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Sociology

Unit of study table (Table S)

Major

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

A minor in Sociology requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units
(ii) 6 credit points of 2000-level core units
(iii) 6 credit points of 2000-level selective units
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units of study
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units of study
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level units of study

Core
SCLG1001
Introduction to Sociology 1
6  
SCLG1002
Introduction to Sociology 2
6  

2000 level units of study

Core
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
Selective
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
SCLG2613
Sociology of Childhood and Youth
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology
N SCLG2522
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
SCLG2637
Society and Identity
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology
N SCLG2612 or SCLG2625 or SCLG2626 or SCLG2629
SCLG2638
Sociology of Exclusion
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Sociology
N SCLG2604 or SCLG2635 or SCLG3606
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

3000 level units of study

Core
SCLG3701
Social Inquiry: Qualitative Methods
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology
N SCLG2002 or SCLG2521 or SCLG2602
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) or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Criminology
N SCLG2632 or SCLG3603
Selective
SCLG3601
Contemporary Sociological Theory
6 P 12 Senior credit points in Sociology
N SCLG3002
SCLG3608
Sociology of Deviance and Difference
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology or 12 credit points at 2000 level in Criminology
N SCLG2608 or SCLG2523 or SCLG2004
SCLG3610
Sociology, Power and Violence
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology
N SCLG2607 or SCLG2618 or SCLG2621 or SCLG2630
SCLG3612
Sociology of Culture
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology
N SCLG2606 or SCLG2609
SCLG3607
Nature and Society
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology
N SCLG2022 or SCLG2610 or SCLG2631
SCLG3609
Sociology of the Body
6 P 12 credit points at 2000 level in Sociology
N SCLG2526 or SCLG2603 or SCLG2614 or SCLG2619 or SCLG2636 or GCST2614 or GCST3634

Interdisciplinary Project unit of study

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
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points