Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus) (Volume 5 page 177)
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Peter Dwyer.
Prerequisite: 25 points of first year Sociology, or approved equivalent.
Contact: Three hours of lectures/seminars each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- apply skills of social analysis to contemporary social conflicts in a comprehensive way so that the inter-relationships between phenomena are understood;
- understand the relationship between social structures and processes and students' understanding of themselves and their social environment; and
- understand something of the way in which images of Australian society and culture are constructed.
Content:
An examination of class, ethnicity and racism, as a challenge to past assumptions about 'the Australian Way of Life' and the pre-eminence of British traditions; alternative traditions and their contribution to the shaping of our society. Particular attention to the research evidence on different cultural values and practices.
Assessment:
A minor assignment of 2,000 words (40 per cent) and a major assignment of 3,000 words (60 per cent).
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