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Bachelor of Arts (Sociology)
Sociology is the study of social life, cultural and social
change and the social causes and consequences of human behaviour.
By acquiring sociological skills students develop the ability
to analyse a wide variety of social processes, institutions,
causes of social change and the structures of groups and societies.
Specific areas of study for sociologists include gender and
social class, crime and punishment, race and ethnicity, the
family, welfare and education reform, everyday life experiences,
social movements, social change in Asia, sport and entertainment,
and youth and popular culture.
Major Study
A major in Sociology consists of at least 54 credit points:
- at least 6 credit points of Sociology at 100 level in
either SOC103 or SOC104
- at least 24 credit points at 200-level including SOC203 and SOC231 and an elective chosen from the list below ;
- at least 24 credit points at 300-level in SOC subjects.
Minor Study
A minor in Sociology will consist of at least 28 credit points
from the schedule of the major. It will include either SOC103
or SOC104, as well as SOC203 and SOC231. It must not include more
than two subjects at 100 level. Subjects in the minor may
not be cross-counted with any other minor or major study.
Honours
See Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Study Program
| Subjects |
|
Credit Points |
| 100-level: at least
one of the following subjects |
| SOC103 |
Aspects of Australian Society |
6 |
| SOC104 |
Communication, Media and Society |
6 |
| 200-level:
at least 24 credit points including SOC203 and SOC231. |
| POL290 |
Women in Society: Productive and Reproductive Labour |
8 |
| SOC203 |
Explaining Society |
8 |
| SOC205 |
Sociology of the Family |
8 |
| SOC206 |
Youth and Popular Culture |
8 |
| SOC222* |
Crime, Criminality and Criminalisation |
8 |
| SOC224 |
Violence, Fear and Civilisation: the Evolution
of States |
8 |
| SOC231 |
Social Analysis |
8 |
| SOC241 |
Culture and Communication |
8 |
| SOC242 |
Contemporary Issues in Society |
8 |
| SOC243 |
Contesting Asia: Culture, Diversity, Difference |
8 |
| SOC244 |
Punishment: Purpose, Practice, Policy |
8 |
| 300-level: at least
24 credit points |
| SOC302* |
Contemporary Social and Political Thought |
8 |
| SOC303* |
The Individual in Society |
8 |
| SOC305 |
Race and Ethnic Studies |
8 |
| SOC308 |
Social and Public Policy |
8 |
| SOC309* |
Social Movement and Community Activism |
8 |
| SOC310 |
Community Organisations, the Third Sector
and Civil Society |
8 |
| SOC318 |
Modernity, Development and Social Change |
8 |
| SOC325 |
Social Research Methods: Policy and Evaluation |
8 |
| SOC330 |
Gender and Society |
8 |
| SOC334 |
Bread and Circuses |
8 |
| SOC341 |
Special Topics in Sociology |
8 |
| SOC349 |
Governing Society: The Self
and the Social |
8 |
*not on offer in 2005
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