Bachelor of Social Sciences

There is no new intake for this degree.

4 years full-time
5 years full-time with Honours

The Bachelor of Social Sciences is a four year multidisciplinary degree that gives students the flexibility and freedom to choose between a large number of subject majors.

The Bachelor of Social Sciences provides students with focused professional training in the social sciences through its combination of a major in the Humanities and another in the Social Sciences plus an internship program and core units of study.

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Requirements

1. 192 credit points including
2. No more than 72 junior credit points
3. 6 junior credit points of MATH* and
4. 58 credit points core units of study and
5. At least 120 senior of intermediate credit points which must include
6. At least one Social Sciences major and
7. A Humanites major from Table A of the Table of Units of Study

* The units of study required are MATH1005 OR MATH1015

Core Units of Study

• MATH1015 Biostatistics OR MATH1005 Statistics
• SSCI2601 Social, Political and Economic Thought 1
• SSCI2602 Social, Political and Economic Thought 2
• SCLG2602 Social Inquiry: Qualitative Methods
• SCLG3602 Sociological Theory and Practice
• SSCI3601 Social Sciences Internship
• SSCI3602 Internship Research Paper

Please note : SSCI2601 and SSCI2602 will not be offered after 2009. SSCI3601 and SSCI3602 will not be offered after 2011. Please contact staff with any questions.

Internships

Bachelor of Social Science students participate in the Internship program in their third or fourth year.

The Internship program comprises two core units (totalling 24 credit points) and is designed to give students:

• an understanding of the institutional contexts in which research in the social sciences are practised
• work experience using the skills gained in the degree in a professional setting
• practical research skills development through the Internship Placement and Research Paper

For further information please click on the following :

• Frequently Asked Questions for Students
• Frequently Asked Questions for Organisations
• Student Case Studies
• How your Internship will be Assessed

Internship Contact

Name	Telephone	Email	Location
Ms Claire Havey	+61 2 9036 9520		243C Transient Bldg. F12

Social Sciences Major

To earn a major, students will complete 36 senior credit points in that subject area. Remember that you may need to have the appropriate junior (1XXX) prerequisites in place before you can do these senior units of study.

Subject Areas for a Social Sciences Major
Indigenous Australian Studies Anthropology Economics European Studies	Gender and Cultural Studies Geography Government and International Relations Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management	Linguistics Political Economy Social Policy Sociology

and a second major chosen from the following Humanities subject areas :

Humanities Subject Areas
American Studies Ancient History Arab World, Islam and the Middle East Arabic Language, Literature and Culture Archaeology Art History and Theory Asian Studies Australian Literature Australian Studies Biblical Studies Celtic Studies Chinese Studies Classical Studies Cultural Studies English	European Studies Film Studies French Studies Gender Studies Germanic Studies Greek (Ancient) Hebrew (Classical) Hebrew (Modern) Heritage Studies Hindi-Urdu (major may not be avaialble) History Indigenous Australian Studies Indonesian Studies International and Comparative Literary Studies	Italian Studies Japanese Studies Jewish Civilisation, Thought and Culture Korean Studies Latin Linguistics Medieval Studies Modern Greek Studies Music Performance Studies Philosophy Sanskrit Spanish and Latin American Studies Studies in Religion Yiddish

Pathways

There are many ways to structure your degree. Below we’ve given you just one example: