Sociology and Anthropology - SOCAD23409
Stream Summary
Faculty: ARTSC - Faculty of Arts&Social Science
School: School of Social Sciences
Contact: School of Social Sciences
Program: 3409 - Arts
Award(s):
Bachelor of Arts (Minor)
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Stream Outline
THIS STREAM IS FOR STUDENTS COMMENCING FROM 2016.
Sociology and Anthropology will appeal to you if you are interested in the social and cultural relations through which we live. If you are doing a major in the humanities, Sociology and Anthropology as a minor will give you an invaluable social and cross-cultural perspective. If you are majoring in a specialist social science, most of which grew from Sociology and Anthropology, a minor in Sociology and Anthropology will give greater depth and cross-cultural breadth. If you are majoring in a discipline that is concerned with social and cultural trends, a minor in Sociology and Anthropology will improve your analytical skills, your conceptual understanding and your appreciation of ethical relations.
Sociology and Anthropology will appeal to you if you are interested in the social and cultural relations through which we live. If you are doing a major in the humanities, Sociology and Anthropology as a minor will give you an invaluable social and cross-cultural perspective. If you are majoring in a specialist social science, most of which grew from Sociology and Anthropology, a minor in Sociology and Anthropology will give greater depth and cross-cultural breadth. If you are majoring in a discipline that is concerned with social and cultural trends, a minor in Sociology and Anthropology will improve your analytical skills, your conceptual understanding and your appreciation of ethical relations.
Learning Outcomes for Sociology and Anthropology
Upon successful completion of a Sociology and Anthropology stream, you will be able to:
- understand the social nature of the relationship between individuals, groups and institutions.
- recognise both the particularity of different times, different places and different cultures, and the connectedness of all forms of life.
- understand and work with some of the key concepts and theoretical approaches that have developed and are developing within and between Sociology and Anthropology.
- question cultural assumptions, and think critically, imaginatively and creatively.
- analyse the ethical issues in social research and in public and private life.
Stream Structure
If you wish to gain a minor stream in Sociology and Anthropology you must complete 24 units of credit including 12 UOC of core courses at Level 1, and a 6 UOC core course at Level 2.
Level 1
You must complete the following Level 1 core courses:
- ARTS1870 Rethinking the Social (6 UOC)
- ARTS1871 Cultural Experience (6 UOC)
Level 2
You must complete the following Level 2 core course:
- ARTS2871 Power and Powerlessness (6 UOC)
You may complete 6 UOC from the following:
- ARTS2870 Global Citizens (6 UOC)
- ARTS2872 Living and dying (6 UOC)
- ARTS2873 People and Place (6 UOC)
- ARTS2874 Culture and Emotion (6 UOC)
- ARTS2875 Society and Desire (6 UOC)
- ARTS2876 Understanding the Self (6 UOC)
- ARTS2877 Technologies, Culture, Society (6 UOC)
Level 3
You may complete 6 UOC from the following:
- ARTS3871 Forensic Sociology (6 UOC)
- ARTS3872 Media Publics (6 UOC)
- ARTS3874 Culture and Human Rights (6 UOC)
- ARTS3883 Exploring the Life-Course (6 UOC)
- ARTS3885 Trauma and Violence (6 UOC)
- ARTS3886 Living Social Justice (6 UOC)
Note to students in the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)/Bachelor of Arts:
Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)/Bachelor of Arts will complete ARTS1871 Cultural Experience (6 UOC) as part of their Social Work core requirement. Students who choose a major or minor in Sociology and Anthropology must complete an additional 6 UOC UNSW Arts and Social Sciences Prescribed Elective.
