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 166-090 Love, Family and Sexuality

Note

Formerly available as 166-266. Students who have completed 166-266 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

1

Coordinator

Jui-Shan Chang

Prerequisites

Usually two First Year Sociology subjects.

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week

Subject Description

This subject focuses on the impact of socio-cultural change on, and cultural representations of, love, family and sexuality in a variety of cultural contexts and social systems. The subject also explores a range of non-normative arrangements regarding family and sexuality. Three projects enable students to analyse degrees of variation regarding the systems and the meanings of love, family and sexuality that occurs between norms, representations and actual daily living. Specific socio-cultural comparisons should enable students to develop sociological insights and arguments using a grounded theoretical approach.

Assessment

A class test of 1000 words and workshop assignments totalling 3000 words.

Prescribed Texts
  • M Gilding, Australian Families: A Comparatiave Perspective. Longman 1997.
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