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Subject Lists
First-year subjects
Second/third-year subjects
Core second/third-year subjects
Optional second/third-year subjects
Third-year subjects
Fourth year Honours subjects
Core subjects not offered in 1999
Second/third year core subjects not offered in 1999
Optional subjects not offered in 1999
Optional second/third-year subjects not offered in 1999
Optional Honours subjects not offered in 1999
Convener: Dr Kevin McDonald
Sociology at the University of Melbourne is a new and innovative program housed in the Department of Political Science. It engages with central dimensions of social life, from transformations in the life course, contemporary families, gender relations, ethnic and sexual identity, to the urban experience, while engaging with emerging patterns of social inequality and new forms of social problems such as unemployment.
Sociology also explores emerging questions of action and identity - from new social movements, to subcultures to forms of action crisis evident in contemporary social problems such as addiction or social dislocation.
The program aims at ensuring students have a solid grounding in the discipline of sociology, while seeking to engage with social and cultural questions at the centre of contemporary life.
Sociology is defined by its engagement with social actors, so the program emphasises field work skills ranging from interviews, data collection and analysis. It encourages students to make use of other research skill subjects in the Faculty of Arts. The program has its own staff, and offers subjects from Anthropology, Political Science, Criminology, Geography and Social Theory.
The program commences at first year and there are no prerequisites for entry at this level.
The general prerequisite for second/third-year subjects in Sociology is 25 points of first year Sociology. Students with a 12.5 point Sociology subject and another first-year subject from Anthropology, Criminology, Political Science or Geography may also proceed.
A Major in Sociology usually consists of nine 12.5 points subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:
Two first-year subjects in Sociology (25 points), and;
Seven second/third-year subjects totalling 87.5 points which must include:
166-086 Social Research Strategies, the program's compulsory subject, and;
Six subjects from the list of Sociology subjects below. Students are advised to include 166-087 Sociological Theory in Contemporary Society as one of these six subjects.
Students take the following two first-year subjects towards a Major in Sociology.
| First-year subjects | ||
|---|---|---|
| 166-080 Sociology 1A: Society and Self Identity | 1 | |
| 166-081 Sociology 1B: Doing Sociology | 2 | |
| In addition students may also take: | ||
| 166-006 Media, Politics and Society | 2 | |
Students must take six of the following subjects at second/third year toward their Sociology Major in addition to the program's compulsory subject 166-086 Social Research Strategies.
| Core subjects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sociology | Semester | |
| 166-086 Social Research Strategies | 1 | |
| 166-090 Love, Family and Sexuality: A Comparative Perspective | 1 | |
| 166-083 Sociology of Youth and Youth Policy | 2 | |
| 166-087 Sociological Theory in Contemporary Society | 2 | |
| 166-091 Sociology of Health and Illness | 2 | |
| 166-082 Work, Management and Globalisation | Not Offered | |
| 166-084 Living in a Global City: The Sociology of Urban Experience | Not Offered | |
| 166-085 Culture, Power, Action: The Sociology of Social Movements | Not Offered | |
| 166-088 Modern Manhood and Womanhood in Chinese Societies | Not Offered | |
| Geography | ||
| 121-017 Society and Environments | 2 | |
| History and Philosophy of Science | ||
| 136-074 Theoretical Foundations of Sociology | ||
| Criminology | ||
| 191-008 Sociology of Crime and Deviance | 2 | |
| Optional subjects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Political Science | Semester | |
| 166-015 Transforming Australian Culture: State, Society and the Australian Way of Life | 1 | |
| 166-032 Sexual Politics | Not Offered | |
| 166-036 The Development of Social and Political Theory | Not Offered | |
| Social Theory | ||
| 136-073 Critical Theories | 2 | |
| Anthropology | ||
| 136-007 Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World | 1 | |
| 136-010 Power, Ideology and Inequality | Not Offered | |
| Criminology | ||
| 191-003 Crime and Public Policy | 1 | |
| 191-014 Youth, Crime and Society | 1 | |
| 191-020 Women, Gender and Crime | 1 | |
| 191-015 Corporate and White-Collar Crime | 2 | |
| Geography | ||
| 121-015 Development and the Third World | 1 | |
| 121-016 Landscapes of Power: New Cultural Geographies | 1 | |
| 121-020 Australia and the Pacific Rim in a Global Economy | 1 | |
The prerequisite for entry to fourth year Honours in Sociology is:
Completion of all the requirements for the BA, and;
Completion of a Major in Sociology, and;
An average grade of H2A or higher over the second/third-year subjects within the Major.
