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166-104 Doing Sociology | |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Jui-Shan Chang |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject introduces students to sociology as a discipline, as well as to what sociology graduates do in their professional lives in local and global contexts. Concerning sociology as a discipline, this subject uses various classical and contemporary sociological perspectives to examine various dimensions of society in both Australian and cross-cultural/global contexts. Social dimensions covered in this subject include race/ethnicity, class, gender, life course, marriage, family, sexuality, education, popular culture, religion and belief. Concerning what sociologists can do as a profession, this subject organizes career panels and gives students an understanding of how to do sociology empirically in their everyday lives and through a hands-on research project conducted over the whole semester. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words, comprising in-class tests, a 1000 word essay, a research essay, a group workshop and oral presentation, and an individual final report. Tutorial participation is worth 15%. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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