Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 114)
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HANDBOOK ERROR - Subject is listed more than once in SocialTheory:Arts.
# as 136-354 and as 136-454.
136-354/454 "Theories of Modernity" appears differently in several places - choose the one you want:
1. History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Arts (v3, p114) : Next:136-447 | Prev:136-342
Credit points: 16.7 3rd and 4th years
Coordinator: To be advised.
Prerequisite: At least two 200-level Arts subjects.
Contact: Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should have:
- developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity;
- gained an awareness of the selected philosophical and theoretical tradition, through which this debate has been generated;
- demonstrated this understanding through a critical engagement with the historical and theoretical literature.
Content:
The images of the 'city', 'progress', 'the public' and 'the nation' will be used to establish some of the features of modernity. The way modernity is understood will also be explored through various critical theories of modernity.
Assessment:
A seminar paper and a long essay, together totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
1. History & Phil'y of Sci., Faculty of Arts (v3, p114) : Next:136-447 | Prev:136-342
2. Social Theory, Faculty of Arts (v3, p164) : Next:166-242 | Prev:136-256
Credit points: 16.7 3rd year
Coordinator: To be advised.
Contact: Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should have:
- developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity;
- gained an awareness of the selected philosophical and theoretical tradition, through which this debate has been generated;
- demonstrated this understanding through a critical engagement with the historical and theoretical literature.
Content:
The images of the 'city', 'progress', 'the public' and 'the nation' will be used to establish some of the features of modernity. The way modernity is understood will also be explored through various critical theories of modernity.
Assessment:
A seminar paper and a long essay, together totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
2. Social Theory, Faculty of Arts (v3, p164) : Next:166-242 | Prev:136-256
3. Social Theory, Faculty of Arts (v3, p165) : Next:166-441 | Prev:136-448
Credit points: 16.7 4th year
Coordinator: To be advised.
Contact: A weekly 2-hour seminar.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should have:
- developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity;
- gained an awareness of the selected philosophical and theoretical tradition, through which this debate has been generated;
- demonstrated this understanding through a critical engagement with the historical and theoretical literature.
Content:
The images of the 'city', 'progress', 'the public' and 'the nation' will be used to establish some of the features of modernity. The way modernity is understood will also be explored through various critical theories of modernity.
Assessment:
A seminar paper and a long essay, together totalling 6,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that ASSESSMENT, CONTACT, POINTS, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
3. Social Theory, Faculty of Arts (v3, p165) : Next:166-441 | Prev:136-448
4. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p167) : Next:136-272 | Prev:136-251
Credit points: 16.7 3rd and 4th years
Coordinator: To be advised.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first-year Sociology.
Contact: Up to three hours of lectures, seminars or tutorials a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should have:
- developed an understanding of the major conceptual debates concerning the meaning of modernity;
- gained an awareness of the selected philosophical and theoretical tradition, through which this debate has been generated;
- demonstrated this understanding through a critical engagement with the historical and theoretical literature.
Content:
The images of the ë cityí , ë progressí , ë the publicí and ë the nationí will be used to establish some of the features of modernity. The way modernity is understood will also be explored through various critical theories of modernity.
Assessment:
A seminar paper and a long essay, together totalling 5,000 words.
Prescribed texts:
* Note that CONTENT, PREREQUISITES, PRESCRIBEDTEXTS differs from the maintainer's version above. A log of variations is available.
4. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p167) : Next:136-272 | Prev:136-251
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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