Sociology

Major/Minor/Specialisation !D22-AA-SPC+1035 (2015)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2015.

Year and Campus:	2015

Coordinator

Professor Jens Zinn

Email: jzinn@unimelb.edu.au

Contact

Enquiries
Phone: 13 MELB (13 6352)
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au

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.
Learning Outcomes:	See program objectives
Structure & Available Subjects:	Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires: two compulsory subjects (25 points) two core subjects (25 points) four elective subjects (50 points) Total 100 points Please note: students can only take a maximum 12.5 points of Level 1 subjects
Subject Options:	Compulsory Subjects Two compulsory subjects (25 points) Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MULT20003 Critical Analytical Skills Semester 1 12.50 MULT30018 Applied Research Methods Semester 2 12.50 Core Subjects Two core subjects (25 points) Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: MULT50002 Indigenous Peoples in Global Context February 12.50 POLS40001 Contemporary Political and Social Theory Semester 2 12.50 SOCI40003 Understanding The Life Course Semester 2 12.50 SOTH40001 Theories of Modernity Not offered in 2015 12.50 SOTH40002 Imagined Societies Semester 2 12.50 SOTH40003 The Critical Imagination March 12.50 Elective Subjects Four elective subjects (50 points) Please note: students can only take a maximum 12.5 points of Level 1 subjects Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ANTH20011 Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World Semester 2 12.50 ANTH30005 Power, Ideology and Inequality Semester 1 12.50 CRIM10001 From Graffiti to Terrorism Semester 1 12.50 CRIM20004 Order, Disorder, Crime, Deviance Semester 2 12.50 CRIM30005 Crimes of the Powerful Semester 2 12.50 DEVT20001 Development in the 21st Century Semester 2 12.50 HPSC30023 Science and Society Semester 1 12.50 INDO30002 Creative Industries in Indonesia Semester 2 12.50 INDO30003 Popular Cultures in Indonesia Not offered in 2015 12.50 MULT20008 Australian Indigenous Politics Semester 1 12.50 MULT30017 Indigenous People and Social Control Semester 1 12.50 POLS20011 Sexual Politics Semester 1 12.50 POLS20026 Politics and the Media Semester 1 12.50 POLS30007 Crisis and Change in Australian Politics Not offered in 2015 12.50 POLS30027 Global Movements: Protest and the Planet Not offered in 2015 12.50 SOCI10001 Understanding Society Semester 1 12.50 SOCI20007 Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms Semester 1 12.50 SOCI20015 Sport in Society Semester 1 12.50 SOCI30001 Contemporary Sociological Theory Semester 1 12.50 SOCI30005 Sociology Internship Semester 2 25 SOCI30009 Living in a Risk Society Semester 1 12.50 SOCI30010 Social Differences and Inequalities Semester 1 12.50 SOCI30012 Digital Technology and Social Change Semester 2 12.50 SOLS10001 Law in Society Semester 2 12.50 SOLS20001 Law, Justice and Social Change Semester 2 12.50 SOLS30001 Law in Social Theory Semester 1 12.50 SOTH20002 Modernity: Foundations of Sociology Semester 1 12.50 SOTH20003 Social Theory and Political Analysis Semester 2 12.50 SOTH30001 Critical Theories July 12.50 SOTH30004 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory Not offered in 2015 12.50
Links to further information:	http://www.ssps.unimelb.edu.au/
Related Course(s):	Graduate Diploma in Arts

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