Sociology and Social Policy
Contact
Coursework
Semester 1:
Dr Karl Maton
Phone: + 61 2 9351 3902
Email: karl.maton@sydney.edu.au
Semester 2:
Dr Gyu-Jin Hwang
Phone: + 61 2 9036 5015
Email: gyu-jin.hwang@sydney.edu.au
Research
Dr Deirdre Howard-Wagner
Phone: + 61 2 9351 6679
Email: deirdre.howard-wagner@sydney.edu.au
Requirements
Graduate Certificate in Arts
4 units of study = 24 credit points
Graduate Diploma in Arts
6 units of study = 36 credit points
Master of Arts
8 units of study = 48 credit points
A Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney, with a major in Sociology or Social Policy, or equivalent.
Master of Arts (Research)
A Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney with a major in Sociology or Social Policy and a distinction average, or equivalent.
Doctor of Arts and Doctor of Social Sciences
See: Research degree requirements
Master of Philosophy
A Bachelor of Arts degree with a good honours result in Sociology, or equivalent, or a Master's degree with Merit (distinction average), including a dissertation.
Doctor of Philosophy
A Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours Class I or II.1 in Sociology from the University of Sydney, or equivalent.
Units of study
Cores
- SCLG6902 Doing Social Research (S) (SP)
- SCLG6903 New Debates in Social Theory (S)
Electives
- SCLG6901 Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
- SCLG6904 Ethics and Private Life
- SCLG6905 Independent Study and Report*
- SCLG6906 Dissertation Part 1*
- SCLG6907 Dissertation Part 2*
- SCLG6916 Indigenous Rights - Global Issues
- DVST6901 Development: Critical Perspectives A
- DVST6902 Development: Critical Perspectives B
- DVST6904 Rethinking Poverty
- ANTH6915 Ethnographic Method
- PHIL5921 Cosmopolitanism and Community
*Department permission required
(S) Core unit of study for Sociology candidates
(SP) Core unit of study for Social Policy candidates