Entry to Honours must be approved by the convenor of Sociology and the Faculty of Arts Honours course adviser.
Students wishing to undertake their thesis in Sociology will need to make a written application to the Sociology convenor by October 31. Form will be available in the Political Science office in September.
Students undertaking pure Honours in Sociology must complete:
166-094 Sociology Honours Thesis, (37.5 points)
166-092 Sociology 4A Advanced Sociological Theory (12.5 points),
121-503 Research Methods and Design (12.5 points), and;
Three Honours subjects in Sociology chosen from the list below (equivalent to 37.5 points).
Students undertaking combined Honours in Sociology and another area of study must complete:
166-094 Sociology Honours Thesis, (37.5 points) and;
166-092 Sociology 4A Advanced Sociological Theory (12.5 points), and;
121-503 Research Methods and Design (12.5 points), and;
Three Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 37.5 points).
or
Honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points), and;
Two Honours subjects in the combined area of study (equivalent to 25 points), and;
166-092 Sociology 4A Advanced Sociological Theory (12.5 points), and;
121-503 Research Methods and Design (12.5 points), and;
One Honours subject in Sociology chosen from the list below (12.5 points).
| Honours subjects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Compulsory subjects | Semester | |
| 166-092 Sociology 4A Advanced Sociological Theory | 1 | |
| 121-503 Research Methods and Design | Semester 1, repeated 2, Summer | |
| History and Philosophy of Science | ||
| 136-080 Theories of Modernity | 2 | |
| 136-079 Reading Texts in Social Theory | Not Offered | |
| Politics | ||
| 166-055 Approaches to Political and Social Inquiry | 1 | |
| 166-066 Globalisation and its Discontents | 1 | |
| 166-067 The Australian Welfare State in International Perspective | 2 | |
| 166-062 Globalisation and Workplace Change in Australia | Not Offered | |
| Criminology | ||
| 191-020 Women, Gender and Crime | 1 | |
| 191-015 Corporate and White-Collar Crime | 2 | |
| 191-029 Victims | 2 | |
Currently Masters and Doctoral thesis supervision is available, depending on the area of research of the candidate. Currently there are no postgraduate Sociology subjects offered.
Sociologists work in a wide range of areas, in government, private and community sectors. They work on questions such as changing family patterns, changes in ethnic communities, health and employment issues. In the public sector sociologists work in areas such as neighbourhood and community service development, or in social policy in areas dealing with ageing, youth or women's issues or services. They are involved in program implementation and development, in social and environmental impact assessment, and in evaluation in areas from health programs, urban development or housing policies.
Sociologists also work in areas such as the media, public communication and marketing. They are involved in workplace change, employed by union or employer organisations, or working as consultants. They are found in private and public social forecasting organisations. They are involved in community consultations and community relations work, where for example, large organisations such as hospitals have to understand and respond to community concerns or specific groups.
Sociologists are also found in non-government organisations such as social change groups, peak bodies and research and policy organisations such as the Institute of Family Studies.
Sociologists are involved in policy evaluation and program implementation. They are involved in promoting public debate, constructing competing ways of exploring questions facing our society and culture. In a whole range of areas, sociologists are employed in jobs that are part of shaping and making sense of the social and cultural world we live in.
Dr Kevin McDonald
Sociology Program
Department of Political Science
Fourth floor, John Medley Building
The University of Melbourne
Parkville Victoria 3052
Tel. +61 3 9344 6565
Fax. +61 3 9344 7906
Web: http://www.sociology.unimelb.edu.au
166-080 Sociology 1A: Society and Self Identity
166-081 Sociology 1B: Doing Sociology
166-006 Media, Politics and Society
166-089 Sociology Internship Research Project
166-094 Sociology Honours Thesis
166-092 Sociology 4A Advanced Sociological Theory
121-503 Research Methods and Design
136-080 Theories of Modernity
166-066 Globalisation and its Discontents
166-067 The Australian Welfare State in International Perspective
191-029 Victims
166-055 Approaches to Political and Social Inquiry
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