Sociology
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Sociology |
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Major |
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| A major in Sociology requires 48 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core unit | |||
| (iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units | |||
| (iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core unit | |||
| (v) 12 credit points of 3000-level selective units | |||
| (vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units | |||
Minor |
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| A minor in Sociology requires 36 credit points from this table including: | |||
| (i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units | |||
| (ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level units | |||
| (iii) 12 credit points of 3000-level units | |||
1000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| SCLG1001 Introduction to Sociology 1 |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SCLG1002 Introduction to Sociology 2 |
6 | Semester 2 |
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2000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| SCLG2601 Sociological Theory |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points of Cultural Studies or 12 credit points of Socio-legal Studies N SCLG2001 or SCLG2520 |
Semester 1 |
Selective |
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| SCLG2000 Global Social Problems |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG2613 Sociology of Childhood and Youth |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology N SCLG2522 |
Semester 2 |
| SCLG2623 Sociology of Terror |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-Legal Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Criminology |
Semester 2 |
| SCLG2637 Society and Identity |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology N SCLG2612 or SCLG2625 or SCLG2626 or SCLG2629 |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG2638 Sociology of Exclusion |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology N SCLG2604 or SCLG2635 or SCLG3606 |
Semester 1 |
| SCPL2601 Australian Social Policy |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Social Policy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-legal Studies N SCPL3001 |
Semester 1 |
| SCPL2602 Understanding Social Policy |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Social Policy N SCPL3002 |
Semester 2 |
| SCPL2604 Comparative Social Policy |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Social Policy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology N SCLG2509 or SCLG2611 |
Semester 1 |
| CRIM2602 Crime, Punishment and Society |
6 | P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Criminology or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Social Policy or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Socio-legal Studies or 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology N SCLG2634 or SCLG2566 |
Semester 2 |
3000 level units of study |
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Core |
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| SCLG3701 Social Inquiry: Qualitative Methods |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology N SCLG2002 or SCLG2521 or SCLG2602 |
Semester 1 |
| SCLG3702 Social Inquiry: Quantitative Methods |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points of (HSBH1003 or OCCP2087 or OCCP2088 or OCCP2085 or OCCP1097 or OCCP1096) N SCLG2632 or SCLG3603 |
Semester 2 |
Selective |
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| SCLG3601 Contemporary Sociological Theory |
6 | P 12 Senior credit points in Sociology N SCLG3002 |
Semester 2 |
| SCLG3608 Sociology of Deviance and Difference |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology N SCLG2608 or SCLG2523 or SCLG2004 |
Semester 2 |
| SCLG3610 Sociology, Power and Violence |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology N SCLG2607 or SCLG2618 or SCLG2621 or SCLG2630 |
Semester 2 |
| SCLG3612 Sociology of Culture |
6 | P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology N SCLG2606 or SCLG2609 |
Semester 1 |
Interdisciplinary Project unit of study |
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| If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major. | |||
| If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major. | |||
| If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major. | |||
| FASS3999 Interdisciplinary Impact |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SCLG3999 Interdisciplinary Impact This unit of study is not available in 2022 |
6 | P Completion of at least 90 credit points N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December |
Intensive December Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SCLG3998 Industry and Community Project |
6 | P 72 credit points C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major |
Intensive February Intensive July Semester 1 Semester 2 |