482-319 Current Theoretical Perspectives

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

33.3 points of Sociology Year 2 subjects, or approved equivalent.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Major perspectives that have influenced developments of social theory in the late twentieth century - what those theories were and why they have been influential. This involves an overview of the major strands, particularly the key ideas of symbolic interactionism, aspects of feminist thought and post-modernisms. This also entails an understanding of why these new perspectives have been developed and the challenge they present to established social theory.

Assessment

A minor assignment of 2000 words and a major assignment of 3000 words; or a single assignment of 5000 words.