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Second/third year subjects
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Subjects not offered in 2001
Second/third year subjects not offered in 2001
Fourth year subjects not offered in 2001
Convener: Dr John Rundell
The Ashworth Centre for Social Theory is housed in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and draws on high level expertise and a wide range of related disciplines across the Arts Faculty. The program provides a context where the theoretical and substantive issues raised in other disciplines may be critically examined and further explored. This makes social theory an appropriate choice for students with an interest in any of the social or human sciences.
The Ashworth Centre is home to a vibrant research community, publishes a journal of social and critical theory and hosts conferences, colloquia and seminar programs on a regular basis. It attracts eminent scholars to the University of Melbourne as visiting research fellows and boasts a distinguished list of international associates. A variety of career pathways is available to students of social theory, drawing on analytical and research knowledge gained in this area of study. Students interested in expanding their interests and knowledge in social theory are provided with an articulated structure of higher degree options at the University of Melbourne.
Social theory is an interdepartmental program that investigates the everyday assumptions that shape our lives and reflects in a systematic and critical manner on the ways in which social life is organised and, sometimes, transformed. Principal themes addressed in the program include contemporary theories of social and political relations, psychoanalytic theory and the nature of identity and themes that critique modernity and postmodernity, forms of agency and rationality.
The social theory program commences at second year. The general prerequisite for entry is the completion of 50 points of first year in any area of study within the Faculty of Arts.
A major in social theory consists of nine 12.5 point subjects, totalling 112.5 points. It comprises:
two first year subjects in any area of study (25 points) and;
seven second/third year subjects in social theory (totalling 87.5 points), which must include the following four core subjects:
And three subjects from the list of optional subjects below.
| Core subjects | ||
|---|---|---|
| 136-077 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory | 1 | |
| 136-073 Critical Theories | 2 | |
| 136-074 Society: Revolutions to Social Movements | 1 | |
| 136-075 Identities in Conflict | 2 | |
There is no pure honours program in social theory. This means that students must combine Fourth Year Honours in Social Theory with another area of study, such as English, history or political science.
The prerequisites for entry to combined honours in social theory are:
completion of all the requirements for the BA and;
completion of a major in social theory and;
an average grade of H2A or higher over second/third year subjects within the major and;
admission to honours in another area of study within the Faculty of Arts.
Entry to honours must be approved by the convenor of social theory and the Faculty of Arts honours course adviser.
Students undertaking combined honours in social theory and another area of study must complete:
136-503 Social Theory Thesis or 136-508 Social Theory Thesis (MYE) (37.5 points) and;
136-079 Reading Texts in Social Theory, the program's compulsory honours subject (12.5 points) and;
one honours subject in social theory from the list of core honours subjects below (12.5 points) and;
three honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 37.5 points).
or
honours thesis in the combined area of study (37.5 points)
two honours subjects in the combined area of study (totalling 25 points) and;
136-079 Reading Texts in Social Theory, the program's compulsory honours subject (12.5 points) and;
two honours subjects from the lists of core or optional honours subjects below (totalling 25 points)
| Core honours subjects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Social theory | Semester | |
| 136-082 Imagined Societies | 2 | |
| 136-080 Theories of Modernity | Not Offered | |
| 136-079 Reading Texts in Social Theory | 1 | |
| Political science | ||
| 166-060 Postcolonial Concerns, Postmodern Theory | 2 | |
| Optional honours subjects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cinema studies | Semester | |
| 107-095 Film, Modernity and the Avant-Garde | 2 | |
| English | ||
| 106-079 Romanticism and Modernity | 1 | |
| History and philosophy of science | ||
| 136-069 Disease and Culture | 2 | |
| 136-066 Risk, Environment and Modernity | Not Offered | |
Ashworth Centre for Social Theory
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Ground Floor, Rooms 147 and 146B
Old Arts Building
The University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
Tel. +61 3 8344 6556
Fax. +61 3 8344 7959
Email: johnfr@truck.its.unimelb.edu.au
Web: http://www.hps.unimelb.edu.au
166-034 An/Other China:Theorising Everyday Life
136-073 Critical Theories
136-074 Society: Revolutions to Social Movements
136-075 Identities in Conflict
136-077 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory
136-503 Social Theory Thesis
136-508 Social Theory Thesis (MYE)
136-079 Reading Texts in Social Theory
136-082 Imagined Societies
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