Sociology and Anthropology - SOCAB13935
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Social Sciences
Contact: School of Social Sciences
Program: 3935 - Science/Social Science
Award(s):
Bachelor of Social Science (Major)
Information valid for students commencing 2013.
Students who commenced prior to 2013 should go to the Handbook's Previous Editions
Stream Outline
Aims of the Major Stream
• An understanding of key concepts and theoretical approaches that have developed and are developing within and between Sociology and Anthropology.
• An understanding of the nature and extent of diversity and commonality as seen from a variety of perspectives, for example, social, cultural, biological, ecological.
• An understanding of the value of analyses that consider relations between different times, different places and different cultures.
• An understanding of the social nature of the relationship between individuals, groups and social institutions.
• An understanding of the nature and appropriate use of research strategies and methods in gaining sociological knowledge
• An appreciation of the relationship between local, social and global forms, and global processes and broader temporal developments, with particular reference to Australia’s place in the world.
• An appreciation of the complexity of human experience, social situations and events, and an ability to assess the merits of competing explanations.
• An ability to question cultural assumptions, and think critically, imaginatively and creatively.
• An ability to undertake independent study.
• An ability to identify the ethical issues in social research.
• An ability to undertake and present scholarly work that values reasoned and open-minded discussion and debate.
• An ability to examine the relevance of sociological and anthropological work to issues in the community.
Stream Structure
- ARTS1870 Rethinking the Social (6 UOC)
- ARTS1871 Cultural Experience (6 UOC)
- ARTS2870 Global Citizens (6 UOC)
- ARTS2872 Living and dying (6 UOC)
- ARTS2873 People and Place (6 UOC)
- ARTS2874 Senses (6 UOC)
- ARTS2875 Society and Desire (6 UOC)
- ARTS2876 Understanding the Self (6 UOC)
- ARTS2877 Technologies, Culture, Society (6 UOC)
Sociology and Anthropology Courses:
- ARTS3871 Forensic Sociology (6 UOC)
- ARTS3872 Media Publics (6 UOC)
- ARTS3874 Culture and Human Rights (6 UOC)
- ARTS3875 Researching Culture & Society (6 UOC)
- ARTS3876 Experience, Illness, Healing (6 UOC)
- ARTS3212 Powerful India (6 UOC)
- ARTS3219 Japanese Society (6 UOC)