Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus) (Volume 5 page 177)
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Peter Dwyer.
Prerequisite: 33.3 points of second year Sociology, or approved equivalent.
Contact: A 3-hour lecture/seminar each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject students should be able to:
- identify the sources of the development of modern sociological study;
- grasp the central ideas and modes of analysis of key social theorists of the nineteenth century; and
- relate twentieth century developments in the discipline of sociology to the theoretical frameworks of Marx, Durkheim and Weber.
Content:
An examination of the "major thinkers" who influenced the development of modern social theory - what their theories were and why those theories have been influential. An overview of the major strands of social theory, particularly the key ideas of Marx, Durkheim and Weber as well as some schools of thought in twentieth century sociology derived from their ideas. This also entails an understanding of the link between social theory and the social contexts in which different thinkers operate.
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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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Education (Parkville Campus) (Volume 5 page 177)
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