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Minor Study Areas (Faculty of Social Sciences) | 2017
The Faculty of Social Sciences offers the following minors to students in any degree where their course rules allow:
Criminology
The Criminology minor provides students with a suite of skills to identify interpret and evaluate issues around crime, deviancy and justice from a social sciences perspective. Specific units are tailored to develop students' conceptual understanding of criminology and apply these to a range of topics of contemporary social concern.
A minor in Criminology requires at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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HAS 131 | Introducing Crime and Justice | 6 | Spring |
HAS 262 | Explaining Crime | 6 | Autumn |
Plus 12 credit points from the following electives: | |||
HAS 261 | Crime Prevention | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
SOC 247 | Punishment: Purpose, Practice, Policy | 6 | Spring |
HAS 352 | Environmental Harm, Crime and Justice | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
HAS 354 | Innovative Justice | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
HAS 353 | Youth Crime and Justice | 6 | Autumn, Spring First Offered 2018 |
HAS 355 | Current Issues in Criminal Justice | 6 | Spring |
Human Geography
The Human Geography minor provides students with an understanding of how cultural, economic, political and social forces are shaping our present and future lives. Human Geography with it unique focus on place pays attention to understanding the growing inequalities between different individuals and social groups and the uneven implications of present patterns of resource consumption on present and future lives. A Human Geography minor equips graduates to explain and analyse the importance of understanding place in various professional roles in addressing questions of social inequalities and/or environmental justice.
A minor in Human Geography requires at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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Select ONE subject from GEOG 100 level: | |||
GEOG121 | Human Geography: Life in a Globalising World | 6 | Autumn |
GEOG122 | Human Geography: Living in a Material World | 6 | Spring |
GEOG123 | Indigenous Geographies: Questioning Country | 6 | Spring |
Plus TWO subjects from GEOG 200 and 300 level: | |||
GEOG221 | Population Geography: People, Place, Inequality | 6 | Autumn |
GEOG222 | Society and Environment: Resources, Challenges, Futures | 6 | Spring |
GEOG224 | The Future of Food: Resilience, Communities and Policy | 6 | Spring |
GEOG231 | Maps and Apps for Social Scientists | 6 | Spring |
GEOG336 | Qualitative Research Design for Social Scientists | 6 | Autumn |
GEOG338 | Planning Urban Futures | 6 | Autumn |
GEOG337 | Environmental and Heritage Management | 6 | Spring |
GEOG339 | Geographies of Change: International Fieldwork Intensive | 6 | Summer |
Plus ONE subject from the above list at 100, 200 or 300 level. |
Introduction to Public Health
A minor in Public Health requires at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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HAS 130 | Social Determinants of Health | 6 | Autumn |
HAS 230 | Contemporary Public Health Issues | 6 | Autumn |
HAS 231 | Health Promotion | 6 | Autumn |
Plus ONE of the following two subjects: | |||
HAS 350 | Social Determinants of Indigenous Health | 6 | Spring |
HAS 351 | Health Promotion Competencies | 6 | Spring |
Psychology
A minor in Psychology requires at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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PSYC121 | Foundations of Psychology A | 6 | Autumn |
PSYC122 | Foundations of Psychology B | 6 | Spring |
Plus TWO of the following three subjects: | |||
PSYC231 | Personality | 6 | Autumn |
PSYC241 | Developmental and Social Psychology | 6 | Spring |
PSYC251 | Psychology of Abnormality | 6 | Spring |
Social Marketing
The Social Marketing minor presents students with a contemporary understanding of a strategic approach to social marketing to deliver positive social change and deliver social value. The minor considers contemporary discussion around what social marketing is and the key debates in the field. It considers the use of theory and research in social marketing programs; examines the broad toolkit of strategies that can be used in strategic social marketing; and considers the relevance of critical social marketing.
A minor in Social Marketing requires the successful completion of at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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MARK101 | Marketing Principles | 6 | Autumn, Spring, Summer 2017/2018 |
MARK320 | Social Marketing | 6 | Spring |
HAS 348 | Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship | 6 | Spring |
And at least ONE of the following subjects: | |||
HAS 130 | Social Determinants of Health | 6 | Autumn |
HAS 230 | Contemporary Public Health Issues | 6 | Autumn |
GEOG222 | Society and Environment: Resources, Challenges, Futures | 6 | Spring |
GEOG231 | Maps and Apps for Social Scientists | 6 | Spring |
Social Policy
Social policy refers to government action that addresses social problems and ensures that human needs are met. Utilising a multidisciplinary social sciences perspective, this major explores how social policy is developed, influenced, implemented, and evaluated, in Australian and global contexts. Students study major areas of social policy, including health, economic security, education, child and family well-being, and environmental protection.
Social Policy students learn to propose policy approaches to social problems and to analyse policies for their potential impacts on social and economic welfare, recognising tensions related to resource allocation, power and inequality, political ideologies, and government intervention.
A minor in Social Policy requires the successful completion of at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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HAS 202 | Introduction to Social Policy | 6 | Spring |
HAS 346 | Social Advocacy | 6 | Spring |
Plus TWO subjects at any level from the Social Policy Elective list below: | |||
Social Policy Electives | |||
ECON100 | Economic Essentials for Business | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
ECON102 | Economics and Society | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
LAW 101 | Law, Business and Society | 6 | Autumn |
GEOG123 | Indigenous Geographies: Questioning Country | 6 | Spring |
SOWK237 | Social Work and the Law | 6 | Autumn |
ECON205 | Macroeconomic Theory and Policy | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
ECON208 | Gender, Work and the Family | 6 | Spring |
HAS 201 | Work Health & Safety | 6 | Spring |
GEOG224 | The Future of Food: Resilience, Communities and Policy | 6 | Spring |
HAS 234 | Research Methods in the Social Sciences | 6 | Spring |
INTS204 | Global Aid and Development: Challenges and Prospects | 6 | Spring |
GEOG336 | Qualitative Research Design for Social Scientists | 6 | Autumn |
HIST351 | Debates in Australian Cultural History | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
SOC 356 | Cultures in Dispossession | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
INTS311 | Human Security, Global Capitalism and the Environment | 6 | Autumn First Offered 2018 |
ECON305 | Economic Policy | 6 | Spring |
ECON318 | Economics of Health and Human Resources | 6 | Spring |
HAS 350 | Social Determinants of Indigenous Health | 6 | Spring |
Work Health and Safety
The Work Health and Safety minor provides students with a broad based understanding of the principles and practices of work health and safety for prevention of injury and disease in workplaces. The minor provides an understanding of WHS legislation, rights and responsibilities of the key stakeholders, and concepts and strategies in the management of work health and safety. This includes development of basic skills in WHS risk management including identification of common workplace hazards, risk assessment procedures and risk control strategies.
A minor in Work Health and Safety requires 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.
Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
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HAS 201 | Work Health & Safety | 6 | Spring |
HAS 210 | Introduction to WHS Risk Management | 6 | Summer 2017/2018 |
HAS 235 | Productivity & Design of Work | 6 | Spring |
HAS 320 | Introduction to WHS Management Systems | 6 | Summer 2017/2018 |
HAS 341 | Introduction to Work Injury Management | 6 | Autumn |
HAS 342 | Protecting Worker Health | 6 | Spring, Summer 2017/2018 |
PSYC358 | Applied Psychology | 6 | Spring First Offered 2019 |