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 166-089 Sociology Internship Research Project

Note

Formerly available as 166-265/365. Students who have completed 166-265/365 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Entry to this subject is by quota, with a maximum of 15 students enrolled at any one time. Students are advised to complete the Professional Skills Program offered by the Careers and Liaison Unit before applying for entry to this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

K McDonald, J-S Chang & T Marjoribanks

Prerequisites

Students wishing to enrol in this subject must have completed two First Year Sociology subjects, 166-086 Intro to Qualitative Research Strategies and 166-081 Quantitative Social Research.

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

Weekly seminar and work with organisation

Subject Description

In this subject a student, under academic supervision from the Sociology Program, undertakes a sociological research project in an organisation outside the university - such as trade unions, social movements, women's organisations, welfare service providers, Government or non-government organisations or business organisations. The project will be determined jointly by the student and the organisation concerned.

Assessment

A research report of 4000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • Y Wadsworth, Do It Yourself Social Research. (2nd ed) Allen & Unwin 1997.
  • C Hakim, Research Design: Strategies and Choices in the Design of Social Research. Allen & Unwin 1987.
  • T Sullivan, Applied Sociology: Research and Critical Thinking. Macmillan 1992.
  • J Gubrium & D Silverman (eds), The Politics of Field Research: Sociology beyond Enlightenment. Sage 1989.
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