Overview
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Student guidance
Program of study overview
Program of study
36 Units
Level 1 - Core9 Units
Level 2 - Option13.5 Units
Level 3 - Option13.5 Units
Aims
The sociology major aims to:
- Develop students’ sociological imagination, to make connections between individual lives and social patterns
- Highlight the value of sociological knowledge for understanding and responding to societal challenges and opportunities
- Explore social change and continuity
- Build students’ capacity to interpret diverse qualitative and quantitative data
- Support students to apply data and sociological theories and concepts to contemporary social issues
Learning outcomes
On completion students will be able to:
1.
Determine relationships between individual lives and social structures, locally and globally
2.
Evaluate classical and contemporary sociological accounts of society
3.
Explain social phenomena using sociological theories and concepts, and data
4.
Interpret sociological data using a sociological perspective
5.
Argue for the value of a sociological perspective in addressing diverse contemporary social problems
Available in courses
Bachelor of Arts - Enhanced Program for High Achievers
Bachelor of Arts and Science
Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice / Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Associate Degree in Arts - Exit Only
Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours) / Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice / Bachelor of Arts
Diploma in Arts
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours) / Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Bachelor of Applied Geographical Information Systems
Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) / Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of International Relations and Political Science / Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology)
Bachelor of Tourism and Events / Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Education Studies, Bachelor of Arts - Exit Only