166-485 Contemporary Sociological Theory

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166-485 Contemporary Sociological Theory
Availability	3rd and 4th year
Credit Points	12.5
HECS Band	1
Coordinator	Kevin McDonald
Prerequisites	Completion of 37.5 points of second/third-year sociology subjects for third year. Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours for fourth year.
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	A 1-hour lecture and a 1.5-hour seminar per week
Subject Description	This subject examines major orientations and debates within contemporary sociological theory, and the different research directions that they give rise to. The subject focuses on the current shift from classical sociology, focused on national societies, roles, classes and institutions, to contemporary sociological approaches to globalisation, risk, network society and individualisation. Students should complete this subject with knowledge of approaches and debates shaping contemporary sociological theory, and an ability to use sociological theory to construct research questions.
Assessment	An essay of 1500 words and an essay of 2500 for 3rd year, an essay of 1500 words and an essay of 3500 words for 4th year.
Prescribed Texts	S Seidman, Contested Knowledge: Social Theory in the Postmodern Era. Blackwell Oxford, 1998.

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