Sociologists study a wide variety of topics including education, work and unemployment; the family; health, sex, gender and sexuality; ethnicity and racism; equality, opportunity and inequality; and crime, law and social justice.
The Sociology Major begins with an overview of sociology – an introduction to how we might go about applying the sociological imagination to a wide range of aspects of contemporary social arrangements, and includes a focus on core sociological concepts: how aspects of public order and 'the normal' are social phenomena, how one's identities are forged in a social context, and how power is exercised by the way everyday life is structured in space and through the way we come to know the world.
Sociology is core knowledge required in a range of public sector, environmental, community sector and service industries, and prepares students in critical thinking, problem-solving and social inquiry.
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Study level:
Undergraduate
Unitset type:
Major
Unitset code:
AMASLY
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Unitset Structure
- Social Worlds, Social Policy
- Sociology of Social Control
- Making Modern Identities
- Space, Knowledge and Power
- Political Sociology
- Migration, Mobility and Globalisation
- Students selecting this as Major 1 must choose:
- Graduating Project 1
- Graduating Project 2
- Students are required to complete only one pair of capstone units in their degree (either ACX3005 Graduating Project 1 & ACX3006 Graduating Project 2 or ACX3007 Studio Project 1 & ACX3008 Studio Project 2). Students should select the capstone units offered for their preferred major and then replace the capstone units in the second major with 2 Level three units from a related Discipline major.
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