SCLG1001 - Introduction to Sociology 1

Semester 1, 2011  |  Credit Points: 6

Coordinator: Gavin Smith
Email: gavin.smith@sydney.edu.au

Description

This unit introduces students to the study of sociology through an analysis of contemporary Australian society. Using a range of sociological concepts and theories, we will analyse society in the period known as 'modernity'. Students will be encouraged to analyse existing social phenomena through the prisms of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, class, multiculturalism and indigeneity.

Assessments

1x500wd precis (15%), 1x1500wd essay (35%), 1x2hr exam (35%) and participation (15%)

Textbooks

readings will be available at the University Copy Centre

Classes

2x1hr lectures/week, 1x1hr tutorial/week commencing week 2

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