1 12.50 SOLS30001 Law in Social Theory Semester 1 12.50 ANTH20011 Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World Semester 1 12.50 ANTH30015 High Points in Theory and Ethnography August 12.50 DEVT20001 Development in the 21st Century Semester 2 12.50 PHIL20012 Justice, Equality and Human Rights Not offered in 2014 12.50 SCRN20012 Sex and the Screen Not offered in 2014 12.50 CRIM30006 Crime and Culture Semester 1 12.50 ABPL30002 Theories of Architecture Not offered in 2014 12.50 ENGL20006 Postmodernism Not offered in 2014 12.50 GEOG30020 Mobile Worlds Not offered in 2014 12.50 ENGL20020 Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution Semester 1 12.50 GEOG20008 Inside the City of Diversity Semester 2 12.50 GEND20001 Sex, Gender and Power Not offered in 2014 12.50 GEND20003 Genders, Bodies, Borders Semester 1 12.50 PHIL30024 The Foundations of Interpretation Semester 2 12.50 POLS30025 Democracy, Terrorism and Violence Not offered in 2014 12.50 PHIL20038 Nietzsche and Critics Semester 1 12.50 PHIL20041 Phenomenology and Existentialism Semester 2 12.50 HPSC30023 Science and Society Semester 1 12.50 POLS30027 Global Movements: Protest and the Planet Not offered in 2014 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.ssps.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science

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