Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 166)
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1. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p166) : Next:166-131
Credit points: 12.5 1st year
Coordinator: Assoc Prof M Considine, Dr V Burgmann, Mr M Crozier.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- have an understanding of the basic concepts of sociological analysis including role, status, identity, socialisation and social structure;
- have an understanding of the difference between commonsense understanding and sociological explanation;
- understand the basic methods of social inquiry;
- be able to analyse family, kinship, peer and mass media relationships, and to explain their sociological significance;
- be able to analyse social significance of personal experience using social theories.
Content:
This subject provides an introduction to sociology and the sociological methods used to examine the workings of modern society. No previous knowledge of sociology is required. The subject is based upon an examination of the social significance of person experience and individual identity. What does it mean to be an individual within the social group? What roles do social institutions play? How is the individual formed and shaped by social institutions? How are these experiences made common among different groups of individuals? The subject examines the roles of family, school, peer group, work and community socialisation in order to show how identity may be created. Sources of tension and conflict between individual interests and social norms are also examined. Deviance, crime and punishment play a part in this drama and the subject examines their sociological importance. Finally, the subject introduces students to some of the major theories and methods of social inquiry and shows how these may be used to examine the questions of identity and social structure raised by the subject.
Assessment:
A book review of 1,000 words and two 1,500 word essays.
Prescribed texts:
1. Sociology, Faculty of Arts (v3, p166) : Next:166-131
2. Sociology, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p177) : Next:166-131
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Assoc Prof M Considine, Dr V Burgmann, Mr M Crozier.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should:
- have an understanding of the basic concepts of sociological analysis including role, status, identity, socialisation and social structure;
- have an understanding of the difference between commonsense understanding and sociological explanation;
- understand the basic methods of social inquiry;
- be able to analyse family, kinship, peer and mass media relationships, and to explain their sociological significance;
- be able to analyse social significance of personal experience using social theories.
Content:
This subject provides an introduction to sociology and the sociological methods used to examine the workings of modern society. No previous knowledge of sociology is required. The subject is based upon an examination of the social significance of person experience and individual identity. What does it mean to be an individual within the social group? What roles do social institutions play? How is the individual formed and shaped by social institutions? How are these experiences made common among different groups of individuals? The subject examines the roles of family, school, peer group, work and community socialisation in order to show how identity may be created. Sources of tension and conflict between individual interests and social norms are also examined. Deviance, crime and punishment play a part in this drama and the subject examines their sociological importance. Finally, the subject introduces students to some of the major theories and methods of social inquiry and shows how these may be used to examine the questions of identity and social structure raised by the subject.
Assessment:
A book review of 1,000 words and two 1,500 word essays.
Prescribed texts:
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2. Sociology, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p177) : Next:166-131
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