Overview

To be read in conjunction with the program of study requirements of the course in which you are enrolled.

Student guidance

Program of study overview

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