Clayton campusFirst-year level
* SCY1010 Introduction to sociology I
* SCY1020 Introduction to sociology II
Second-year level
Prerequisite: A first-year SCY sequence.
* SCY2150 Sociological research techniques
* SCY2210 Gender and sociology
* SCY2230 Australian society: a developmental perspective
* COS2110 Comparative social structures
* COS2130 Culture and society: introduction to cultural theory
Third-year level
Prerequisite: Second-year COS and/or SCY subjects carrying a total of at least sixteen points.
SCY third-year options: Students enrol for SCY third-year options under the following classification:
First semester
* SCY3000 Advanced sociology A.1
* SCY3001 Advanced sociology A.2
* SCY3002 Advanced sociology A.3
* SCY3006 Advanced sociology C.1 (first semester)
For students from other courses, eg COS, ANY or environmental science.
First semester options
* Alternatives to straight research (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* Data appreciation
* The joy of `X': computer data processing and analysis using SPSS-X
* Population and migration
* Sociology of religion
* Sociology of self
* Women and social control
* Women, gender and society
Second semester
* SCY3003 Advanced sociology B.1
* SCY3004 Advanced sociology B.2
* SCY3005 Advanced sociology B.3
* SCY3007 Advanced sociology C.2 (second semester)
For students from other courses, eg COS, ANY or environmental science.
Second semester options
* Perspectives on Australian society (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
* Political sociology
* Sexed media, media-ted sex
* Social psychology
* Sociology of the family
* The research process
* Women, psychiatry and madness (proposed to be offered next in 1996)
Fourth-year level
Prerequisite: A major sequence in sociology with credit-level (or better) work in twenty-four points of second and third-year sociology of which at least sixteen points must be at third-year level. Students will enrol in two one-semester seminar subjects from among those listed below (or others approved by the department). All students will be allocated supervisors with whom they should consult regularly as they prepare a dissertation to be submitted by the end of October. The dissertation should not exceed 15,000 words. Normally the seminar grades will count for 40% and the dissertation for 60% of the final assessment.
* SCY4480 Social theory and social history
* SCY4540 Theory and practice of sociology
* SCY4560 Substantive issues in sociology
* SCY4580 Thesis in sociology
* SCY4620 Power, policy, patriarchy and the state